INTERIM REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.What is the meaning of the phrase breathe in our country as it is used in paragraph 4?

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• B

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• D

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

2.Part A Which word best describes how the narrator’s mother feels about being back in Ghana?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

2.Part B Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer in Part A?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

3.Which phrase from paragraph 6 explains why the author describes his grandfather’s kente cloth as a book you wear?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.Which two paragraphs best show the differences between the narrator’s home and the houses in Ghana?

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• B

• C

• D

• E

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.Which quotation from the passage best supports the idea that the narrator feels lucky to have family in Ghana?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6. Read the sentence from paragraph 10 of the passage.

"It’s fun watching the women with their big hats and baskets weave through the maze of bicycles like brightly colored toy tops. "

Why does the narrator compare the women to toy tops?

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• B

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• D

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

7. 7. Part A At the end of the trip, the narrator describes his grandparents’ house as “warm” and “yellow.” However, at the beginning of the trip, the narrator describes the house as

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

7. 7. Part B Why did the narrator’s description of the house most likely change?

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

8. Part A Select the sentence that best describes a theme of the passage

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2