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READING
COMPREHENSION
BOOKLET

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READING
COMPREHENSION
BOOKLET

Academic Year: 2022 - 2023

Compiled by: HUMSS 12 - Vikings Researchers

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to extend our deepest gratitude for the help of
some individuals on working on this booklet to be published and
recognized. Without them, this booklet is impossible to succeed.

To our Almighty Father, for giving us strength to go

along every challenges that we, the researchers encounter each
and every day towards making on this booklet. For giving us
wisdom and knowledge to finish this booklet on time.

To our School Principal, Madam Elma M. Larumbe, for

approving us to conduct our study.

To our Dear Panelists, thank you very much for your

guidance towards making our research and this booklet
successful.

And to the Researchers, thank you very much for your

hard work and dedication towards working on this booklet. The
booklet could not be recognized and finished without your drive
and dedication towards finishing this booklet.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY PAGE
Front Page ………………………………………………… 1
Title/First Page …………………………………………… 2
Acknowledgement ………………………………………... 3
Table of Contents ………………………………………… 4
List of Figures ……………………………………………. 5
Letter to the Learners …………………………………….. 6

Passage A: Rats …………………………………………... 7

Answer the questions ……………………………… 13
Vocabularies ……………………………………….. 17
Passage B: Volar …………………………………………. 21
Answer the questions ……………………………… 24
Vocabularies ………………………………………. 26
Passage C: The Battle of Chancellorsville ……………….. 29
Answer the questions ……………………………… 31
Vocabularies ………………………………………. 36
Answer Key ………………………………………………. 39
BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………... 41

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 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Rats ………………………………………............ 7
Figure 2: Judith Ortiz Cofer (Author of the story) ………… 21
Figure 3: The Battle of Chancellorsville …………………... 29

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 LETTER TO THE LEARNERS

Dear Learners,
We, the researchers, have made a reading comprehension
booklet that consists of different passages. Each passage has a
story, and at the end of the story, there are a set of processing
questions based on the story that you need to answer.

Doing the different activities will help you hone and

develop your reading comprehension skills. Also, by doing the
different activities, you will have the opportunity to work
individually with your classmates as well as other people in the
community who can give important input in regards to this
learning material. We are hoping that you will enjoy all the
activities that you will be doing in this booklet, be able to gain
new lessons and understanding, and be able to apply these in
your daily life.

Respectfully,
The Researcher

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 Passage
A

Robert Sullivan calls rats a city’s “most unwanted inhabitants.”

But rats are also interesting animals with incredible capabilities.
Read the excerpt from Rats and answer the questions that follow.

RATS
By: Robert Sullivan

Figure 1: Rat

A rat is a rodent, the most common mammal in the world.

Rattus norvegicus is one of the approximately four hundred
different kinds of rodents, and it is known by many names, each
of which describes a trait or a perceived trait or sometimes a
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habitat: the earth rat, the roving rat, the barn rat, the field rat, the
migratory rat, the house rat, the sewer rat, the water rat, the
wharf rat, the alley rat, the gray rat, the brown rat, and the
common rat. The average brown rat is large and stocky; it grows
to be approximately sixteen inches long from its nose to its tail
—the size of a large adult human male’s foot—and weighs about
a pound, though brown rats have been measured by scientists
and exterminators at twenty inches and up to two pounds. The
brown rat is sometimes confused with the black rat, or Rattus
rattus, which is smaller and once inhabited New York City and
all of the cities of America but, since Rattus norvegicus pushed it
out, is now relegated to a minor role. (The two species still
survive alongside each other in some Southern coastal cities and
on the West Coast, in places like Los Angeles, for example,
where the black rat lives in attics and palm trees.) The black rat
is always a very dark gray, almost black, and the brown rat is
gray or brown, with a belly that can be light gray, yellow, or
even a pure-seeming white. One spring, beneath the Brooklyn
Bridge, I saw a red-haired brown rat that had been run over by a
car. Both pet rats and laboratory rats are Rattus norvegicus, but
they are not wild and therefore, I would emphasize, not the
subject of this book. Sometimes pet rats are called fancy rats.

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But if anyone has picked up this book to learn about fancy rats,
then they should put this book down right away; none of the rats
mentioned herein are at all fancy.

