A Blessing/Predators Review

At what time of day do the events in “A Blessing” take place?

• Sunrise

• Midday

• Twilight

• Midnight

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

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CCSS.RL.7.5

In “A Blessing,” what have the ponies (horses) come “out of the willows” to do?

• greet visitors

• watch cars go by

• graze in the woods

• leap over the fence

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

In “A Blessing,” which of the following represents the separation between people and animals?

• The highway

• The pasture

• The woods

• The fence

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

In “A Blessing,” what is most likely the “blessing”?

• the spring grasses that grow in the pasture

• the light breeze that moves over the landscape

• the relationship between the speaker and his friend

• the feeling of closeness between humans and animals

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Where are you most likely to find a blossom?

• In the sky

• In a garden

• Inside a gym

• On top of a concrete wall

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which is the most likely meaning of shyly in the following sentence?

On her first day at her new school, Layla shyly asked her teacher where the water fountain was

• Loudly

• Timidly

• Rudely

• Clearly

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In which of the following situations is the person most likely to feel loneliness?

• All of Jacob’s friends attended his birthday party.

• Max helped his younger sister with her homework.

• With her brothers gone, Ingrid enjoyed reading alone in the quiet house.

• On her first day of camp, Rose sat alone, missing her parents and friends.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read these lines from “A Blessing.”

And the eyes of those two Indian ponies

Darken with kindness.

They have come gladly out of the willows….

Which words in these lines make the horses seem human?

• eyes, ponies

• ponies, kindness

• kindness, gladly

• gladly, willows

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which creatures in “Predators” are domesticated?

Choose two options.

• The speaker

• The feline (cat)

• The vixen (fox)

• The herbs

• The sun

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

When the speaker in “Predators” says, “In sun the fox / bows to my feline and her good / dog friends who rule this land,” what does she mean?

• The fox feels embarrassed when it sees the pets.

• The fox understands that the cat and dogs know best.

• The fox does not approach when the cat and dogs are around.

• The fox wants to hunt the other animals that live on the property.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4