from "Silent Spring" Summative Assessment-M

As described in the selection from Silent Spring, what is the town like before everything begins to change? Choose two options.

• crowded

• prosperous

• troubled

• beautiful

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

In the selection from Silent Spring, why are doctors in the town puzzled? Paragraph 3.

• People are reacting more violently to insect stings.

• People are being attacked more often by wild animals.

• More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

What is most likely the cause of the great changes that happen to the town in the selection from Silent Spring?

• pesticides

• bacteria

• floods

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

In the selection from Silent Spring, how do animal populations change after the town changes? Paragraphs 4 and 5.

• Animal populations mostly stay the same.

• Most birds disappear, but farm animals are fine.

• Animal life in general disappears or does poorly.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In the selection from Silent Spring, how do plants change after the town changes? Mark only one oval.

• Most plants become overgrown and weedy.

• Many plants wither and die.

• Most plants burn in a fire.

What would a blight most likely do to a farmer’s crops? Mark only one oval.

• make them more plentiful

• allow them to sell for a profit

• cause them to rot or die

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of these words tells how a person with maladies is most likely to feel? Mark only one oval.

• sick

• silly

• embarrassed

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which sentence best illustrates the meaning of deserted? Mark only one oval.

• A bunch of traders move slowly across the land.

• Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.

• The beach was so crowded that we had trouble finding a place to sit.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

From the details in the selection from Silent Spring, what can you conclude about the town before the changes take place?

• The town attracts visitors who enjoy outdoor activities.

• The town is full of simple, poor, hard-working people.

• The town is a settlement for recent immigrants.

Which of the following quotations from Silent Spring best supports the answer to the previous question?

• Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings.

• The countryside was, in fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life, and when the flood of migrants was pouring through in spring and fall people.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5