Memoirs- Mississippi Solo and Polar Dream

Memoirs- Mississippi Solo and Polar Dream

7th - 8th Grade

25 Qs

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Memoirs- Mississippi Solo and Polar Dream

Memoirs- Mississippi Solo and Polar Dream

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RL.6.3

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Simmons

Used 43+ times

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What element reveals that this selection is a memoir?
figurative language
sequence of events
first person pronouns
sentence fragments

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What evidence in the text supports inferences about the author's past?
Too many marvelous days in a row and you begin to get used to it.
I guess I'd had enough hard days to last me for a while
Each change had something to say and I listened to the river.
Nothing else mattered then.  Going someplace or not

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The author regards the river as
a friend
an obstacle
an ispiration
a threat

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the author first know that a storm was approaching?

The river was changing colors.

The river whispered to him, "Get ready."

He felt the river dip down and up.

He passed through a pocket of thin dry air.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of the author's use of simile?
The river kept me company and kept me satisfied.  Nothing else mattered.
I passed through the far curtain of the insulated air.
The tips of the trees bent way over...like fising rods hooked on a big one.
The trees swooshed loudly as the leaves and branches brushed hard together.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As the storm approached, the author intended to head for shore.  Why did he turn into the trees instead?
He thought that the trees would provide better shelter.
He was afraid there would not be time to reach the shore.
The river spoke to him and grabbed the end of his canoe.
The shoreline had been pushed back through the trees.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An avalanche moves
slowly
haltingly
smoothly
rapidly

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