HMH Module 2 Assessment

“However, I am sorry to hear you have fallen on difficult times. Therefore, I have sent money to ease your burdens.”

Which word means the same as burdens as it is used above?

• riches

• comfort

• troubles

• apologies

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the following excerpt: "The light this time of evening is truly glorious. The way it lands on the hillsides and the wheat fields—my entire kingdom might be made of gold. But that old mill! It is a cracker crumb on a fine, fluffy mattress. It is a chorus boy singing off key."

What does the speaker suggest about the mill in these sentences?

• The mill ruins an otherwise beautiful view.

• The mill is loud in an otherwise quiet area of land.

• The mill is not as comfortable as other places in the land.

• The mill does not make as much money as other businesses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the excerpt: "For no price? Think carefully, good man. The royal treasury holds gold enough to buy a million kingdoms and every mill that stands within them."

Why does the speaker say this?

• He wants the reader's family to keep the mill.

• He hopes to buy all the mills in the kingdom.

• He hopes the reader will change his mind if offered enough money.

• He thinks the reader’s mill is worthless and could never be sold.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which sentence contains stage directions?

• I will do as you have ordered, Your Honor.

• And (raising his voice, turning to the crowd) I will say one more thing.

• And I am pleased to know that our king is humble enough to recognize his own acts of injustice.

• I am forever at your service.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is dialogue?

• A type of written work.
• A method of storytelling.
• A formal speech by a single person.
• A conversation between two or more people.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

"Your Majesty will rebuild the mill."

Think about the prefix re-. What must the king do in order to rebuild?

• build the mill again

• build a memorial to the mill

• never build a mill

• build something near the mill

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

When answering a Short Constructed response, you need to have:

• Just the answer

• An answer and text evidence

• An answer, text evidence, and a sentence explaining why you picked the evidence

• Just text evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read the excerpt: "Then he gazed off at the thin bank of clouds that were standing like soldiers along the horizon. Although he could tell that the storm was passing by, he had been well trained by his father to be cautious."

Why does the author compare “the thin bank of clouds” to “soldiers”?

• to show that the clouds look the same

• to suggest that the clouds are getting closer

• to suggest that the clouds are a sign of trouble

• to show that the clouds are protecting something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

"Storms just off the coast could bring unusual surprises."

Think about the prefix un-. What is the meaning of unusual above?

• before the usual

• within the usual

• not usual

• very usual

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"Within seconds, the enormous waves swallowed the sailors’ lifeboat."

Which word means the same as enormous as it is used above?

• slow

• giant

• noisy

• sharp

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4