1ST_READING COMMON ASSESSMENT
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English
4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(QUESTION #1 ON PAPER)
What is the central idea of the passage?
Many people participated in the gold rush.
Methods of communication improved after 1850.
It took a long time for people to travel around in 1850.
The telegraph replaced other means of communication.
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CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(QUESTION #2 ON PAPER)
Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Question 1?
“This caused many Americans to head to the West Coast in search of fortunes.” (paragraph 2)
“The trip from New York City to San Francisco was more than 16,000 miles.” (paragraph 3)
“Finally, in 1861, wires from the East joined wires from the West, and the transcontinental telegraph was complete!” (paragraph 11)
“Still, the telegraph paved the way for today’s high-speed world of telephones, cell phones, text messages, television, radio, and the Internet.” (paragraph 12)
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CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RI.3.2
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(QUESTION #3 ON PAPER)
What two statements explain the author’s perspective about Samuel Morse?
Morse was a creative problem solver.
Morse was easily discouraged by failure.
Morse was energized by a good challenge.
Morse was more of a follower than a leader.
Morse was determined to do things on his own.
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CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(QUESTION #4 ON PAPER)
Read this sentence from the passage.
“His inventive mind got right to work.” (paragraph 8)
The suffix -ive means “having the quality of.”
What does inventive mean as it is used in this sentence?
imaginative
positive
responsible
valuable
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CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(QUESTION #5 ON PAPER)
Read this sentence from the passage.
“This caused many Americans to head to the West Coast in search of fortunes.” (paragraph 2)
What does head mean as it is used in the sentence?
to go toward
the top of an object
a person in charge of something
a body part attached to the neck
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CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(QUESTION #6 ON PAPER)
Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Question 5?
“Gold was discovered in California in 1848.” (paragraph 2)
“It was known as the 'gold rush,' but no one got there quickly.” (paragraph 2)
“It was also the slowest.” (paragraph 2)
“More important, they wanted faster ways to send information.” (paragraph 4)
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CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RI.3.2
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
(QUESTION #7 ON PAPER)
Explain the author’s perspective about the impact Morse code had on communication.
Support your answer with evidence from the passage.
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CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
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