Multiple Choice
1. A court order that integrated the schools in a city would (1 point)
bring students of different races together.
close down the schools.
keep students of different races apart.
2. Read the following passage from Through My Eyes:
After the first day, I was glad to get home. I wanted to change my clothes and go outside to find my friends. My mother wasn’t too worried about me because the police had set up barricades at each end of the block. Only local residents were allowed on our street. That afternoon, I taught a friend the chant I had learned: “Two, four, six, eight, we don’t want to integrate.” My friend and I didn’t know what the words meant, but we would jump rope to it every day after school.
How does this passage emphasize that the story is told from the point of view of a child? (1 point)
Ruby doesn’t really understand the chant; she responds only to the rhythmic sound.
Ruby teaches her friend what she has learned at school that day.
Ruby’s mother is not worried about her because of the barricades at the ends of the block.
3. What question might a student ask about this passage to understand the circumstances of the setting of Ruby’s story? (1 point)
Was Ruby’s mother worried about her playing outside?
Why did Ruby jump rope to the offensive rhyme?
Why were only local residents allowed on Ruby’s street?
4. In the following sentence, which words should be in quotation marks?
Did you read the chapter Chemical Reactions in our science textbook, Understanding Chemistry?
(1 point)
chapter Chemical Reactions
Chemical Reactions
Understanding Chemistry
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2c No
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Now, read carefully and look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary.
1. Bring students of different races together.
2. Ruby doesn't really understand the chant; she responds only to the rhythmic sound.
3. Why were only local residents allowed on Ruby's street?
4. Chemical Reactions
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1. The correct answer is "bring students of different races together." This can be inferred from the court order being described as one that integrated the schools, which suggests that it aimed to bring together students of different races.
2. The correct answer is "Ruby doesn’t really understand the chant; she responds only to the rhythmic sound." This emphasizes that the story is told from the point of view of a child because Ruby doesn't comprehend the meaning behind the chant, but still engages with it because of its rhythmic nature.
3. A student might ask the question "Why were only local residents allowed on Ruby’s street?" to understand the circumstances of the setting of Ruby's story. This question addresses the detail mentioned in the passage that barricades were set up at each end of the block, allowing only local residents to enter.
4. The words that should be in quotation marks in the sentence are "Chemical Reactions." This is because the sentence is referring to the specific chapter in the science textbook.