Rats are nocturnal, and out in the night the brown rat’s
eyes are small and black and shiny; when a flashlight shines into
them in the dark, the eyes of a rat light up like the eyes of a deer.
Though it forages* in darkness, the brown rat has poor eyesight.
It makes up for this with, first of all, an excellent sense of
smell. . . . They have an excellent sense of taste, detecting the
most minute amounts of poison, down to one part per million. A
brown rat has strong feet, the two front paws each equipped with
four clawlike nails, the rear paws even longer and stronger. It
can run and climb with squirrel-like agility. It is an excellent
swimmer, surviving in rivers and bays, in sewer streams and
toilet bowls.

The brown rat’s teeth are yellow, the front two incisors
being especially long and sharp, like buckteeth. When the brown
rat bites, its front two teeth spread apart. When it gnaws, a flap
of skin plugs the space behind its incisors. Hence, when the rat
gnaws on indigestible materials—concrete or steel, for example
—the shavings don’t go down the rat’s throat and kill it. Its

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incisors grow at a rate of five inches per year. Rats always gnaw,
and no one is certain why—there are few modern rat studies. It
is sometimes erroneously stated that the rat gnaws solely to limit
the length of its incisors, which would otherwise grow out of its
head, but this is not the case: the incisors wear down naturally.
In terms of hardness, the brown rat’s teeth are stronger than
aluminum, copper, lead, and iron. They are comparable to steel.
With the alligator-like structure of their jaws, rats can exert a
biting pressure of up to seven thousand pounds per square inch.
Rats, like mice, seem to be attracted to wires—to utility wires,
computer wires, wires in vehicles, in addition to gas and water
pipes. One rat expert theorizes that wires may be attractive to
rats because of their resemblance to vines and the stalks of
plants; cables are the vines of the city. By one estimate, 26
percent of all electric-cable breaks and 18 percent of all phone-
cable disruptions are caused by rats. According to one study, as
many as 25 percent of all fires of unknown origin are rat-caused.
Rats chew electrical cables. Sitting in a nest of tattered rags and
newspapers, in the floorboards of an old tenement, a rat gnaws
the head of a match—the lightning in the city forest.

When it is not gnawing or feeding on trash, the brown rat

digs. Anywhere there is dirt in a city, brown rats are likely to be
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digging—in parks, in flowerbeds, in little dirt-poor backyards.
They dig holes to enter buildings and to make nests. Rat nests
can be in the floorboards of apartments, in the waste-stuffed
corners of subway stations, in sewers, or beneath old furniture in
basements. “Cluttered and unkempt alleyways in cities provide
ideal rat habitat, especially those alleyways associated with
food-serving establishments,” writes Robert Corrigan in Rodent
Control, a pest control manual. “Alley rats can forage safely
within the shadows created by the alleyway, as well as quickly
retreat to the safety of cover in these narrow channels.” Often,
rats burrow under concrete sidewalk slabs. Entrance to a typical
under-the-sidewalk rat’s nest is gained through a two-inch-wide
hole—their skeletons collapse and they can squeeze into a hole
as small as three quarters of an inch wide, the average width of
their skull. This tunnel then travels about a foot down to where it
widens into a nest or den. The den is lined with soft debris, often
shredded plastic garbage or shopping bags, but sometimes even
grasses or plants; some rat nests have been found stuffed with
the gnawed shavings of the wood-based, spring-loaded snap
traps that are used in attempts to kill them. The back of the den
then narrows into a long tunnel that opens up on another hole
back on the street. This second hole is called a bolt hole; it is an

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emergency exit. A bolt hole is typically covered lightly with dirt
or trash—camouflage. Sometimes there are networks of
burrows, which can stretch beneath a few concrete squares on a
sidewalk, or a number of backyards, or even an entire city block
—when Rattus norvegicus first came to Selkirk, England, in
1776, there were so many burrows that people feared the town
might sink. Rats can also nest in basements, sewers, manholes,
abandoned pipes of any kind, floorboards, or any hole or
depression. “Often,” Robert Corrigan writes, “‘city rats’ will live
unbeknownst to people right beneath their feet.”

