Unit 2 Post Test

What leads Mrs. Hale to wish she had visited the house more often?

• 
  

  A.

  She has always been close to the Wrights.

• B.

  She wants to keep Mrs. Peters from feeling lonely.

• C.

  She realizes that Mrs. Wright could have used her company.

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  D.

  She recognizes that she could have saved Mr. Wright from death.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Click on the highlighted line of dialogue that is the best evidence for the answer to Part A.

• I wish if they're going to find any evidence they'd be quick about it. I don't like this place.

• It would be lonesome for me sitting here alone.

• But of course you were awful busy, Mrs. Hale—your house and your children.

• I stayed away because it weren't cheerful—and that's why I ought to have come.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Mrs. Hale’s dialogue in paragraph 15 reveal about Mrs. Wright’s character?
(15) MRS. HALE: She—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself—real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. How—she—did—change. (silence; then as if struck by a happy thought and relieved to get back to everyday things) Tell you what, Mrs. Peters, why don't you take the quilt in with you? It might take up her mind.

• A.

  She was a happy and carefree person.

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  B.

  She had changed drastically over the years. 

• C.

  She had found happiness in married life.

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  D.

  She had always been an unhappy person.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Dramatic irony occurs...

• When someone says the opposite of what he or she means

• When a work of literature has many themes

• When the audience knows something a character does not

• When a character displays a high level of emotion

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following lines of dialogue from the passage is an example of dramatic irony?

• A.

  One hinge is pulled apart. (paragraph 5)

• B.

  Not till they brought her yesterday. (paragraph 14)

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  C.

  It’s the bird. (paragraph 22)

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  D.

  We think the—cat got it. (paragraph 27)

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What inference can you make about Mrs. Hale’s motivations for not showing the county attorney the bird?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is an example of external motivation in the passage?

• Mrs. Wright did not have a cat because she is afraid of cats.

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  The criminal investigation causes Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to feel protective of Mrs. Wright.

• The bird is found because Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale were looking for sewing things.

• Mrs. Hale feels badly for Mrs. Wright because she knew Mrs. Wright when she was young.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is President Kennedy’s main purpose for writing and delivering this speech?

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  A.

  to inform the nation about the situation that unfolded at a university

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  B.

  to persuade the nation to support the movement toward racial justice

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  C.

  to entertain the nation with an exciting moment of triumph for civil rights

• D.

  to explain to the nation the legal process behind desegregation of admissions

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the President’s point of view on how best to remedy racial inequality?

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  A.

  through meetings and discussions

• B.

  through integration of students

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  C.

  through legislative and personal action

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  D.

  through demonstrations

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Write a brief sentence or two explaining the central idea of paragraph 4. Identify the central idea, explain whether it is stated or implied, and list two details that support it.

. . . We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and a people. It cannot be met by repressive police action. It cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets. It cannot be quieted by token moves or talk. It is a time to act in the Congress, in your State and local legislative body and, above all, in all of our daily lives. It is not enough to pin the blame on others, to say this is a problem of one section of the country or another, or deplore the facts that we face. A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. Those who do nothing are inviting shame, as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right, as well as reality.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2