Everybody Jump Review

From what pint of view is the article written?

• past; first-person

•  past; third-person

• present; first-person

• present; third-person

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

What is most likely one of the author’s opinions?

The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies. Violence is common. Everybody is hungry and thirsty. Grocery stores are emptied. Fresh water is hard to come by and there’s no efficient system for distributing it.

• It is easy to steal a car if one is desperate enough.

• Putting the entire world’s population in such a small area would create deadly chaos.

•  A tank of gas will likely get you from Rhode Island to New York or Boston.

• Knowledge is the key to getting out of any bad situation.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

Which conclusion about human beings is most strongly supported by the passage below (paragraphs 19-21)?

The survivors spread out across the face of the world and struggle to build a new civilization atop the pristine ruins of the old. Our species staggers on, but our population has been greatly reduced. Earth’s orbit is completely unaffected—it spins along exactly as it did before our species-wide jump.

• Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state in land area, but it is still large enough to contain billions of graves.

• Organizers of any future “species-wide jump” should consider potential outcomes of such an event.

•  Human beings cannot strongly affect the Earth’s orbit, but they can affect one another a great deal.

• It would be important to learn the outcome of this experiment, no matter the cost.

What is the context clue for scenario in sentence?

In the worst-case scenario, we could all get detention.

• in the worst

• we could

• all get detention

• case scenario

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a synonym for rigid?

• flexible

• unbending

• plastic

• bold

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

People who are compatible . . .

• are funny

• don't like each other

• love school

• work well together

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When the particles coalesced they . . .

• moved apart

• formed one group

• disappeared

• became a different form

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence uses capacity correctly?

• The capacity was green

• The fuel tank was filled to capacity.

• There is no capacity in class.

• Dude, stop being such a capacity!

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

In this essay, the Earth’s population ends up in the state of Rhode Island mainly because of . . .

• alien technology

• magic

• long patterns of migration

• a natural disaster

What reason did the author give for the cellphones not working?

• international phones don’t work with the region’s cell towers

• service has been interrupted by the force of the coordinated jump

• the region’s cell towers are outdated and in need of repair

• the networks can’t support the number of people trying to get a signal

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1