Rats also inhabit subways, as most people in New York

City and any city with a subway system are well aware. Every
once in a while, there are reports of rats boarding trains, but for
the most part rats stay on the tracks—subway workers I have
talked to refer to rats as “track rabbits.” People tend to think that
the subways are filled with rats, but in fact rats are not
everywhere in the system; they live in the subways according to
the supply of discarded human food and sewer leaks.
Sometimes, rats use the subway purely for nesting purposes;
they find ways through the walls of the subway stations leading

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from the tracks to the restaurants and stores on the street—the
vibrations of subway trains tend to create rat-size cracks and
holes. Many subway rats tend to live near stations that are
themselves near fast-food restaurants. At the various subway
stations near Herald Square, for example, people come down
from the streets and throw the food that they have not eaten onto
the tracks, along with newspapers and soda bottles and, I have
noticed, thousands of nolonger-charged AA batteries, waiting to
leak acid. The rats eat freely from the waste and sit at the side of
the little streams of creamy brown sewery water that flows
between the rails. They sip the water the way rats do, either with
their front paws or by scooping it up with their incisors.

Answer the questions:

1. In paragraph 1, what do the different rat names mainly show?

A. Rats are the largest type of rodent.

B. There are many opinions about rats.

C. There is little reason to be afraid of rats.

D. Rats can live in a variety of environments.

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2. What does the end of paragraph 2 mainly emphasize about
rats?

A. their strange diet

B. their physical abilities

C. their preference for dry land

D. their similarity to other mammals

3. In paragraph 3, what is the most likely reason the author

states, “cables are the vines of the city”?

A. to show why rats enjoy chewing on cables

B. to show that vines are nutritious for rats

C. to show that rats like living in vehicles

D. to show why it is hard to find rats

4. What is one of the main purposes of the statistics in paragraph

3?

A. to show how many rats live in city buildings

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B. to show how poorly constructed most cities are

C. to emphasize the damage rats do to city infrastructure

D. to emphasize the amount of litter people in cities produce

5. Which of the following additions to paragraph 4 would be

most useful to the reader?

A. a picture of a rat

B. a picture of a trap

C. a picture of a rat nest

D. a picture of a subway tunnel

6. Read the examples from the excerpt in the box below.

 One spring, beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, I saw a red-
haired brown rat that had been
run over by a car.
 . . . people . . . throw the food that they have not eaten
onto the tracks, along with
newspapers and soda bottles and, I have noticed,
thousands of no-longer-charged AA
batteries, waiting to leak acid.

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What do the examples show about the author’s research
methods?

A. The author relies on data from published studies.

B. The author looks for humorous stories about rats.

C. The author gathers his own field observations.

D. The author contrasts rats with other animals.

7. Which of the following would be the best subtitle for the

excerpt?

A. “The Disease Carrier”

B. “Toward a Cleaner City”

C. “Life on the Train Tracks”

D. “Succeeding among Humans”

8. In paragraph 1, what does the information between the dashes

provide?

A. a transition

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B. a definition

C. a personal belief

D. a familiar comparison

VOCABULARIES:

Alleyways - a narrow passageway between or behind buildings;

an alley.

Example: “We took a shortcut through the narrow alleyways

between the shops.”

Clawlike - resembling a claw.

Example: “His arms turned into clawlike hanging things, and his
legs collapsed under him.”

Erroneously - being wrong or inaccurate.

Example: “The package was erroneously delivered to my

neighbor.”

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Exterminators - a person whose job is to kill particular types of
insects and small animals that are not wanted in a building.

Example: “The exterminator disinfests the house.”

Forage - to go searching, esp. for food.

Example: “He had to forage for firewood.”

Gnaws - bite at or nibble something persistently.

Example: “He nervously gnaws on his fingernails.”

Inhabit - to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat.

Example: “Several hundred species of birds inhabit the island.”

Nocturnal - it belongs to or is active at night.

Example: “He spends the nocturnal hours in his observatory.”

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Rattus - is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats.
However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species
outside of this genus.

Example: “Rattus usually strip bark off of tree and contaminate

human food sources.”

Rattus norvegicus - is one of the approximately four hundred

different kinds of rodents, and it is known by many names, each
of which describes a trait or a perceived trait or sometimes a
habitat.

Example: “Both pet rats and laboratory rats are Rattus

norvegicus.”

Resemblance - a way in which two or more things are alike.

Example: “He doesn't look exactly like his father, but there is
some resemblance.”

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Rodent Control - Removing food sources, water, and items that
provide shelter for rodents is the best way to prevent contact
with rodents.

Example: “They also provide an environment conducive to the

use of rodent control.”

Tattered - old and torn; in poor condition.

Example: “He was wearing a tattered coat.”

Tenement - any of various forms of property (as land) that is

held by one person from another.

Example: “The landlord has dispossessed the old tenement

building.”

Unbeknownst - happening or existing without the knowledge of

someone specified — usually used with to.

Example: “Unbeknownst to me, he had rented out the apartment

while I was away.”

