NCL56&RL510 The End Chp.7 Comprehension

Read each sentence. Match the correct vocabulary word with the sentence that it best fits.

After he betrayed the entire division to the enemy, the traitor was _________________ rejected.

• sympathetically (adv.) in a way that shows pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

• misguided (adj.)  having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.

• murky (adj.) dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

• philosophy (n.) a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society.

• contemptuously (adv.)  in a scornful way that shows disdain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read each sentence. Match the correct vocabulary word with the sentence that it best fits.

The kind teacher listened _____________ to the girl as she explained the previous night’s house fire.

• sympathetically (adv.) in a way that shows pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

• misguided (adj.)  having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.

• murky (adj.) dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

• philosophy (n.) a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society.

• contemptuously (adv.)  in a scornful way that shows disdain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read each sentence. Match the correct vocabulary word with the sentence that it best fits.

The boy’s _________________ attempt to fly off the top of the monkey bars resulted in a broken arm.

• sympathetically (adv.) in a way that shows pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

• misguided (adj.)  having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.

• murky (adj.) dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

• philosophy (n.) a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society.

• contemptuously (adv.)  in a scornful way that shows disdain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read each sentence. Match the correct vocabulary word with the sentence that it best fits.

The leader, who frequently had unusual beliefs, had a strange __________ that the entire colony should only wear top hats, collared shirts, and hula skirts.

• sympathetically (adv.) in a way that shows pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

• misguided (adj.)  having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.

• murky (adj.) dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

• philosophy (n.) a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society.

• contemptuously (adv.)  in a scornful way that shows disdain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read each sentence. Match the correct vocabulary word with the sentence that it best fits.

He knew that alligators were very good at camouflaging themselves in dark water, so he was reluctant to reach his hand deep into the ___________ pond to retrieve his lost fishing boot.

• sympathetically (adv.) in a way that shows pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

• misguided (adj.)  having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.

• murky (adj.) dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

• philosophy (n.) a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society.

• contemptuously (adv.)  in a scornful way that shows disdain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In the text, Count Olaf was "…trying to scratch his nose within the confines of the bird cage."  Which definition of the word, confines, did the author intend in this sentence?

• Verb: keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time).

• Noun: the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the following excerpt from the text:

"… sneered Count Olaf, "so she still believes Ishmael lets people do whatever they want. Don't be as dumb as she is, orphans."

Which answer BEST explains what Olaf meant by this statement?

• Ishmael is forcing his will on all the islanders

• Count Olaf is insulting the Baudelaires and calling them stupid

• Since she lives on a primitive island he thinks he is superior to her.

• Count Olaf knows that Ishmael is a trustworthy island facilitator

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Deceitful is an adjective that means guilty of deceiving or misleading others. Knowing about the daily customs of the Island, which detail from the story BEST illustrates that Ismael is being deceitful?

• He dropped an apple core onto the coastal shelf

• He locked Count Olaf into a cage on the coastal shelf

• He refused to help the unconscious and pregnant, Kit Snicket

• He abandoned the Baudelaire orphans on the coastal shelf

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

As stated in the text, what is the most important custom of all three Baudelaire Orphans?

• cooking

• research

• curiosity

• inventing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

treach·er·y (noun) is defined as betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature.

Which of the following excerpts from the text BEST indicate that Olaf has experienced treachary in his life?

• "I'm no worse than anyone else," Count Olaf said.

• "Nowhere in the world is safe," Count Olaf said.

• "Of course I'm trying to trick you!" Olaf cried. "That's the way of the world, Baudelaires.”

• “Everybody runs around ... trying to outwit everyone else.” (Count Olaf)

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3