"Fever 1793" Review

Select the best definition for the word placid as used in the passage below. (RL7.4)

"'It is good you have each other,' said Mrs. Bowles in the same placid voice. 'But you should not leave your house once you arrive. The streets of Philadelphia are more dangerous than your darkest nightmare.''"

• loud

• excited

• calm and peaceful

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4

Select the best definition of assure. (RL7.4)

• say

• confirm

• reduce

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4

"Fever 1793" is told in the _____tense, from a  _____point of view. (RL7.1)

"Grandfather and I were riding along with five fever orphans who were being sent to the orphan house. Grandfather rode at the front with the driver, a relatively clean man with neatly combed hair and a smooth face. He quietly whistled a tune, one of Grandfather’s favorites. "

• past; first-person

• past; third-person

• present; first-person

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1

Which of the following selections best describes the city of Philadelphia at the time this excerpt takes place? (RL7.3)

• The spreading plague has caused the city fall into ruin.

• Everyone has left the city, leaving it entirely empty.

• Normal activities proceed despite the threat of plague.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.3

Select the best definition for the word wage as used in the passage below. (RL7.4)

"Mrs. Bowles patted my arm. 'Don't fret, Matilda. If you like, you may choose to take employment at the orphanage. I'm sure the trustees would approve a small wage if you helped with the cleaning and minding the children.'"

• money that is paid or received for work

• Blessen or weaken

• fee

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4

Select the best definition for the word shells as used in the passage below. (RL7.4)

"I saw only empty shells of buildings, already falling into despair after a few weeks of neglect."

• to guarantee something

• empty or hallow structure

• money paid or received for work

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4

Which of the follow is a synonym for abates? (RL7.4)

This question has more than one correct answer. Select all that apply.

• spike

• reduce

• diminish

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4

Which passage from the excerpt best supports the idea that Mrs. Bowles is trustworthy? (RL7.1, RL7.3)

• “I sat on the hardest plank in the back next to a woman named Mrs. Bowles. Two boys huddled together for comfort.”

• “Mrs. Bowles was a straight-backed woman dressed in Quaker gray.”

• “She was older than Mother, with kind eyes and laughter lines that curled around the sides of her mouth.”

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.3

The passage below (paragraph 28) adds to the development of the text mainly by ______________ . (RL7.1)

"It was night in the middle of the day. Heat from the brick houses filled the street like a bake oven. Clouds shielded the sun, colors were overshot with gray. No one was about; businesses were closed and houses shuttered. I could hear a woman weeping. Some houses were barred against intruders. Yellow rags fluttered from railings and door knockers—pus yellow, fear yellow—to mark the homes of the sick and the dying. I caught sight of a few men walking, but they fled down alleys at the sound of the wagon."

• suggesting to the reader that it is winter

• showing how the city has become a grim and frightening place

• explaining why a yellow rag in front of a house is a sign for infection

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1

10.  Which sentence from the passage most strongly supports the correct answer of "Paragraph (28) adds to the development of the text mainly by showing how the city has become a grim and frightening place ."? (RL7.1)

"It was night in the middle of the day. Heat from the brick houses filled the street like a bake oven. Clouds shielded the sun, colors were overshot with gray. No one was about; businesses were closed and houses shuttered. I could hear a woman weeping. Some houses were barred against intruders. Yellow rags fluttered from railings and door knockers—pus yellow, fear yellow—to mark the homes of the sick and the dying. I caught sight of a few men walking, but they fled down alleys at the sound of the wagon."

• “It was night in the middle of the day.”

• Clouds shielded the sun, colors were overshot with gray.”

• “Yellow rags fluttered from railings and door knockers—pus yellow, fear yellow—to mark the homes of the sick and the dying.”

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1