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Workers carved sandstone from the hillside for walls and salvaged floor tiles from the ruins of an old Spanish fort.

What does the word salvaged mean as it is used in the sentence?

• Abandoned

• Harmed

• Increased

• Recovered

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How do paragraphs 4-9 contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?

• They depict life in the lighthouses.

• They describe the timeline of the lighthouses.

• They show the construction of the lighthouses.

• They list ways the Park Service helped the lighthouse.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How does the photograph help the reader understand the word obscure as it is used in the caption?

• It shows the lighthouse is blurred.

• It shows the bad weather in the area.

• It shows how old the lighthouse is.

• It shows that the light is hard to see.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which quotation from the passage describes how the author views lighthouses?

• " My great grandfather kept the Old Point Loma light longer than any other keeper, and he was also the last keeper."

• "In 1984, the light re-lit again by the National Park Service for the first time in 93 years, in celebration of the site's 130th birthday."

• "It is always a thrill for me to look up at night from anywhere in San Diego and see the light shining as it did over 100 years ago."

• "It's as thought my great grandparents still live there."

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

How does the author's use of personal stories contribute to the passage?

• By introducing the grandparents to the reader.

• By elaborating the dangers of living in a lighthouse.

• By illustrating the importance of the lighthouse to the family.

• By developing the idea that lighthouses represent a time in history.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which quotation from the section "The Old Point Loma Lighthouse- Illuminating the Past" states a central idea of the section?

• "The Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for 36 years."

• "On March 23, 1891, the light was extinguished and the keeper moved to a new lighthouse location closer to the water at the tip of the Point."

• "Today, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse still stands watch over San Diego, sentinel to a vanished past."

• "Ranger-led talks, displays, and brochures are available to explain the lighthouse's interesting past."

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Which quotation supports the claim that maintaining the Old Point Loma Lighthouse will help preserve the past for future generations?

• "Today, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse still stands watch over San Diego,sentinel to a vanished past."

• "The Lighthouse was a bustling family home, with the Israel's three boys and a niece all growing up there."

• "It is always a thrill for me too look up at night from anywhere in San Diego and see the light shining as it did over 100 years ago."

• "The 360 degree view is breathtaking. We are there, in 1880's attire, to show visitors though the house at times."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Which TWO quotations support the author's claim that living on Point Loma was risky?

• "Fog and low clouds often obscured the light."

• "In the yard lived three horses, chickens, pigs and goats."

• "The Israel's lived and worked on Point Loma for 18 years...."

• "Life on the isolated isolated Point was, at times, an adventure."

• "...people drive out by horse and buggy, over steep and rutted dirt roads, to visit the Israels..."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1