NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Whydidtheauthorwrite“WhenWashingtonCrossedtheDelaware”?toexplainhowWashingtonwaschosentobeageneraltotellaboutimportanteventsinourcountry’shistorytoshowthatWashingtonwouldbeagoodPresidenttodescribetwohistoricaltownsinourcountry2.Howdoyouknowthat“WhenWashingtonCrossedtheDelaware”isnarrativenonfiction?Thecharacters,places,andeventsarereal.Theplothasabeginning,amiddle,andanending.Theauthortellsherpersonalthoughtsandfeelings.Thestoryhasheadingsforsectionsofrelatedinformation.3.WhatistheMOSTLIKELYreasonWashingtonwantedtokeephisDecember26attackplansasecret?HewasafraidthemenwouldnotwanttomarchtoPrinceton.Hehopedtheycouldwinthebattleiftheenemywasunprepared.Hewasuncertainaboutthepossibleoutcomeofthebattle.Heknewhismenwantedtogohomeimmediately.4.WhathappenedRIGHTAFTERWashingtonandhismencrossedtheDelaware?TheytriedtoslowdowntheBritishtroops.TheycapturedthreeGermanregiments.TheystartedalongmarchtoTrenton.TheybeganfightingtheHessians.5.WhywastheoutcomeoftheBattleofTrentonsoimportant?ItmeantthatthetroopscouldmoveontoPrinceton.ItmeantthattheBritishtroopswouldgohomeatonce.ItgavetheAmericanshopethattheymightwinthewar.ItgavetheHessiansagoodreasontogobacktoGermany.WeeklyLessonTestLesson8©Harcourt•Grade569SelectionComprehension“WhenWashingtonCrossedtheDelaware”Name6.WhatwastheMAINreasoncrossingtheDelawarewasdifficult?thelackofboatsthetiredtroopsthedarknesstheweather7.WhatMOSThelpedtheAmericanswintheBattleofTrenton?thesizeoftheirarmytheelementofsurprisethenumberofcannonsthelocationofthefight8.WhatwastheMAINreasonmanyofWashington’smenagreedtostaywithhimaftertheBattleofTrenton?Theywantedthecountrytobefree.Theywantedtoreceivetheextrapay.TheyknewthemarchtoPrincetonwouldbeeasy.TheyknewtheywerewinningthewaragainstBritain.READTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.HowdoyouknowthatWashingtonwasagoodleader?Usedetailsfrom“WhenWashingtonCrossedtheDelaware”toexplainyouranswer.TOTALSCORE:/8+/2WeeklyLessonTestLesson8©Harcourt•Grade5...
