2023 Benchmark Review #1

Answer the following questions from "My Winter Hat."

Select TWO quotations that support the inference that the speaker dislikes the winter hat.

• "Don't forget your hat!" Mom called as I ran out to play.

• "(She says the same old silly thing each nippy wintry day)"

• But when I put my hat on, it makes my poor head swelter."

• "In snowball fights I always lose because my hat is so bright.'

• "Grandma's sent a brand new hat and look, it's just your size!"

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the meaning of the word "nippy" as it is used in line 4 of the poem?

• chilly

• crazy

• happy

• windy

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What feature helps the reader determine that "My Winter Hat" is a poem?

• It has problem and solution

• There are characters and setting

• It has dialogue between characters

• It has stanzas rather than paragraphs

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Select one character from "My Winter Hat" and one from "Mortimer the Miserable" that share a point of view about the value of the hat.

• Barry

• The Mom

• The Animals

• Mr. Quigglemire

• Francis the Fantastic

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Answer the following questions for "When I Reach the Promised Land...."

Which word could replace "uneasy" as it is used in paragraph 2 of "When I Reach the Promised Land?"

• brave

• calm

• nervous

• weakened

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Part A: What can the reader infer about the phrase "promised land?"

• It is a location where slaves can be sold

• It is a location on the Brodas Plantation

• It is a location where slaves can find freedom

• It is a location along the Underground Railroad

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Part B: Which quotation supports the answer to Part A?

• "...she stole away from Brodas Plantation on Maryland's eastern shore..."

• "Chained with other slaves, they were sent further South"

• "Each of these stops was a 'station' on the road north to freedom."

• "She had reached the free state of Pennsylvania, where slavery was outlawed."

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Part A: What does the phrase "...and I felt like I was in heaven" in paragraph 6 help the reader understand about Harriet Tubman?

• She was in hiding

• She outlawed slavery

• She was running away

• She escaped from slavery

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Part B: Which phrase from paragraph 6 supports the answer to Part A?

• "Finally, 90 miles from Brodas Plantation, Harriet Tubman set foot on free soil at daybreak. She had reached the free state of Pennsylvania, where slavery was outlawed.:

• "As the sun came up, Harriet Tubman said "I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now I was free. "

• "There was such glory over everything, the sun came like gold through the trees."

• "...and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven."

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

Select the statement that describes how Harriett Tubman's life changed from the beginning to the end of the passage.

• Harriet Tubman helped many people become free from slavery.

• Harriet Tubman made many stops before finally reaching freedom from slavery.

• Harriet Tubman was a slave in the south and eventually became free from slavery.

• Harriet Tubman hid under a blanket to travel before finally reaching freedom from slavery.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5