The Crossover First & Second Quarter Test- Modified

"The Show" was a section that described action! Kwame Alexander used many varying techniques to visually show the action in words: all caps, italics, spacing, etc. What is this technique known as?

• Author's Style

• Author's Pace

When the onomatopoeia words (tick, tock) add to the tension in the section, "The Game is Tied," what is slowed down at this point in the story?

• Author's Pace

• Author's Style

What calamity does Josh face when he loses the bet with Jordan?

• He has to cut one of his locks off.

• He has to finish Jordan's vocabulary homework.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

"My golden lock..." "My mother was like gold." Why does Josh compare these two items to the color gold?

• Gold relates to treasure and value.

• Gold is the color of the sun.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"And while dad was telling us this story for the hundredth time..." is known as which poetic element?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"His mouth is swimming on the floor..." is known as which poetic element?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The twins learn all of the following facts about their father when they are snooping through his closet EXCEPT,

• He refused a surgery on his knee.

• He was called Da Man.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

The reader found why Charles Bell did not want to have knee surgery. What was his reason?

• He did not have good enough health insurance.

• He also had a heart condition known as hypertension.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Basketball Rule #2: "Work smart, liver smarter. Play hard, play harder." How do these lines from the poem contribute to the overall theme of the book?

• Never give up.

• All of these.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Josh does his brother's homework. He uses five-syllable words to describe the girl in the pink Reeboks. What can the reader infer about Josh?

• He is smart and intelligent.

• He is lazy and jealous.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2