By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the Grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
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Q 1/26
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Which is the setting of the story?
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Chicago, Illinois, 1776
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony, 1701
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony, 1687
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What negative effect occurred because Kit helped a little girl?
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Kit almost drowned.
The girl's mother became jealous of the attention.
Kit's actions made the others suspicious of her.
The girl became frightened of Kit.
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Which is the setting of the story?
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RL.7.9
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What negative effect occurred because Kit helped a little girl?
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RL.7.1
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What is ironic about the Puritan water test?
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RL.7.1
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What did John Holbrook's warning foreshadow?
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RL.7.1
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"There was some spark in that small frame that refused to be quenched." To whom is this quote referring, and what does it mean?
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RL.7.1
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Which BEST reveals Captain Eaton and his son's point of view about slavery?
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RL.7.1
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John Holbrook was shocked that Kit's grandfather let her read _______________________.
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RL.7.1
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Which character is known for having a sweet nature (personality)?
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RL.7.1
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Which character do you suppose will resent Kit and become jealous of her?
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RL.7.1
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What happened to grandfather's money?
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RL.7.1
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Why didn't Kit let her relatives know that she was coming?
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RL.7.1
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What is the conflict of the novel?
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RL.7.1
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"Just as soon as she's built up the fire and made gruel and tidied the whole cabin. With more than a day's work (waiting) here at home." Which figurative language device is being used here?
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L.7.40
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Which additional motive (reason) to leave Barbados was revealed when Kit and Mercy were carding?
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RL.7.1
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Which act revealed a softer side of Matthew's personality?
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RL.7.6
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What does the wolf at the end of chapter 4 symbolize?
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RL.7.1
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Which act revealed a softer side of Matthew's personality?
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RL.7.6
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"This first venture outside her new home was not starting out (auspiciously) for Kit, but once they set out along the road she could not repress her curiosity and bouncing spirits." What does "auspiciously" mean?
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L.7.41
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"The Puritan service seemed to her as plain and unlovely as the bare board walls of the Meeting House." What is emphasized with the simile in this sentence?
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L.7.40
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In what way is the behavior of Goodwife Cruff ironic?
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RL.7.1
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What do Judith's thoughts about William and John reveal about her personality?
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RL.7.6
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Which of these BEST describes the Puritan community?
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RL.7.8
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Which is the point-of-view of the story?
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RI.7.13
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Kit and the reader knew about her plans, but Rachel's family was unaware. Which TYPE of irony does this represent?
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RI.7.13
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Fill in the blanks: "There are no such books in Saybrook. In Boston, perhaps. But the proper use of reading is to improve our ___________ nature, and to fill our minds with God's holy ________."
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RL.7.1
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"You must be daft," the woman hissed. "To jump into the river and ruin those clothes." To what creature is the woman compared in this quote from the novel. What type of figurative language device is being used here?
