Snakebite

In this article, the person describing the event is:

• Bill

• the girl

• the doctor

• someone not in the story

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which sentence from the article gives you the BEST evidence that the person describing the story is the girl ?

• "Bill picked me up and carried me to the Chevy pickup" (paragraph 6)

• "Looks like a prairie snake got her,' the doctor said." (paragraph 8)

• "I don't understand,' Bill said." (paragraph 11)

• "By "work" the doctor meant skin grafts." (paragraph 19)

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why was it lucky that the horse did not hear the rattle of the snake?

• It would have tried to bite it.

• It would have run away.

• It would have been killed.

• It would have gone the wrong way.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.

I slid like a rag doll down the slope.

This means that the girl:

• ran very quickly

• crawled carefully

• jumped down

• tumbled in a heap

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What problem did they have at the hospital?

• There were no beds.

• They were out of the medicine needed.

• The doctors were all busy.

• There is no treatment for a snakebite.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

How did the main character feel RIGHT AFTER she left the hospital?

• weak

• healthy

• stronger than ever

• upset

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why were "skin grafts" needed ?

• to cover up the wound

• to stop the bleeding

• to heal her fingertips

• to put skin on her scalp

Which sentence is an OPINION stated in this article?

• "In the second the snake took to strike, it buzzed its rattle." (paragraph 2)

• "Reaching his side, I blurted out, 'A rattlesnake bit me.'" (paragraph 5)

• "I had no feelings in my fingertips, toes, or the skin of my scalp." (paragraph 15)

• "I soon realized there was nothing to be afraid of." (paragraph 20)

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Study the web.

Which of these titles would fit BEST in the middle circle?

• Healing and Pain

• Treatment for a Snake Bite

• Getting to Know Snake Bites

• First Aid for Beginners

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Which paragraph gives the BEST evidence to show how the girl felt after she left the hospital?

• 16

• 18

• 19

• 20

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CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2