Uprising

Which detail most increases the drama of the fire escape collapse?

• Bella’s skirt catches fire as she runs toward the window.

• Bella shifts her weight back just as it collapses.

• Bella sees the eighth floor shutters blocking the way.

• Jane asks Bella if the fire escape is safe.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the Yetta section, what evidence supports the inference that fires in the factory were not uncommon.

• Tissue paper hung from the ceiling.

• Fabric scraps were kept in a bin under the table.

• Buckets of water were kept available.

• The isles between the tables were narrow.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What do readers know that Jane does not when they go to look for Mr. Blanck. (Dramatic Irony)

• That a fire has broken out on the eighth floor.

• What the little girls are doing on the tenth floor.

• Whether Yetta has managed to get to the ninth floor.

• That Mr. Blanck is on the ninth floor.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

In the Bella section, why does the author include the detail, “Bella didn’t know what a fire drill was.”?

• To explain what had caused the fire to spread.

• To explain why Senor Carlotti looked down on Bella.

• To show that Bella was not as educated as Jane.

• To show that there had been no fire drills at the factory.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

In the Jane section, why does the author include the detail about the new telautograph machine not working?

• It explains why Ms. Mary was so harried and frazzled looking.

• It shows that the factory was up to date and had the latest equipment.

• If the machine had worked, Harriet would have wanted to examine it.

• If the machine had worked, people would have known about the fire sooner.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Where is Bella most likely going at the end of the excerpt?

• Too look for more buckets

• Too look for the little girls

• To look for Signor Carlotti

• To look for Yetta.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Something that is singed is

• Dirty

• Discarded

• Torn

• Burned

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does wistful mean?

• Longing for something

• Expecting something

• Regretting something

• Joking about something

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Someone who looks haggard is

• Exhausted

• Enraged

• Expectant

• Energetic

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does it mean to stifle someone’s excitement?

• To encourage it

• To hold it back

• To share it

• To ridicule it

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4