The Circuit Review QUIZ

Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to instinctively?

• full of happiness

• sadly

• without thinking

• peacefully

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which answer choice best describes the short story, "The Circuit"?

• It is a story about the narrator's most memorable experience as a migrant farm 

  worker.

• It is a story about the narrator's first experience as a migrant farm worker

• It is a story about the narrator's worst experience as a migrant farm worker.

• It is a story about the narrator's typical experience as a migrant farm worker

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How do the cardboard boxes suggest the theme of "The Circuit"? 

• The boxes are portable and also serve as furniture.

• The boxes are the only toys the children have to play with

• The boxes represent the family's constant cycle of relocation in order to find work

• The boxes represent disposable things that are of no value

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

When you enroll in an art class, what do you do?

• You register to take an art class

• You roll up your canvas to prepare for an art class.

• You bring your favorite rock-and-roll album to an art class

• You wear roller skates to an art class.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What theme is suggested by the following passage from "The Circuit" about the narrator's older 

brother, Roberto? 

"He was not going to school today. He was not going tomorrow, or next week, or next month. He would not go until the cotton season was over..."

• Migrant workers do not value education because they do not think it provides 

  skills they need in every-day life. 

• Migrant workers generally do not care about education, and only encourage hard work

• Migrant workers are more productive because they are not distracted by school 

  getting an education

• Many children of migrant workers cannot get the education they need because their families depend on them to work

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

In "The Circuit," how does the narrator, Panchito, feel about moving?

• He enjoys moving around but dislikes the work

• He dislikes constantly moving from place to place

• He thinks living in one place would be boring.

• He does not mind moving from place to place

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

 In "The Circuit," what is the one constant thing in Panchito's life?

• the crops that he picks

• the family's home

• Papa's "Carcanchita" (car)

• his teachers

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

 In "The Circuit," why does the pot mean so much to Panchito's mother?

• She believes the pot makes food taste better

• She can use the pot to carry things as well as for cooking

• The pot remains the same no matter where the family goes

• Her mother gave her the pot

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun in the objective case?

• He hopes to be on our debate team next year

• Our teacher took us to see the dance performance

• My jacket has lost its button.

• It was I who suggested a short hike up the mountain

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

In "The Circuit," how might you best describe the work that Panchito does in the fields?

• The work is easy.

• The work is interesting.

• The work is exhausting

• The work is scary

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2