Unit 5 Midway Review

What does the word furtive mean in the following sentence? Use context clues to help you.

The woman quickly turned around, glanced to see if there was anyone to the left and then gave a furtive look to the right, as she picked up the apple in her hand.

• visible

• oppressive

• sneaky

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CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of the following would an artist most likely draw if she were sketching waterfowl for a scientific magazine?

• duck

• evergreen

• mosquito

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Where would a letterhead most likely be found?

• at the top of a written letter

• as a news credit in a newspaper

• on the cover of a magazine

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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Which type of person would most likely be described as encroaching?

• a spectator

• a professor

• a trespasser

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To answer an email instantaneously, what must you do?

• answer immediately

• answer in a confusing manner

• answer at a later date

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CCSS.RI.8.7

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In “Everyday Use,” what is Maggie's answer to why Dee does not bring her friends home?

What does Maggie say?

• Dee has no friends.

• Dee is ashamed of her poverty.

• Dee's friends embarrass her.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In “Everyday Use,” why does Dee embrace an African language and choose a new name for herself?

• 
  It is the only language she knows.

• She wants to be closer to her heritage.

• She wants to forget everything about her own family.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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Why does the young woman ask the narrator for stories about her childhood in “Everything Stuck to Him”?

• She wants to learn more about her parents.

• She likes to hear the narrator talk.

• She is writing a book about her youth.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

In “Everything Stuck to Him,” why are the boy and girl awake most of the night before the boy's hunting trip?

• Their baby is crying.

• The girl is ill.

• Their neighbors are noisy.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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When the narrator in “Everything Stuck to Him” describes the young woman as a “survivor from top to bottom,” what does he mean?

• She handles adversity successfully.

• She will live longer than the narrator.

• She is a tall woman.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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