1. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves.
(1 point)
leftovers
made
reminders
symbolic
2. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
The police officers blocked off the road until all of the debris from the accident was cleared.
(1 point)
danger
evidence
rubbish
traffic
3. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
Many soldiers would cache food and supplies for desperate times.
(1 point)
extend
hide
sell
trade
4. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
Luis angled the car obliquely into the parking spot and passed his driver’s license test.
(1 point)
abruptly
indirectly
nervously
quickly
5. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
Rats were considered the scourge of the Middle Ages.
(1 point)
source of all disease
cause of trouble or pain
omen of good fortune
sign of a good harvest
6. In Of Wolves and Men, the author describes wolves as (1 point)
lone hunters only.
very serious animals.
complex creatures.
insensitive and unaware.
7. Which of the following sentences from Of Wolves and Men uses imagery to engage the reader? (1 point)
The wolf is three years old.
It is now late in the afternoon.
His ears are rammed forward, stiff.
It is not a time of year for much howling.
8. The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to (1 point)
girls drying their hair.
sweeping up broken glass.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
filling a cup to the top.
9. Which of the following lines from "Birches" uses metaphor to create a strong image? (1 point)
"Shattering and avalanching on the snowcrust—
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away . . ."
"I should prefer to have some boy bend them
As he went out and in to fetch the cows—"
"Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun."
"Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig's having lashed across it open.”
10. In the haiku by bashō, what is left of the warriors’ dreams? (1 point)
a dark pool
a quick frog
the splashing water
the summer grass
11. In An Inconvenient Truth, Earth is called the Goldilocks planet because (1 point)
the sun is at a balanced distance.
it has a significant wildlife population.
it is neither too hot nor too cold for life.
of the mineral content, especially coal and gold.
12. In An Inconvenient Truth, green roofs are beneficial in fighting global warming because (1 point)
they are beautiful.
they have solar panels, which collect energy.
they emit water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
they support plants, which filter carbon dioxide from the air.
13. In An Inconvenient Truth, the most likely reason the author uses the heading “A Silent Alarm”
is to
(1 point)
grab the readers’ interest.
frighten readers so they will take action.
use an image that all readers can visualize.
show there is a problem that many do not know about.
14. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
One way to save money on electricity is to replace incandescent bulbs with compact
fluorescent (CF) light buloutside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating water vapor
producing light by adding neurons to a glowing material
15. In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was generated by (1 point)
a Hiroshimatype atomic bomb.
an earthquake.
a hurricane.
a wave.
16. In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” survivors of the tsunami recognized that a receding
ocean
(1 point)
was a sign of danger.
left pollution on shore.
left boats and fish stranded on shore.
signals a coming earthquake.
17. In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans are offended by the term
orphans because
(1 point)
they feel they are now the parents to these children.
the government will not let the children be adopted by them.
Mr. Paramesvaran grew up without a father and knows how difficult it was. they think the natural parents of the children will be found alive some day.
18. In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans named their large home
Namikai, which means Hands of Hope, because
(1 point)
they had to dig the graves for their children with their bare hands.
together with their new large family, they can rebuild their village.
their new family gave them hope when they were considering suicide.
they hope to have many more children move into their home with them.
Yall are so stupid when will you learn that you have to put the actual answer and not just the letter. They switch up the answers so that you cant cheat its really not that hard to get around. Here you guys go!
1. Reminder
2. Thousands of years
3. Pulled
4. Unnoticeable
5. Between 12 and 24 months
6. The particular way the wolf travels through the woods
7. His ears rammed forward
8. A boy has been swinging on them
9. The shape of the trees
10. Wind
11. Trees
12. They support plant
13. Show there is a problem
14. Producing light by adding electrons
15. A rupture in the Burma plate
16. Indonesia
17. The orphaned children helped them more than they helped them
18. Their new family gave them hope
19. Situational irony
20. This one you will have to do on your own
If our answer choices don't match don't worry sometimes they switch the questions too just google your question. Quizlet is usually the best for finding answers.
1. Reminders
2. with close attention to even the smallest details
3. stored up
4. size
5. common
6. the particular way the wolf travels through the woods
7. a boy's been swinging on them
8. carbon dioxide
9. fall and winter in the Northern Hemisphere
10. an earthquake
11. was a sign of danger
12. three of their children died in the tsunami
13. gives and takes life
14. false
15. false
16. true
17. true
18. gases that hold in heat
19. essay question
WRONG AGAIN CHEESE
what r the answers?
am i the only one who has 21 questions 💀 plus a lil essay?
1. reminders
2. rubbish
3.pulled
4.with close attention
5.between 12 and 24 months
6.complex creatures
7.his ears are rammed
8.life becomes too dificult
9.the ice cracking off the trees
10.the summer grass
11.trees
12.they support plants
13.the content under...of "crisis"
14.creating light by radiating heat
15.mass animals death
16. Indonesia
17.they feel they are now
18.it was his birthday