Snowflake Bentley CKPT 2 Practice 3

How does the narrator describe the time period of this passage and its events?

• The events in this passage happened after Bentley became famous and moved to the city.

• The events in this passage happened long ago on a farm.

• The events in this passage were imagined and never really happened.

• The events in this passage happened recently on a farm.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which detail from the passage supports the answer to Part A?

• "In the days when farmers worked with ox and sled and cut the dark with lantern light, there lived a boy who loved snow more than anything in the world."

  (paragraph 1)

• "When he was sixteen, Willie read of a camera with its own microscope."

  (paragraph 5)

• "He wrote about snow and published his pictures in magazines"

  (paragraph 11)

• "He gave speeches about snow to faraway scholars and neighborhood skywatchers."

  (paragraph 11)

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which sentence BEST supports the central idea of the passage?

• "He expected to find whole flakes that were the same..."

  (paragraph 4)

• "Fussing with snow is just foolishness," his father said.

  (paragraph 6)

• "Even so his first pictures were failures..."

  (paragraph 7)

• "Now everyone can see the great beauty in a tiny crystal" he said.

  (paragraph 7)

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does the information in paragraph 9 suggest about the author's point of view?

• The author believes that Bentley could have been more careful.

• The author respects Bentley's many different interests.

• The author admires Bentley's dedication.

• The author questions the methods Bentley used.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

What do the details in paragraph 9 help the reader understand about Willie Bentley? Select two answers.

• He was willing to spend a lot of money to purchase the equipment needed to photograph snowflakes.

• He was able to learn from his mistakes and develop a procedure for catching and photographing snowflakes.

• He was persuaded to photograph other things in nature by his parents and neighbors, who were not interested in pictures of snowflakes.

• He was discouraged with the process of trying to photograph snowflakes, some winters only getting a few good pictures.

• He was dedicated to his goal of photographing snowflakes, spending many cold hours outside for a few good pictures.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which of the following would be most helpful to a reader's understanding of this text?

• a map of Bentley's two in Vermont

• a photograph of Bentley's parents

• a timeline of Bentley's experiments with snowflakes

• a diagram of how snowflakes form and fall

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5