When the Waters Rise mini assessment

1. Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 2)?

• A. The house that Liam and Declan’s parents rebuilt was poorly constructed.
• B. Certain areas of Houston are frequently affected by flooding.
• C. Declan was the only member of the Conner family who took the threat of flooding seriously.
• D. All of the above

2. “When the Waters Rise” is written in the fill in the blank_________ tense, from a fill in the blank_________ point of view.

• A. past; first-person
• B. past; third-person
• C. present; first-person
• D. present; third-person

3. What is most closely the definition of dissipate as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 4)?

• A. verb | to intensify
• B. verb | to be extravagant
• C. verb | to warm up
• D. verb | to disappear

4. The following passage (paragraph 15) adds to the development of the essay mainly by

• A. suggesting that it was too risky to load so many people into the boat
• B. describing the type of boat the teens used to rescue stranded Houstonians
• C. showing the kinds of risks the teens took to save people from danger
• D. suggesting that technology has eliminated the need for individuals to risk their personal safety to help others

5. The boys had to convince some individuals to come aboard their boat mainly because

• A. The people did not want to be rescued.
• B. The people expected to be rescued by helicopter, not by boat.
• C. The people were surprised to be rescued by teenagers and not professional first responders.
• D. The flood waters had receded and the people no longer felt they needed to evacuate their homes.

6. Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• A. “‘Some of them were reluctant, I guess, because they were waiting for the Coast Guard or actual rescue personnel to come, not four teenage boys in basketball shirts with their shorts on.’”
• B. “That Sunday morning, however, helicopters whirred overhead and neighbors cried for help from nearby rooftops.”
• C. “As the floodwaters dissipated, the boys continued to make themselves available.”
• D. “‘A lot of people were in disbelief to see people pulling up to their houses in a boat,’ Thomas said.”

7. Which of the following inferences is most strongly supported by the passage below (paragraph 14)?

• A. A good reason for doing heroic acts is that you will quickly become famous on social media.
• B. In a disaster, social media can be a quick and powerful communication tool.
• C. Tweeting out your phone number usually isn’t a good idea.
• D. The boys would not have been able to save anyone without the publicity they received from the photojournalist.

8. Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• A. “Thomas took advantage of the newfound fame and tweeted out Declan’s phone number.”
• B. “In the early afternoon, a photojournalist from the Houston Chronicle spotted the teens and took a ride on their boat.”
• C. “The power of social media was quickly evident: phone calls and texts bombarded Declan, and not just from people in Texas.”
• D. “‘People were calling me from California,’ Declan said, ‘people were calling me from everywhere saying, ‘I know this person that lives there. They really need help, can you please help them?’”