Dark They Were and Golden Eyed Quiz Review

In "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed," what is Mr. Bittering's first clue that his world is changing?

• His children want to adopt Martian names.

• His garden grows green roses and purple grass.

• His wife's and his children's eyes turn a golden color.

• His neighbors calmly accept all the changes around them.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

In the story, what does Mr. Bittering do to cope with his fears about living on Mars? Choose TWO options.

• He listens to Harry Styles and reads, staying in his Martian home as much as possible.

• He tries to build a rocket to take his family back to Earth.

• He persuades his wife and family to return with him to Earth.

• He encourages his family to change their names and act like Martians.

• He concentrates on his work on their small farm and other chores.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

If a road can correctly be described as submerged in water, which of the following must be true?

Base your answer on the meaning of submerged.

• The road is impossible to navigate.

• The area has experienced a long drought.

• The location of the road is high in the mountains.

• The road needs extensive work by the highway department.

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the most accurate meaning of atmosphere in this sentence?

The atmosphere of the Earth consists of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases.

• space

• chemistry

• cloud cover

• surrounding air

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning of forlorn?

Base your answer off the meaning of forlorn.

• a soccer team that has just won a game

• a teenage babysitter watching two young children play

• an abandoned dog sitting alone in the rain

• a busy man on a city street who has just missed a bus

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the story, what does the constant wind on Mars most likely represent?

• The power of the environment to completely change the Earth people.

• The sadness that Mr. Bittering feels when he cannot return to Earth.

• The very hot weather on Mars that disturbs most Earth people.

• The destruction of the Earth people's settlement on Mars.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains a simile?

• The man felt . . . the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the center of a vacuum.

• At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him.

• A few tremblings shook him, but were carried off in waves of pleasant heat as he lay in the sun.

• And then the water can build on that skeleton—green things, deep water things, red things, yellow things.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains an example of personification?

• The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes.

• They saw the old cities, lost in their meadows, lying like children’s delicate bones. . . 

• “I feel like a salt crystal,” he said, “in a mountain stream, being washed away.”

• The fear would not be stopped. It had his throat and heart.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains an example of a simile?

Choose TWO answers.

• The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes.

• They saw the old cities, lost in their meadows, lying like children’s delicate bones. . . 

• “I feel like a salt crystal,” he said, “in a mountain stream, being washed away.”

• The fear would not be stopped. It had his throat and heart.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following words is a synonym of destroy?

• uncover

• upset

• copy

• ruin

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CCSS.L.7.5C