Summary and Parahrase quiz

Which of the following is a strong post-reading strategy? Paraphrase each line of the entire story by hand. Write an essay without looking at your notes. Discuss difficult concepts with other people. Loan the book to a friend to read after you.
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 2 (Worth 5 points)
Which of the following is a useful strategy for during reading? Stay physically active while you read in order to think. Memorize each page as you read without taking notes. Multitask while reading and then try to recall by memory. Keep track of useful information in a diary or journal.
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 3 (Worth 5 points)
Why do some readers choose to join reader groups? Groups offer opportunities to discuss interesting topics in literature. Groups allow readers to find out the ends of stories without reading. Groups usually give away free books to their regular attendees. Groups can prove to the community that you are a true “reader.”
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 4 (Worth 5 points)
If you need to better understand what you have read, what can you do? Discuss what you read with friends. Keep rereading it several times over. Stop thinking about it and move on. Read other literature that is similar.
Points earned on this question: 0
Question 5 (Worth 5 points)
What does asking questions often do for readers? It causes them to forget what they have read. It can help them understand the material. It makes them dislike what the story was about. It shows them whether they are intelligent.
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 6 (Worth 10 points)
Create an accurate summary of the conflict between the pilot and Marilyn Lee Cross in “The Cold Equations.” Provide your answer in three to five sentences.
Essay Submission
A pilot is on an emergency mission to a planet whose colony is doomed if he doesn't get there fast. He has just enough fuel to reach the planet—then he finds that he has a stowaway, a young girl wanting to be with her brother on the colony. If the pilot spaces the girl, the ship will barely make it to the planet. If he does not, the ship will crash and both of them as well as the colony will die.
Points earned on this question: 10
Question 7 (Worth 10 points)
Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from “The Cold Equations”: She held the letters out to him. "Will you take care of these and see that they're enveloped and mailed?"
Essay Submission
The letters she wrote she held out to the pilot. She asked him to make sure he cared for them, and send them to her parents, and brother,who she would never see again.
Points earned on this question: 10
Question 8 (Worth 10 points)
Create an accurate summary of the reasons the EDS cannot have more than one passenger. Provide your answer in two to three sentences.
Essay Submission
The EDS can not have more than one passenger because it has a set amount of fuel to make the journey to the destination, and the journey home. With the added weight of another passenger, the EDS would have to burn more fuel than it has available.
Points earned on this question: 10
Question 9 (Worth 10 points)
Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from “The Cold Equations”: She stopped occasionally, as though trying to find the right words to tell them what she wanted them to know, then the pencil would resume its whispering to the paper.
Essay Submission she stopped her work to think of the right words then resumed after doing so
Points earned on this question: 10
Question 10 (Worth 10 points)
Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from “The Cold Equations”: "No!" She recoiled from him as though he had struck her, one hand half upraised as though to fend him off and stark unwillingness to believe in her eyes.
Essay Submission
"No!" She recoiled from him as though he struck her, one hand upraised as to fend him off and unwillingness to believe in her eyes
Points earned on this question: 10