English I BLITZ: SYNTHESIZE INFO.-TWO TEXTS, DAY 7

What do BOTH the selection from All Good People Here and the poem “The Three Black Crows” indicate about misinformation?

• Misinformation can be entertaining.

• Misinformation is unavoidable.

• Information gets distorted as it spreads.

• People are willing to seek truth in rumors.

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While the selection from All Good People Here focuses on residents who enjoy gossiping, the poem “The Three Black Crows” focuses on a man who -

• A. hears a rumor and seeks to discover the truth

• B. starts a rumor about his enemy

• C. refuses to listen to rumors

• D. is the victim of a vicious rumor

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Which quotation from the selection from All Good People Here best identifies the problem in the poem “The Three Black Crows”?

• Each time one of their own did something they shouldn’t (paragraph 1)

• when Abby Schmuckers got caught shoplifting lipstick from the dime store (paragraph 1)

• when Jonah Schneider fell asleep and snored in church (paragraph 1)

• The Truth was misshapen and unrecognizable, warped into the Story (paragraph 1)

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How do the residents of Wakarusa from the selection from All Good People Here DIFFER from the tradesman in the poem “The Three Black Crows”?

• The residents spread true information, while the tradesman spreads false information.

• The residents spread rumors with fake concern, while the tradesman seeks to discover the truth.

• The residents rarely gossip, while the tradesman regularly gossips.

• The residents spread rumors slowly, while the tradesman spreads a rumor quickly.

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Which line from the poem implies that people will readily accept the word of others?

• I have it from good hands (line 14)

• From whose, I pray? (line 15)

• be so good as to resolve a doubt (line 30)

• I did throw up, and told my neighbor so (line 41)

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The swift dialogue in the poem demonstrates how -

• rapidly people in that area speak

• quickly a rumor can spread

• fleeting first impressions are

• contagious the truth can be

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Which theme is present in the poem?

• Your friends support you even when others don’t.

• The journey matters more than the destination.

• Rumors distort the truth as they spread.

• It takes courage to stand up for what is right.

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Which line from the poem supports the answer to Part A?

• Taking a puke, has thrown up three black crows. (line 12)

• Resolved to trace so wondrous an event (line 21)

• Bless me! How people propagate a lie! (line 34)

• Something that was, as black, sir, as a crow. (line 42)

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9. Which of the following combines the ideas in sentences 3 and 4 to create one clear and effective sentence?

• A. Sentence 3 and 4 combined into one sentence.

• B. Sentence 3 and 4 combined into another sentence.

• C. Sentence 3 and 4 combined into yet another sentence.

• D. Sentence 3 and 4 combined into a different sentence.

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What change should be made in sentence 1?

• Change Wakarusa’s to wakarusa’s

• Delete the comma after mill

• Change stringently to strengtently

• Change avoids to avoided

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