WorksheetsUnit 2 Bent 1 Complex Text Review: Life in Tenements
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins
What is the main point made about tenements in the section Staying Healthy (page 16)?
Due to lack of indoor plumbing, illnesses spread quickly.
Once tenements had indoor plumbing, people stayed healthier and cleaner.
The Lower East Side was hit by cholera epidemics.
What is the main purpose of the section Tenement Life (page 10-17)?
To let the reader know that living in a tenement was harder than living anywhere else.
To show the reader that fire was a constant worry for immigrants in tenements.
To show the reader tenement life was full of struggles.
What detail from the section supports your answer for question #2?
"People on the Lower East Side stayed outside a lot in warm weather. Adults talked on the stoop."
"Fire was a constant worry for people living in tenements."
:Cooking stoves burned coal. Coal is a rock that burns well."
Under which heading can the reader find information regarding ways immigrants entertained themselves?
Going to school
Work and Play
Staying healthy
Which statement provides a summary of the book?
The influx of immigrants in the early 1900s created a lack of housing in the Lower East Side creating a need for tenement buildings.
Tenement buildings were often unsafe, dangerous, and crowded making lives difficult for immigrants who moved to America in the 1900s.
The overpopulation of immigrants in the Lower East Side created many health and safety issues, however immigrants found methods to work, play, and improve their lives.
Which statement comparing the text structures used in the section Fire and heating (page 13) and the section Staying healthy (page 16) is correct?
The sections both used cause and effect to explain ways the tenements were unsafe.
The sections both use chronological order to explain how tenement life has changed over time.
The sections both use compare and contrast to explain how the water and fire situations were the same and different.
Which detail supports the point that fire was a constant worry for people living in tenements?
"The apartment buildings were made mostly of brick on the outside."
"In summer tenements were too hot to stay inside."
"But inside, they were made of wood. This could burn easy."
Why did people move to America?
They wanted to live in big cities.
They wanted to start a new life in a new land.
They thought immigrant life would be exciting in a new land.
What types of games did children like to play on the Lower East Side?
Games like baseball and Ring Around the Rosie.
Games that involved balls like football and baseball.
Games that could be played inside.
Where did you use the bathroom in a tenement?
A shared bathroom at the end of the hall.
A privy that was located outside the building.
A bathroom in the apartment or flat.
Choose the two details that best support the following statement: "Immigrants found ways to enjoy life despite the struggles."
"The Lower East Side had few parks. Kids played in alleys. They also played on the sidewalks and streets."
"By the 1930s, more than half the tenements still did not have good heating. One in six tenements still did not have hot water."
"Baseball was a popular sport among immigrants. People used almost anything they could find as bases."
"Families from the Lower East Side like to go to Coney Island. Coney Island was an amusement park."
Read the following passage: "By the end of August 2006, over 7,000 million hits were made daily. This skyrocketed YouTube to the 10th most visited site in the United States. The business world quickly acknowledged the power that YouTube had, and the site's worth was listed between $600 million and $1 billion." Which phrase best describes the message conveyed to the reader by the author's use of the word "skyrocketed"?
Gradual favor
Rapid success
Steady interest
Slow popularity
Read the following sentence: "A windbreaker goes a long way when trying to stay warm, but if you run out of room, a rain jacket will do just fine." Based on its use, which can the reader justify to be the meaning of the phrase goes a long way?
A windbreak is long and could stretch for more coverage to stay warm, but it is not needed.
A windbreaker is used to keep wind, water, and cold out of the tent.
A windbreaker is better than a rain jacket because protection from wind is more important than protection from rain.
A windbreaker is used to stay warm because it protects the body from the wind, and it keeps body heat in.
“The lighthouse keeper’s son could not wait for the fog to lift so that he could see what had happened. How big was the ship? What cargo had it been carrying? What kind of damage had it endured? Philmore remembered an earlier shipwreck near rocky Libby Island. He had been sad to see a majestic ship destroyed by the unpredictable force of the sea.”
Based on its use in the paragraph, what is the meaning of the word endured?
Communicated
Created
Experienced
Noticed
