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Common Core Standard RI.9-10.2 Questions

Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

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Grade 9 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2
What is the MAIN IDEA of this passage?
  1. The First Crusade was cooler that the other two.
  2. The English and French Crusaders believed God was on their side in the fight against against the growing Islamic nation.
  3. Even though there were a few mistakes, the first Crusades were mostly successful for the English and French forces trying to regain mediterranean land.
  4. The crusading forces were able to reconquer Jerusalem mostly because the Fatimids, the rulers of Jerusalem, were away from the city fighting their own war.
Grade 9 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2
What is the MAIN IDEA of the passage?
  1. The majority of the poor population's diet consisted of barley.
  2. Rich people should have done more to help the poorer members of the medieval population.
  3. There was a big difference in the access of food items between those rich and poor, but they both mostly ate food made of grains.
  4. Medieval people had to be creative to make their food more tasty.
Grade 9 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2
Which sentence best SUMMARIZES the text?
  1. The introduction of Mediterranean food stuffs from the crusades changed the diets of people living in the middle ages.
  2. Even though the crusades brought in new flavors, one big division that existed between the poor class and the rich class was the food they had access to.
  3. Poor people had little access to different types of food and had to stick to mostly eating barley based meals.
  4. Rich individuals had a better time living in the middle ages partially because their food had more variety than poorer people.
Grade 10 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2, RST.9-10.2

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What is the purpose of this passage?
  1. to describe the organization of living things
  2. to summarize the work of Aristotle
  3. to classify different types of living organisms
  4. to explain the characteristics of living things
Grade 10 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2, RST.9-10.2

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What is the main idea of the passage?
  1. Living and non-living organisms are a lot alike.
  2. All living things share a set of characteristics.
  3. All living things use energy.
  4. Living and non-living organisms work together.
Grade 9 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2

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What is the purpose of the passage?
  1. To educate farmers on trickle drip irrigation systems
  2. To educate homeowners on irrigation systems
  3. To help irrigation system suppliers sell more kits
  4. To encourage people to conserve water with an irrigation system
Grade 9 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2

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What is the purpose of the passage?
  1. To educate farmers on trickle drip irrigation systems
  2. To educate homeowners on irrigation systems
  3. To help irrigation system suppliers sell more kits
  4. To encourage people to conserve water with an irrigation system
Grade 9 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.9-10.2

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Which sentence best describes the main idea of the news story?
  1. "You do need to plan to spend extra time locating coins for many of your simpler purchases and exchanges."
  2. "Lately, however, a bizarre problem has hit the city: it has become very difficult to make change."
  3. "A quick walk through any of the shopping districts of Buenos Aires will show the casual visitor many "No Coins" signs in storefront windows."
  4. "If you hope to visit this beautiful, up-and-coming city soon, don't let the great Buenos Aires coin shortage stop you."
Grade 9 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.9, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.9

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What is Washington's main message in this excerpt?
  1. Don't forget your common goals.
  2. Your differences will divide you.
  3. Stand up for justice.
  4. Watch out for outside influences.

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