Cicadas Everywhere and Cicada Facts
Authored by Shelby Gentry
English
4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
1. Which detail from “Cicadas Everywhere” best expresses the author’s point of view?
A. “We heard a lot about the cicadas before they appeared.”
B. “To me, it all sounded like a science fiction movie.”
C. “Now they were about to emerge—all of them, all at once.”
D. “Looking about, I saw dozens of cicadas in flight.”
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CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
2. Part A What is the main idea of “Cicadas Everywhere”?
A. The author learned a lot about the cicadas before he ever saw them.
B. Because there were cicadas on a maple tree, the author could see them up close.
C. The author was about to walk his dog when he saw that the cicadas had appeared
D. On the day the cicadas appeared, the author observed them with his neighbor.
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CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
2. Part B Which detail from the passage best supports the answer in Part A?
A. “Every local news program had featured interviews with experts who explained what was about to happen.”
B. “I got up early to walk the dog before school, and Mr. Ford greeted me as I stepped outside.”
C. “‘Check this out, Sam,’ he called to me. I tugged the dog’s leash, and we ran over.”
D. “Just then an adult cicada spread its wings and flew off the tree.”
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CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RF.3.4C
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
3. Which is the best summary of what Sam observed that day?
A. A large insect was sitting on the branch of a tree by Mr. Ford’s driveway. It had huge red eyes and papery wings
B. The tree by the driveway was covered with insects. They ate the leaves and twigs off the tree until nothing was left.
C. Hundreds of large insects crawled up the trunk of a tree. Some of the insects spread their wings and flew off.
D. A huge number of insects came out of the ground and climbed up the tree. The ground was covered with their skins.
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CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
4. What is Sam’s view of the cicadas? Select two answers.
A. He is annoyed by them.
B. He is nervous around them.
C. He is knowledgeable about them
D. He is comfortable around them
E. He is curious about them.
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CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
5. Which detail from the passage suggests that Mr. Ford thought the cicadas were really interesting?
A. “Our neighbors, who’d lived through the last invasion, also filled us in.”
B. “I got up early to walk the dog before school, and Mr. Ford greeted me as I stepped outside.”
C. “Now Mr. Ford was standing beside the maple tree in his front yard. ‘Check this out, Sam,’ he called to me.”
D. “Although a few had big, papery wings with orange veins, most of them didn’t. When I wondered why, Mr. Ford explained the difference.”
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CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
6. Which two sentences belong in a summary of “Cicada Facts”?
A. Although most cicadas live up to five years, other cicadas have thirteen-year or seventeen-year life cycles.
B. Adult cicadas live in trees, lay their eggs in woody twigs, and eat tree roots.
C. Cicada nymphs hatch from eggs and burrow underground, where they stay until they are ready to mate.
D. When millions of cicadas live on a single acre of land, people call it an invasion
E. Adult cicadas are very noisy, and the females harm the trees in which they lay their eggs.
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CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
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