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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Lucy choose to write about “the color green” for her paper?Green plants are important to her.Green is her favorite color.She notices green things wherever she goes.A drought has been threatening green plants.
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Why did Lucy’s teacher give her a C on her paper about addiction?She had made a lot of mistakes.Her writing was not clear.She had not addressed the topic.Her father had helped her. - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Lucy’s father feel guilty?There are twice as many parking lots now as when he was in college.He once demonstrated against highways, and now he drives on them.He plants free trees in the highway medians, but people steal them.The palms he planted as a gift to a restaurant were stolen overnight.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the author mean by the statement, “No one goes to Seattle to see the concrete.” (line 59)?The buildings in Seattle are not very interesting.Seattle is too far to travel just to see buildings.People go to Seattle because there is a lot of green space there.People don’t respect the attractions that Seattle has to offer.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the author describe air and green as “close cousins” (line 77)?Both are threatened by pollution.Both are necessary for life.People take both for granted.Both need tending.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Lucy so interested in Robert Isabell?He was a major party planner in New York.He had started out as a florist at seventeen.He used flowers and plants to create magical worlds.She had seen his obituary in a newspaper.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAn addiction isan enjoyable pastime or hobby.a conflict between two people.a habit that one is dependent on.a course of study in school.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a median?a small park in the middle of a city.an area dividing lanes of a highway.a track for running or walking on.a roof paved with grass.
- 9. Multiple ChoicePeople go to an arboretum to seetreesbuildingspotted plantsfruits and vegetables
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAn obituary is a public notice that someone hasdiedstarted a gardenmarriedstarted a recycling center
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe message of a story, or its moral is called athememain ideaplotresolution
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTo make a good guess based on evidence is toinferpredictguesstimateestimate
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow an author writes, rather than what they write is called the author'sstyledictionvoicespeaker
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWords that are not meant to be taken literally, but just to create on image in your mind are calledfigurative languagesimilesauthor's stylepersonification
- 15. Multiple ChoiceDescribing an object as if it had human traits is calledfigurative labguagepersonificationsimileauthor's style
- 16. Multiple Choice"The sad room smiles again" is an example ofsimilemetaphorpersonificationfigurative language
- 17. Multiple Choice"The boulevard wakes up" is an example ofpersonificationmetaphorsimilefigurative language
- 18. Multiple Choice"Green has had many second thoughts" is an example ofpersonificationsimilemetaphorfigurative language
- 19. Multiple Choice"Cities assault their green" is an example ofpersonificationmetaphorsimilefigurative language
- 20. Multiple Choice"You had to carry a bucket" means people need totake action to care for the environmentwater plants every day before they diecare about the environmentplant gardens in cities
- 21. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false:
The author suggests people don't really respect their environment.truefalse - 22. Multiple ChoiceThe 2 reasons cities cut down plants and trees are:money & greedparking lots & highwaysmalls & storesmoney & highways
- 23. Multiple ChoiceA drought-tolerant landscape of cactus and rock is called axeriscaperock gardenlandscapedesert-scape
- 24. Multiple ChoiceHow does imagery help us understand the story?It doesn'tBy expressing how the author is feelingImagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and seeBy telling the mood
- 25. Multiple ChoiceImagery is language that creates a picture.TrueFalse
- 26. Multiple ChoiceSince I went to the football game to see you yesterdayIndependentDependent
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe computer game was fun to playIndependentDependent
- 28. Multiple ChoiceMaddy scored a goal in the soccer game, but her coach didn't see her.SimpleCompoundComplex
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhile Piazza walked down the hall, he realized he had to use the restroomSimpleCompoundComplex
- 30. Multiple ChoiceBefore Angel went to sleep, she listened to the new Panic! At The Disco songSimpleCompoundComplex
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhen a sentence does not make complete sense and needs more added to it then it is considered aIndependent ClauseDependent Clause
- 32. Multiple ChoiceBailey waited for the trainSimpleCompoundComplex
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