Unit 4, Test 1 Review

Ukrainian Violinist

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Which selection from the section “Ukraine’s Cellar Violinist” BEST explains how Lytovchenko feels about the people she shares a cellar with?

• Later, she thought to post her recitals on social media, featuring the calming strains of Vivaldi and even Lytovchenko singing a Russian folk song.

• “All these people are my brothers and sisters now,” she said. “I was trying to make them think about something and not about the war for some minutes while I’m playing.”

• “Many people text me now saying that my videos give them such support and hope. They can see that someone stays here” in Kharkiv.

• She told the AP she was happy to see sunlight after spending two weeks in the dark basement, adding that she and her neighbors are lucky because they have heating in the cellar and food.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Ukrainian Violinist

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Read the paragraph from the section “Lytovchenko Taught Music, Played In Orchestra.” 

“It was another life ... a normal life,” she said of the time before the war. “I’m an orchestra player. I am a teacher in college. I have my students, I have friends, I play concerts, I play operas and ballets. I play Italian operas in the theater.” 

What conclusion is BEST supported by the paragraph?

• Lytovchenko thought her students would be worried about her.

• Lytovchenko thought Italian operas were superior to other operas.

• Lytovchenko had stopped teaching college even before the war started.

• Lytovchenko had an active social and professional life before the war.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Ukrainian Violinist

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According to the article, why did Lytovchenko hope to raise money from her posts?

• to help more people find cellar shelters

• to pay for heating and food in the cellar

• to rebuild the local music school and the conservatory

• to fund a better platform for her videos than Facebook

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Ukrainian Violinist

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How did the cease-fire affect Lytovchenko?

• She got to do an interview with the Associated Press.

• She got to raise more funds to help local musicians.

• She was able to text her friends to say she was OK.

• She was able to check on the Kharkiv City Opera orchestra.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

World’s Most Valuable Vault

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Read the information about the origin of the word replenish.

from Latin plenus, meaning “full”

This information helps the reader understand that replenished in paragraph 2 means —

• built up again

• highly valued

• properly managed

• correctly used

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

World’s Most Valuable Vault

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The main reason for building the vault in an isolated, underground location was to —

• ensure that it would be difficult for people to retrieve seeds they put in the vault

• decrease the amount of power necessary to keep the seeds at a cold temperature

• minimize the number of people that would be necessary to monitor the vault

• prevent outside events from damaging the contents of the vault

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

World’s Most Valuable Vault

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Read these sentences from the selection.

“We are losing biodiversity every day,” Fowler explains.

“It is kind of a drip, drip, drip—it’s also inevitable.”

The comparison in Fowler’s statement helps the reader understand that —

• few people realize the consequences of losing seed varieties

• seed varieties are lost slowly, but the loss accumulates over time

• many seed varieties have been lost as a result of natural disasters

• scientists think seed varieties could be saved through improved agricultural practices

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

World’s Most Valuable Vault

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Based on the selection, the reader can conclude that the seed vault —

• stores rare seeds more securely than common seeds

• can be toured by visitors at any time

• is maintained by several different countries

• provides a unique and vital resource

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

World’s Most Valuable Vault

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Read the dictionary entry below.

Which definition best fits how critical is used in paragraph 1?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

World’s Most Valuable Vault

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Paragraph 4 is mostly about —

• how countries decide which seeds to send to the Svalbard Seed Vault

• why Norway decided to sponsor the construction of the Svalbard Seed Vault

• the process for shipping new seeds to the Svalbard Seed Vault

• the diversity of the contents stored in the Svalbard Seed Vault

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2