Letting Swift River Go

Nancy Vaughn was a...

• Sister
• Friend
• Cousin
• Teacher

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

“Georgie and Sally Jane caught trout out of the pools with a pin hook and a bit of thread.”  In this context, trout is....

• An illness
• A ball
• A type of fish
• A type of bird

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The first time Mama said “You have to let them go, Sally Jane,” Mama was referring to…

• Fireflies
• Balloons
• Memories
• The fish they caught

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“I slept under three eiderdowns and Grandma’s quilt.”  Eiderdowns are...

• Tree Branches
• Bunk Beds
• Stars
• Blankets

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What city had “a great thirst”?  

• New York City
• Boston
• Washington DC
• Beijing

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CCSS.RI.1.6

CCSS.RI.1.7

CCSS.RI.K.7

CCSS.RL.1.7

CCSS.RL.K.7

They cut down maples and elms, willows and sycamores.  These are all examples of...

• Trees
• Flowers
• Bugs
• Birds

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Which of the following did NOT happen to the buildings in the book?

• They were bulldozed
• They were carried by truck to another town.    
• They were destroyed
• People lived in the flooded houses.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

How long did it take to flood the Swift River towns?

• 7 hours
• 7 days
• 7 months
• 7 years

“Papa and I rowed out on the Quabbin Reservoir.  Behind us we left a bubble trail.”  The bubble trail was created by...

• the motor on the boat
• the movement of the boat
• the soda they poured into the water
• a bubble maker

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CCSS.RF.1.4C

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.2

‘Then the governor sent his “woodpeckers” to clear the scrub and brush” -In this passage who are the woodpeckers?  

• Birds
• Children
• Workers
• Tourists

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CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.2