Vocabulary
The people on our street are part of our community?
What does community mean?
A: bargain
B: movement
C: neighborhood
D: rescue
C: neighborhood
Which answer has the same r-controlled vowel as early?
A: artist
B: learning
C: nearest
D: stormy
B: learning
What does the word generous mean?
A: doing creative things
B: having a lot of money
C: not willing to give up
D: showing kindness to others
D: showing kindness to others
What problem did the Titanic experience?
A: It was too big to steer properly.
B: The captain had little experience.
C: It hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
D: The crew left the passengers on the ship.
C: It hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
A: The sentences use compare and contrast to show how things were before and now.
B: The sentences use cause and effect to show that Malala got famous as an effect of her writing.
C: The sentences use description to describe her writing.
D: The sentences use chronological order to show how her life changed from beginning to end.
B: The sentences use cause and effect to show that Malala got famous as an effect of her writing.
She will donate the dog food at the animal shelter.
What does donate mean?
A: sell
B: keep
C: give away
D: throw away
C: give away
Which answer has the same r-controlled vowel sound as purse?
A: carpool
B: fearless
C: theater
D: warming
C: theater
What did Jane do when a man broke into Hull House?
A: she gave him a job
B: she called the police
C: she gave him some money
D: she started locking the doors
A: she gave him a job
Which sentence from paragraph 1 best shows the selection has a time-order structure?
A: When Edward was fourteen years old, he went to work.
B: Edward worked at a forge where metal was shaped.
C: Edward helped make parts for giant ships.
D: It was there that Edward began to dream of a life at sea.
A: When Edward was fourteen years old, he went to work.
Which detail from the selection shows the effect of Malala's love for learning?
A: Malala's father ran a school for girls. Malala went there.
B: She learned three different languages, including English.
C: He believed that girls could achieve anything if they were allowed to go to school.
D: The people in charge didn't allow girls and women to go to school.
B: She learned three different languages, including English.
They will try to convince him to go with them to the fair.
What does convince mean?
A: allow
B: limit
C: persuade
D: protect
Which word has the same r-controlled vowel sound as father?
A: barely
B: flurry
C: hearing
D: upstairs
B: flurry
What happened that made Jane Addams want to help people?
A: She felt lost after school was over.
B: She grew up in a poor neighborhood.
C: She saw people begging for spoiled food.
D: She was denied an education because she was a woman.
C: She saw people begging for spoiled food.
Which word group helps explain the order of events in paragraph 2?
A: When he was seventeen
B: Sail by using the stars as a guide
C: Captain of his first ship
D: Until they were much older
A: When he was seventeen
What is the effect of people working hard to help Malala in paragraph 4?
A: One day after school, Malala was badly hurt by someone who didn't like the things she was saying.
B: She was only fifteen years old.
C: Doctors worked had to help her get better.
D: Malala was able to go back to school in just six months.
D: Malala was able to go back to school in just six months.
The students were very generous with their time.
What does generous mean?
A: giving
B: greedy
C: hateful
D: selfish
A: giving
Which word has the same r-controlled sound as birthday?
A: carry
B: heard
C: steering
D: tornado
B: heard
How did Jane Addams get the idea for Hull House?
A: She saw a settlement house in London.
B: She read about settlement houses in a book.
C: She lived in a settlement house as a young girl.
D: She learned about settlement houses from her father.
A: She saw a settlement house in London.
The first skill Edward learned to become a sailor was-
A: he traveled all over the world
B: he became captain of his own ship
C: he sailed on the biggest ship in the world
D: he learned how to tie knots and to sail using the stars as a guide
D: he learned how to tie knots and to sail using the stars as a guide
The author organizes paragraph 5 in a problem-an-solution text structure to show the reader that-
A: Malala gave important speeches
B: Malala wrote a book about her life
C: Malala was able to overcome struggles in her life
D: Malala was injured by people who did not like her
C: Malala was able to overcome struggles in her life
Which word is a synonym for transformed in the sentence below?
The doctors at the clinic transformed the lives of people.
A: changed
B: decided
C: extended
D: noticed
A: changed
Which word has the same r-controlled vowel sound as stirring?
A: airport
B: correct
C: germ
D: uniform
C: germ
How is a settlement house different from other houses for the poor?
A: It does not offer classes to the people.
B: It gives shelter to families with children.
C: It provides people with food and clothing.
D: It offers poor and well-off people a place to live together.
D: It offers poor and well-off people a place to live together.
What question can be answered in paragraph 2?
A: Which ship was Edward a captain on in 1912?
B: At what age did Edward go to work?
C: How did Edward learn to sail?
D: When did Edward die?
C: How did Edward learn to sail?
Which question can be answer in paragraph 3?
A: When was Malala born?
B: What was the book that she wrote called?
C: What change happened that sparked Malala to write about her life?
D: Why was Malala hurt at school?
C: What change happened that sparked Malala to write about her life?