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WorksheetsOn Summer and Single Room, Earth View
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following is false?
Hansberry likes winter because it is aloof (or emotional distant)
Hansberry likes autumn because it is melancholy (or sad and gloomy)
Hansberry likes spring because of the flowers
Hansberry dislikes summer because of the heat (among other things)
Which is NOT a a reason she dislikes summer?
She dislikes sand
The waters she swims in are still too cold
She has to wear bathing caps and she sweats
Her father hated summer and she learned it from him
Which children's song does she mention in her essay?
Lizzie Borden
Oh, Mary Mack
I saw an Elephant
Mary had a Steamboat
What book does she compare with her Grandmother's experience with slavery?
A Biography of Harriet Tubman
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Gone With The Wind
The Narrative Life of Fredrick Douglas
Why was the woman at the end of the book dying?
Boredom
Scarlet Fever
Cancer
Old Age
According to the woman, what is equal to the "relentless ravages" of life?
The love of God
The mysticism of man
The power of summer
The genius of man
Which is not correct (according to Hansberry)?
Spring is full of false promises
Summer represents the highest point of life
Winter represents death
Autumn represents the promise of new life
Hansberry changes her mind about summer.
True
False
What is the main idea in "Single Room, Earth View"?
Space exploration advances human progress.
Space travel provides a unique perspective on Earth.
Astronauts are highly trained scientific observers
Air and water pollution are endangering Earth.
In the essay, what cause explains why the author easily loses track of the part of Earth she is viewing
?
The space shuttle flies at high altitudes.
Landforms are indistinct from space.
The sun's brightness blocks her view.
The space shuttle is moving very fast.
What is one effect Sally Ride mentions of the space shuttle's completing an orbit of Earth every 90 minutes?
It is easy to identify land masses.
It is easy to identify cities
Half of the time Earth is in darkness
It is hard to get used to the bright light.
Which of the following details BEST supports Ride's observation that civilization has caused some "unfortunate effects on the environment"?
Astronauts can trace thousand-mile-long condensation trails from airplanes.
The author can see lights twinkling along the entire eastern coast of the United States.
A huge dust storm obscures the author's view of northern Africa.
Oil slicks on the Persian Gulf are visible from space.
Which of the following ideas does Sally Ride's discussion of photographs and observations of ocean dynamics BEST support?
Future space missions should focus entirely on the ocean currents.
Scientists on Earth must study what astronauts have observed from space.
Space exploration has resulted in some unexpected scientific advances.
Scientists' understanding improves the farther they are away from their subject.
The description of "ominous hurricane clouds expanding and rising like biscuits in the oven of the Caribbean"
helps readers create a vivid mental image of what the author sees from space.
foreshadows the development of a specific hurricane while the writer was in orbit.
corroborates the author's claim that training to become an astronaut is extremely rigorous.
shows the author's occasional uncertainty about what she observes from space.
When bolts of lightning are diffused by the clouds "into bursting balls of light," they are
disarmed.
spread out
gathered together
unrelating
In which of the following sentences is articulate used correctly?
When he answered our question with a simple grunt, we knew that he was highly articulate.
Did you understand anything at all in her articulate presentation?
He can barely speak the language, so we expected him to present an articulate oration.
The author presents an articulate series of observations in her essay.