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Unkempt - having an untidy or disheveled appearance.

Example: “They look, well, kind of messy and unkempt.”

Passage
B
In this essay, Judith Ortiz Cofer recalls how her childhood
fantasies and her mother’s dreams intersect. Read the essay
“Volar,” which means “to fly” in Spanish, and answer the
questions that follow.

Volar
By: Judith Ortiz Cofer

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 Figure 2: Judith Ortiz Cofer (Author of the story)
At twelve I was an avid consumer of comic books—
Supergirl being my favorite. I spent my allowance of a quarter a
day on two twelve-cent comic books or a double issue for
twenty-five. I had a stack of Legion of Super Heroes and
Supergirl comic books in my bedroom closet that was as tall as I.
I had a recurring dream in those days: that I had long blond hair
and could fly. In my dream I climbed the stairs to the top of our
apartment building as myself, but as I went up each flight,
changes would be taking place. Step by step I would fill out: my
legs would grow long, my arms harden into steel, and my hair
would magically go straight and turn a golden color. . . .
Supergirl had to be aerodynamic. Sleek and hard as a supersonic
missile. Once on the roof, my parents safely asleep in their beds,
I would get on tip-toe, arms outstretched in the position for flight
and jump out my fifty-story-high window into the black lake of
the sky. From up there, over the rooftops, I could see everything,
even beyond the few blocks of our barrio;1 with my X-ray vision
I could look inside the homes of people who interested me. Once
I saw our landlord, whom I knew my parents feared, sitting in a
treasure-room dressed in an ermine coat and a large gold crown.

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He sat on the floor counting his dollar bills. I played a trick on
him. Going up to his building’s chimney, I blew a little puff of
my super-breath into his fireplace, scattering his stacks of money
so that he had to start counting all over again. I could more or
less program my Supergirl dreams in those days by focusing on
the object of my current obsession. This way I “saw” into the
private lives of my neighbors, my teachers, and in the last days
of my childish fantasy and the beginning of adolescence, into the
secret room of the boys I liked. In the mornings I’d wake up in
my tiny bedroom with the incongruous—at least in our tiny
apartment—white “princess” furniture my mother had chosen
for me, and find myself back in my body: my tight curls still
clinging to my head, skinny arms and legs . . . unchanged.

In the kitchen my mother and father would be talking

softly over a café con leche. She would come “wake me” exactly
forty-five minutes after they had gotten up. It was their time
together at the beginning of each day and even at an early age I
could feel their disappointment if I interrupted them by getting
up too early. So I would stay in my bed recalling my dreams of
flight, perhaps planning my next flight. In the kitchen they

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would be discussing events in the barrio. Actually, he would be
carrying that part of the conversation; when it was her turn to
speak she would, more often than not, try shifting the topic
toward her desire to see her familia on the Island: How about a
vacation in Puerto Rico together this year, Querido? We could
rent a car, go to the beach. We could . . . And he would answer
patiently, gently, Mi amor, do you know how much it would cost
for the all of us to fly there? It is not possible for me to take the
time off . . . Mi vida, please understand. . . . And I knew that
soon she would rise from the table. Not abruptly. She would
light a cigarette and look out the kitchen window. The view was
of a dismal alley that was littered with refuse thrown from
windows. The space was too narrow for anyone larger than a
skinny child to enter safely, so it was never cleaned. My mother
would check the time on the clock over her sink, the one with a
prayer for patience and grace written in Spanish. A birthday gift.
She would see that it was time to wake me. She’d sigh deeply
and say the same thing the view from her kitchen window
always inspired her to say: Ay, si yo pudiera volar.

Answer the questions:

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1. In paragraph 1, which specific action changes the author from
a girl into a superhero?
A. turning a page in one of her comic books
B. looking out over the houses in her neighborhood
C. climbing the stairs to the top of her apartment building
D. playing a trick on the landlord of her apartment building

2. Read the sentence from paragraph 1 in the box below.

. . . I would get on tip-toe, arms outstretched in the position

for flight and jump out my fifty-story-high window into the
black lake of the sky.

In the sentence, the phrase “black lake of the sky” makes the sky
seem
A. playful.
B. relaxing.
C. polluted.
D. boundless.

3. Based on the essay, which characteristic best describes the

author’s father?

