RL 5.1 & RL 5.3 Review

About which event do the kids and the adults agree?  

• Sam is a pest and is not wanted on the trip.  
• The water is freezing and no one should play in it.
• Everyone was scared that Jouh almost went over the waterfall
• Jumping into Midnight Hole from the high rocks was the best part of the day.  

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.1

How is Aunt Amy similar to the kids on the trip?  

• Aunt Amy and the family do things quickly.  
• She has fun and does adventurous things like Nelson and Mary.
• Aunt Amy and John are both scared about going over the waterfall
• She is bothersome like Sam and should spend the day with Grandma.  

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CCSS.RL.5.3

How do John's emotions change from the beginning to the end of the story?  

• He was nervous but excited about hiking, but then felt lucky and happy about going to Midnight Hole.  
• He was freezing and unhappy because the water was cold, but then became stuck and scared in the waterfall.
• In the beginning, he was excited and happy, but became scared by the waterfall and felt lucky when he was safe.  
• In the beginning, he was impatient and restless about hiking with his family, but then became calm and confident when he jumped over the falls.  

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which explains how John and Nelson felt about jumping from the rocks into the deep water?  

• Nelson jumped right off the rocks into the deep water, but John waited until last to jump because he was a little bit nervous.  
• John and Nelson were both nervous about jumping off the rocks because they were higher up than they looked.  
• John jumped right off the rocks into the deep water and waited patiently for Nelson to jump next.  
• John and Nelson waited with the adults before they swam into the cold water with the other kids.  

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CCSS.RL.5.2

How do John and Nelson act differently when John nearly goes over the waterfall?  

• John is calm most of the time, and Nelson does not know how to help him.  
• John is upset at the adults for not helping him, and Nelson is trying to stop him.  
• John is scared of going over the waterfall, and Nelson stays calm while saving him.  
• John is mad at himself for being careless, and Nelson does not know what to do next.  

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which sentence from the selection supports the idea that the trip provided a variety of enjoyable activities?  

• "Mom and Dad were taking Matt and me to Spin N Splash for the day."
• "It has over 75 rides,including 17 roller coasters." 
• "It is the best place in the world!"
• "We had been to Spin N Splash before and had ridden almost all of the rides."

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CCSS.RI.5.8

Which is the purpose of the statement, "It all happened so fast, it took our brains a minute to catch up with our bodies"?

• To emphasize the ride's overwhelming speed.
• To express the ride's ability to rattle the mind.
• To demonstrate the ride's powerful locomotion.
• To explain the ride's unbelievable height, twists, and turns.  

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does the narrator ask, "Did we scream"?

• The beating of the children's hearts was so loud in their own ears they could not hear their screams.  
• The screams of the other riders make it too difficult to hear their own excited screams.  
• The ride is so thrilling and intense that it is over before they are even aware of their own screams.
• The force that pushes the riders back into their seats also weakens any screams made by the riders.  

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which statement implies the children were nervous about riding Scary Mountain?  

• "It was so high and fast, we could not believe it."
• "Almost every rider screamed when it took off."
• "We thought about chickening out."
• "We were so high up and we got there so quickly."

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Which sentence from the selection describes the advantage of a rollback?

• "A computer launches the Scary Mountain trains."
• "Sometimes it does not give the train enough speed to get over the hill."
• "'We would get two rides.'"
• "'We're already going to be scared out of our minds anyway.'"

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1