WorksheetsUnit 2 Lesson 1 Mastery Check (from Pax, HMH Into Lit Grade 6)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Read this sentence from paragraph 1:
He stretched up from his boy’s lap and sniffed at threads of scent leaking in
through the window, which told him they were now traveling into woodlands.
The figurative language in the sentence emphasizes the —
fox’s ability to know where they are
fox’s dislike of being in the car
way the boy feels about the fox
way the fox feels about the woodlands
The word sensitive comes from the Latin word sentire, which means “to feel or perceive.” What does sensitive mean as it is used in paragraph 1?
The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first.
Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists.
Able to understand how other animals feel
Able to have deep feelings or emotions
Able to perceive small changes in the environment
Able to see things for a long distance
Which two inferences can be made from the information in paragraph 7? (Select 2 answers)
The car pulled to the right, and the suitcase beside them shifted. By its scent, the fox knew it held the boy’s clothing and the things from his room he handled most often: the photo he kept on top of his bureau and the items he hid in the bottom drawer. He pawed at a corner, hoping to pry the suitcase open enough for the boy’s weak nose to smell these favored things and be comforted. But just then the car slowed again, this time to a rumbling crawl. The boy slumped forward, his head in his hands.
The boy and his father will soon be separated.
The boy’s comfort is very important to the fox.
The fox’s comfort is very important to the boy.
The fox does not know the boy very well.
The boy is going somewhere away from home.
Read this sentence from paragraph 10. The car juddered to a full stop and tilted off to the right, a cloud of dust rising beyond the window. What is another correct way to write this sentence?
The car juddered to a full stop, tilted off to the right, and a cloud of dust rising beyond the window.
When the car juddered to a full stop and tilted off to the right, a cloud of dust rose beyond the window.
The car juddered to a full stop and tilted off to the right. A cloud of dust rising beyond the window.
The car juddered to a full stop and then it tilted off to the right when a cloud of dust rose beyond the window.
Which two statements can be determined about the fox from his reaction in paragraphs 10–11?
10 The car juddered to a full stop and tilted off to the right, a cloud of dust rising beyond the window. The father reached over the seat again, and after saying something to his son in a soft voice that didn’t match his hard lie-scent, he grasped the fox by the scruff of the neck.
11 His boy did not resist, so the fox did not resist. He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip. He would not displease his humans today. The father opened the car door and strode over gravel and patchy weeds to the edge of a wood. The boy got out and followed.
He is very trusting of the boy.
He likes the boy’s father.
He is not easily scared or upset.
He studies humans carefully.
He enjoys being in the woods.
In paragraph 11, the Latin prefix dis- signifies what in the word displease?
His boy did not resist, so the fox did not resist. He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip. He would not displease his humans today.
Emphasis on
Same as
Opposite of
More of
What is the point of view in paragraph 1 of the passage?
The fox felt the car slow before the boy did, as he felt everything first. Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists. By the vibrations, he learned also that the road had grown coarser. He stretched up from his boy’s lap and sniffed at threads of scent leaking in through the window, which told him they were now traveling into woodlands. The sharp odors of pine—wood, bark, cones, and needles—slivered through the air like blades, but beneath that, the fox recognized softer clover and wild garlic and ferns, and also a hundred things he had never encountered before but that smelled green and urgent.
First person, from the boy’s perspective
First person, from the fox’s perspective
Third-person limited, from the fox’s perspective
Third-person omniscient, from the boy’s perspective
The author’s word choice in paragraph 15 contributes to developing the fox’s voice by demonstrating —
And sure enough, the boy held the toy soldier aloft and then hurled it into the woods. The fox’s relief—they were only here to play the game!— made him careless. He streaked toward the woods without looking back at his humans. If he had, he would have seen the boy wrench away from his father and cross his arms over his face, and he would have returned. Whatever his boy needed—protection, distraction, affection—he would have offered.
how helpless and frightened the fox is when he is alone
how the fox does not trust the boy completely
the fox’s nature to be silly and act carelessly
the fox’s loyalty and his loving attitude toward the boy
In paragraph 20, the author uses a simile, a comparison using like or as, to illustrate the connection between the —
His boy was waiting to play the game. But birds! Hours upon hours he had watched birds from his pen, quivering at the sight of them slicing the sky as recklessly as the lightning he often saw on summer evenings. The freedom of their flights always mesmerized him.
fox and the boy
fox and the birds
lightning and the fox
lightning and the birds
Which detail first indicates to the fox that this car trip will be different from the others?
The boy’s suitcase beside them in the car
Unfamiliar scents from outside the car
The boy crying but not in pain
The boy not being as calm as usual