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A. ambitious
B. practical
C. content
D. harsh

4. What is the main effect of the author’s use of Spanish phrases

in the essay?
A. It captures the author’s cultural environment.
B. It identifies the intended audience for the essay.
C. It emphasizes the tension between the author’s parents.
D. It indicates the time period in which the essay takes place.

VOCABULARIES:

Aerodynamic - having a shape which reduces the drag from air

moving past.

Example: “The secret of the machine lies in the aerodynamic

shape of the frame.”

Ay, si yo pudiera volar - Oh, if only I could fly

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Example: “Oh, si tan solo pudiera volar, tocaría el cielo.(oh, if
only i could fly i will touch the sky).”

Dismal - very gloomy and depressing.

Example: “The show was a dismal failure.”

Incongruous - not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings

or other aspects of something.

Example: “His outburst seemed incongruous to those who know

him well.”

Legion - a vast host, multitude, or number of people or things.

Example: “He joined the French Foreign Legion.”

Missile - an object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either

by hand or from a mechanical weapon.

Example: “She dodged a pillow missile and retrieved it from the

floor.”

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Mi amor - my love.

Example: Te extraño mucho, mi amor. (I miss you,my love)”

Mi vida - my life, used as a term of endearment.

Example: “Amo mi vida, porque mi vida eres tú.( I love my life,

beacause my life is you.)”

Querido - dear.

Example: “Siempre he querido ver tu casa.(I’ve always wanted

to see your house)”

Supergirl - a girl who is particularly successful, talented, or

otherwise remarkable.

Example: “While the Superman costume changes only slightly

over the years, Supergirl has turned super sexy in high-heeled
boots and a cu-off shirt.”

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Supersonic - involving or denoting a speed greater than that of
sound.

Example: “The aircraft has to fly at supersonic speed pretty well

on the deck.”
Passage
C

The Battle of Chancellorsville

Figure 3: The Battle of Chancellorsville

The Battle of Chancellorsville, one of the most famous

battles of the Civil War, took place in Virginia in the spring of
1863. For months, the two armies had been staked out on
opposite banks of a narrow river. The Confederate troops were
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led by perhaps the most revered military tactician in American
history, General Robert E. Lee. The Union soldiers were led by
"Fighting" Joe Hooker.

In appearance, personality, and lifestyle, these men were

nearly perfect opposites. Lee, an older man in poor health with a
gray beard, had a somber, measured demeanor. Hooker was a
blond, strapping young man whose vanity over his appearance
was but one aspect of his egotism. Whereas Lee was devout and
principled, Hooker was known for his rollicking enjoyment of
both women and whiskey.

Despite the fact that the Confederacy had won the last
four major battles and the Union soldiers were famished,
exhausted, and demoralized, Hooker proclaimed, "My plans are
perfect. And when I start to carry them out, may God have
mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none." Why, aside from a
propensity for narcissism, was Hooker so confident?

Hooker had used spies, analysts, and even hot air balloons
to compile a vast amount of intelligence about Lee’s army. He
had discerned, for example, that Lee had only 61,000 men to
Hooker’s own 134,000. Buoyed by his superior numbers,
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Hooker covertly moved 70,000 of his men fifteen miles up and
across the river, and then ordered them to sneak back down to
position themselves behind Lee’s army. In effect, Hooker had
cut off the Confederate soldiers in front and behind. They were
trapped. Satisfied with his advantage, Hooker became convinced
that Lee’s only option was to retreat to Richmond, thus assuring
a Union victory.

Yet Lee, despite his disadvantages of both numbers and

position, did not retreat. Instead, he moved his troops into
position to attack. Union soldiers who tried to warn Hooker that
Lee was on the offensive were dismissed as cowards. Having
become convinced that Lee had no choice but to retreat, Hooker
began to ignore reality. When Lee’s army attacked the Union
soldiers at 5:00 p.m., they were eating supper, completely
unprepared for battle. They abandoned their rifles and fled as
Lee’s troops came shrieking out of the brush, bayonets drawn.
Against all odds, Lee won the Battle of Chancellorsville, and
Hooker’s forces withdrew in defeat.

