Unit 8 Assessment (FL Benchmark)

1. Passage 1 says that 2008 was "an unusual year."

Select two pieces of evidence from the passage that best supports this claim.

• A. The month of June brought significant rainfall as one storm system after another passed through the Midwest.

• B. Rainfall exceeded record levels for the month in Iowa and throughout the region.

• C. Cedar Rapids, the second largest city in Iowa, sits on the Cedar River.

• D. Volunteers worked quickly to reinforce parts of an earthen levee by building it up with sand bags.

• E. Some regional rivers, like Cedar River, reported water levels that brown 150-year record.

2. What is the meaning of the word exceeded as it

is used in paragraph 1 of Passage 1?

• A. put in place

• B. took part in

• C. went beyond

• D. caused changes

Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of "Rising Water"

"About 10,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes."

Which phrase from the passage helps the reader understand

the meaning of the word evacuate?

• A. ordered people to leave

• B carried away a bridge

• C. experienced serious destruction

• D. suffered huge losses

4. In Passage 2, what evidence does the author provide to support the claim that removing the dams has brought the river area back to life? Select two answers.

• A. The Elwha and Glines Canyon dams created reservoirs and promoted growth in the area.

• B. The teal-green color and clarity of the Elwha River are returning to normal.

• C. Over 320,00 plants and 6,000 pounds of seed have been planted to revegetate the area.

• D. More birds and elk are moving into the area.

• E. A ban on fishing was extended from 2017 to 2019.

5. What does the word relish mean as it is used in paragraph 4 of Passage 2?

• A. taste

• B. enjoy

• C. describe

• D. improve

6. In Passage 2, which sentence supports the claim that

removing two dams changed the Elsha River area?

• A. As the United States grew and expanded westward in the mid-1800s, the region began to change.

• B. In 1978, the Elwha Dam failed a safety inspection.

• C. The largest dam removal project in U.S. history finally began on September 17, 2011.

• D. Young forests are rising on former lake beds, where the reservoirs used to be.

7. Based on these two passages, what can the reader conclude about rivers in the United States? Select two answers.

• A. Damming a river is the best way to produce economic growth.

• B. The government should build more dams to control rivers and protect crops, buildings, and people from floods.

• C. Rivers can sometimes cause flooding and damage to cities, towns, and farmland.

• D. The government should remove dams from all rivers in the United States.

• E. People benefit from the resources a river can bring to an area, such as fish, scenic landscapes, and wildlife.

8. Create a summary of the passage.

Type the three MAIN plot details into the chart in the correct order.

(list the numbers in order)

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9. How was Duck different from Otter and Muskrat?

• A. He did not want to go to the world below.

• B. He refused to do what Old Man asked him to do.

• C. He failed to bring any soil back from the world.

• D. He succeeded in his task by carrying soil on his feet.

10. What is the meaning of the root vis in the word visible as it is used in paragraph 2?

• A. hear

• B. see

• C. shape

• D. go