WorksheetsSilent Spring by Rachel Carson (study game)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
definition of blight
a)
cause them to rot or die
b)
something that spoils, prevents growth, or destroy
c)
illness, disease
d)
ill
2.
definition of malady
a)
prosperous, beautiful
b)
abandoned; empty
c)
Animal life in general disappears or does poorly.
d)
illness, disease
3.
definition of puzzled
a)
confused and unable to understand something
b)
illness, disease
c)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
d)
absence of noise or motion
4.
definition of stricken
a)
ill
b)
very badly affected by trouble or illness
c)
sight and hearing
d)
mysterious and frightening
5.
definition of stillness
a)
absence of noise or motion
b)
illness, disease
c)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
d)
mysterious and frightening
6.
definition of deserted
a)
prosperous, beautiful
b)
very badly affected by trouble or illness
c)
illness, disease
d)
abandoned; empty
7.
why might the author have used suck vivid, descriptive details to describe the town?
a)
prosperous, beautiful
b)
to depict imagery to create a clear picture in the mind of the reader.
c)
sight and hearing
d)
the quality of being
8.
As described in the selection from Silent Spring, what is the town like before everything begins to change?
a)
evil, sickened, died, death
b)
something that spoils, prevents growth, or destroy
c)
pesticides
d)
prosperous, beautiful
9.
In the selection from Silent Spring, why are doctors in the town puzzled?
a)
prosperous, beautiful
b)
cause them to rot or die
c)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
d)
More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses.
10.
What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town in the selection from Silent Spring?
a)
evil, sickened, died, death
b)
abandoned; empty
c)
More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses.
d)
pesticides
11.
In the selection from Silent Spring, how do animal populations change after the town changes?
a)
to depict imagery to create a clear picture in the mind of the reader.
b)
illness, disease
c)
confused and unable to understand something
d)
Animal life in general disappears or does poorly.
12.
In the selection from Silent Spring, how do plants change after the town changes?
a)
Many plants wither and die.
b)
confused and unable to understand something
c)
It turns into a noun meaning "the condition of being sick."
d)
mysterious and frightening
13.
What would a blight most likely do to a farmer's crops?
a)
cause them to rot or die
b)
absence of noise or motion
c)
very badly affected by trouble or illness
d)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
14.
Which of these words tells how a person with maladies is most likely to feel?
a)
evil, sickened, died, death
b)
abandoned; empty
c)
very badly affected by trouble or illness
d)
ill
15.
Which sentence best illustrates the meaning of deserted?
a)
illness, disease
b)
pesticides
c)
prosperous, beautiful
d)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
16.
In this sentence from Silent Spring, to which of the five senses does the imagery most strongly appeal? Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings.
a)
abandoned; empty
b)
prosperous, beautiful
c)
sight and hearing
d)
mysterious and frightening
17.
Which set of words in this description from Silent Spring has the greatest negative connotations? Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens, the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was the shadow of death.
a)
evil, sickened, died, death
b)
absence of noise or motion
c)
mysterious and frightening
d)
abandoned; empty
18.
Which phrase best describes the mood established in these sentences from Silent Spring? There was a strange stillness. The birds, for example—where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. It was a spring without voices.
a)
the quality of being
b)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
c)
sight and hearing
d)
mysterious and frightening
19.
What is one meaning of the Old English suffix -ness?
a)
ill
b)
sight and hearing
c)
It turns into a noun meaning "the condition of being sick."
d)
the quality of being
20.
What happens to the adjective sick if you add the suffix -ness to it?
a)
Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.
b)
the quality of being
c)
something that spoils, prevents growth, or destroy
d)
It turns into a noun meaning "the condition of being sick."
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