Rachel Carson Quiz

Which book written by Rachel Carson became one of the most influential environmental texts ever written?

• The Sea Around Us

• The Edge of the Sea

• Silent Spring

• Under the Sea Wind

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following words from the Concept Vocabulary section is likely to mean a state of inactivity or motionlessness?

• blight

• maladies

• puzzled

• stillness

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the suffix "-ness" in Anglo-Saxon suffixes indicate?

• A person who is involved with something

• The condition or quality of being

• A place where something happens

• The past tense of an action

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

According to the text, what does the word "stillness" describe after the town is stricken with blight?

• The noise and movement of the town

• The mysterious blight itself

• The absence of noise and movement in the town

• The return of the town's people

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "When the concert hall was ______, you could hear a pin drop from across the room."

• deserted

• puzzled

• blighted

• stricken

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "Before the return of their lost pet, the family had been ______ with worry and fear."

• blighted

• stricken

• puzzled

• deserted

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the purpose of using transitional words and phrases in your argument according to the assignment?

• To establish and maintain a formal style.

• To address alternate or opposing positions.

• To connect your ideas and show the relationships among them.

• To state your position clearly in the introduction.

Pesticides are chemical compounds__________ to destroy crop-eating insects.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

According to paragraph 1 the town lay in

• in the midst harmony

• in the midst checkerboard of prosperous farms

• in harmony with its surroundings

• the heart of America

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

According to paragraph 2, the countryside was in fact famous for which of the following

• laurel

• viburnum

• alder

• abundance and variety of bird life

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5