Unit 5 FSQ Benchmark

What does the word transported mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• held

• drew

• carried

• handled

What was the Context Clue for Question 1?

• People moved around the city

• It was in paragraph 1

• The streetcars were heavy

• San Francisco is a city in California

Part A What text structure does the author use in paragraphs 3 and 4?

• A. cause and effect

• B. chronology

• C. fact and opinion

• D. order of importance

What signal word was used to let you know the text structure in question 2?

• like

• then

• for this reason

• as a result

Part B Which sentence supports the answer in Part A?

• A. “One day, Hallidie saw horses pulling a streetcar in San Francisco.” (paragraph 3)

• B.The street was wet and slippery.” (paragraph 3)

• C. “Hallidie said he wanted to save the horses from ‘difficulty and pain.’” (paragraph 4)

• D. As a result, he decided to invent a better way to carry people up and down the hills of the city.” (paragraph 4)

In paragraph 4, the author explains that Hallidie wanted to save the horses from “difficulty and pain.” Choose two sentences from paragraph 1 that best support the author’s claim.

• A. “San Francisco is a city in California.”

• B. “It has many steep hills.”

• C. “In the early 1800s, people moved around the city by streetcar.”

• D. “The streetcars were very heavy, so the horses had to work hard.”

• E. “Horses pulled the streetcars up and down the hills.”

How does the photograph add meaning to the text?

• A. It helps the reader understand how cable cars differ from streetcars

• B. It helps the reader understand what San Francisco was like in the 1800s.

• C. It helps the reader understand how steam engines make cable cars move.

• D. It helps the reader understand how steep the hills of San Francisco are.

What Paragraph does the photograph add meaning to?

• Paragraph 2

• Paragraph 5

• Paragraph 1

• Paragraph 3

The author’s purpose in this passage is to tell readers about the clever and caring man who invented the cable car. Which two sentences from the passage best support this?

• A. “As a result, he decided to invent a better way to carry people up and down the hills of the city.” (paragraph 4)

• B. “Hallidie began working on his new idea.” (paragraph 5)

• C. “He described it as a ‘rope railway to carry passengers.’” (paragraph 5)

• D. “They had a new, safe way to get up the steep hills of their city, and the horses were saved from pain and danger.” (paragraph 7)

• E. “Today, there are many ways to get around San Francisco, including by cable car.” (paragraph 8)

What text structure does the author use to organize this text?

• A. description

• B. chronology

• C. order of importance

• D. comparison