Answer the questions:

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1. Based on information in the passage, it can be concluded that
Hooker lost the Battle of Chancellorsville mostly because of his

A. vanity

B. ignorance

C. overconfidence

D. faulty information E. vices

2. The contrast drawn between Lee and Hooker in paragraph 2 is

intended to

A. showcase the different backgrounds and personal histories of

these two enemy soldiers

B. provide support for the idea that Lee was a more virtuous
person than Hooker, and therefore a better military commander

C. prove that two men with very different values could end up in
similar positions of power

D. suggest that if Hooker had been more devout and principled,

he might not have been outwitted by Lee E. imply that these men
fundamentally differed in their approaches to nearly everything,
including battle
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3. In paragraph 3, the author quotes Hooker as saying, “My plans
are perfect. And when I start to carry them out, may God have
mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none.” The author most
likely includes this quote in order to

A. demonstrate Hooker’s belief in his own infallibility

B. provide an example of the way language has changed since

1863

C. reveal that Hooker was a deeply religious man in spite of his

lifestyle

D. foreshadow Hooker’s defeat at the hands of Lee’s army E.

portray Hooker as a merciless general who was compelled by his
hated of Lee

4. Based on its use in paragraph 3, it can be inferred that the

word propensity belongs to which of the following word groups?

A. fondness, partiality, affection

B. flaw, fault, shortcoming

C. distaste, aversion, dissatisfaction

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D. tendency, inclination, predisposition E. confidence, self-
assurance, certitude

5. How many men did Hooker position behind Lee's army?

A. 61,000

B. 70,000

C. 73,000

D. 134,000

E. 158,000

6. As used in paragraph 4, buoyed most nearly means

A. strengthened

B. anchored

C. floated

D. sharpened

E. heartened

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7. According to the author, Hooker’s advantages going into the
Battle of Chancellorsville included;

I. numbers II. position III. strategy

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II only

D. II and III only

E. I, II, and III

8. As used in paragraph 4, buoyed most nearly means

A. dialogue

B. specific examples

C. vivid details

D. sensory words

E. scenic descriptions

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9. If this passage were to continue, which of the following would
most likely be the first sentence of the next paragraph?

A. His army routed, Hooker and his reduced forces hobbled

south, back to the center of Confederate operations where he was
harshly rebuked for having squandered his vast army.

B. In all his days of fighting, Hooker had never been met with
such surprise and opposition; he took to solemn contemplation
of the events that had transpired as well as the lessons he might
learn from them. C. Wounded in both body and spirit, Hooker
and his severely diminished forces retreated to higher ground
where they proceeded to reload their weapons and prepare for a
counter attack.

D. Upon returning to camp, the triumphant Lee immediately

ordered for supplies to be brought up and provisions made for a
raucous victory celebration. E. Not one to gloat over his success,
Lee remarked that the victory had been the product of valiant
fighting and good luck, as he began to map out strategies for
their next move.

VOCABULARIES:

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Confederate - joined by agreement or treaty.

Example: “He was found to have confederate on both sides of

the border.”

Demeanor - outward behavior or bearing.

Example: “They maintained a solemn demeanor as they told us

the bad news.”

Narcissism - excessive interest in or admiration of one self and

one’s physical appearance.

Example: “As a result, his narcissism became overwhelming in

the way he treated other people, whether business clients or his
own son.”

Proclaimed - announce officially or publicy.

Example: “She proclaimed that she will run for governor.”

Propensity - an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a

particular way.

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Example: “She's inherited from her father a propensity to talk
too much.”

Revered - feel deep respect or admiration for (something).

Example: “She was also revered as the goddess of childbirth.”

Rollicking - boisterously carefree, joyful.

Example: “I'm having a rollicking good time.”

Shrieking - high-pitched piercing cries or sound.

Example: “The birds were shrieking in the trees.”

Withdrew - remove or take away (something) from a particular

place or position.

Example: “She withdrew from other people as she grew older.”

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

-Margaret Fuller-
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ANSWER KEY
Rats:

1. D

2. B

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. C

7. D

8. D

Volar:

1. C

2. D

3. B

4. A

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1. C

2. E

3. A

4. D

5. B

6. E

7. C

8. C

9. E

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Stories 1 & 2:

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F
%2Fpioneerinstitute.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads
%2FMCAS-g10ela-2012.pdf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1YB-
EvrKk3VhkqpJO1VYMTKrbGnXGdAGPrHTAatSdzd7f1oaF6o
uEtVCY&h=AT21p5VRG2Clxivx_izeP4_6zzSsDF76tHBy8u15
AtKziR5-QyEqKHT0UI4Tdk4A8rgwivarkzhHKalQM0j-
iZfelWXudlOh5Eo3LqYEh7YbXN_-
dKknRpobfgw8X9eMR3pdTw

Story 3:

https://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/
10_Battle_of_Chancellorsville_Free_Sample.pdf

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