Allied with Green - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why 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.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An addiction is

an enjoyable pastime or hobby.

a conflict between two people.

a habit that one is dependent on.

a course of study in school.

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

People go to an arboretum to see

trees

buildings

potted plants

fruits and vegetables

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An obituary is a public notice that someone has

died

started a garden

married

started a recycling center

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The message of a story, or its moral is called a

theme

main idea

plot

resolution

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

To make a good guess based on evidence is to

infer

predict

guesstimate

estimate

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How an author writes, rather than what they write is called the author's

style

diction

voice

speaker

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Words that are not meant to be taken literally, but just to create on image in your mind are called

figurative language

similes

author's style

personification

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Describing an object as if it had human traits is called

figurative labguage

personification

simile

author's style

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"The sad room smiles again" is an example of

simile

metaphor

personification

figurative language

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"The boulevard wakes up" is an example of

personification

metaphor

simile

figurative language

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"Green has had many second thoughts" is an example of

personification

simile

metaphor

figurative language

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"Cities assault their green" is an example of

personification

metaphor

simile

figurative language

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"You had to carry a bucket" means people need to

take action to care for the environment

water plants every day before they die

care about the environment

plant gardens in cities

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

True or false:
The author suggests people don't really respect their environment.

true

false

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The 2 reasons cities cut down plants and trees are:

money & greed

parking lots & highways

malls & stores

money & highways

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A drought-tolerant landscape of cactus and rock is called a

xeriscape

rock garden

landscape

desert-scape

24.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

How does imagery help us understand the story?

It doesn't

By expressing how the author is feeling

Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see

By telling the mood

25.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Imagery is language that creates a picture.

True

False

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Since I went to the football game to see you yesterday

Independent

Dependent

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The computer game was fun to play

Independent

Dependent

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Maddy scored a goal in the soccer game, but her coach didn't see her.

Simple

Compound

Complex

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

While Piazza walked down the hall, he realized he had to use the restroom

Simple

Compound

Complex

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Before Angel went to sleep, she listened to the new Panic! At The Disco song

Simple

Compound

Complex

31.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When a sentence does not make complete sense and needs more added to it then it is considered a

Independent Clause

Dependent Clause

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Bailey waited for the train

Simple

Compound

Complex

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