Fall Semester Exam Review

Spring Semester Exam Review

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use “from Why do we dream?” to answer questions 1 - 4.

Which sentence highlights the main idea of the subsection titled “The Brain's Picture Show?”

• In fact, it’s quite busy, but it switches to a different kind of thinking.

• These discoveries about the sleeping brain convinced scientists Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley that there are no hidden messages in dreams.

• But only you can say what they really mean.

• Sleep helps you learn and stay healthy, says Hobson, but dreams may be just “the noise the brain makes while it’s doing its homework.”

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use “from Why do we dream?” to answer questions 1 - 4.

What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

• Egyptians had strange and unpopular interpretations of dreams.

• People have been trying to decipher dreams throughout history and different cultures.

• Dreams are to be taken literally.

• People will believe anything about dreams as long as it is a good interpretation.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use “from Why do we dream?” to answer questions 1 - 4.

Which sentence from paragraph 10 best helps the reader understand that people do not injure themselves when dreaming?

• When you dream, your brain stem, which controls emotions, memory, and desire, is very active.

• But your 'reasoning' brain, which handles logic, judgment, and reality—the part of you that knows you can’t actually fly—takes a nap.

• It turns off chemicals that help you record new experiences, focus attention, and stay awake, and instead makes chemicals that activate emotions and build memories.

• Your brain also ignores signals from your senses and stops messages to your muscles, so you don’t act out your dreams.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use “from Why do we dream?” to answer questions 1 - 4.

Which of the following is the best explanation of the author's purpose in paragraph 9?

• To lead into paragraph 10 by leaving readers asking, 'What kind of thinking happens during sleep?'

• To encourage readers’ natural curiosity by making them wonder, 'Who is Sigmund Freud?'

• To make readers question, 'What is rapid eye movement?'

• To summarize previous information by answering the question, 'Is sleep a bodily function?'

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the poem “Waking Up” to answer questions 5 - 7.

The poet uses similes in lines 3 and 4 to suggest that —

• her dream made her feel warm and toasty

• the details of the dream disappeared

• she dreamt of sitting by a fire and drinking tea

• mist filled the room when she woke up

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the poem “Waking Up” to answer questions 5 - 7.

In lines 5 and 9, the poet uses dashes to show that —

• she cannot quite remember what happened

• someone is interrupting her

• she is falling back asleep

• she wants to keep the details of her dream a secret

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the poem “Waking Up” to answer questions 5 - 7.

Why does the poet call it a 'lovely' dream in line 1?

• The details were very clear.

• She woke up feeling well.

• Her dream made her laugh.

• Someone in her dream told her something good.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use both the selection and the poem to answer questions 8 - 9.

What is one way that the poem and the selection are similar?

• They both explore how we puzzle over dreams.

• They both describe how humans have struggled to understand dreams.

• They both explore what happens to a dream when you wake up.

• They both tell different opinions about dreaming.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use both the selection and the poem to answer questions 8 - 9.

The purpose of the article is to explain why we dream, while the poem describes —

• the meaning of a dream

• the reasons we wake up

• the effects of dreaming

• the difficulty of remembering a dream

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Summer Competition" to answer questions 10 - 15.

Which statement is true of both Julia and her mother?

• They both doubt they are good enough performers to compete.

• They are both talented musicians.

• They both plan to engage in competition.

• They are both good dancers.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Summer Competition" to answer questions 10 - 15.

How does Julia's mood in the first paragraph compare with her mood in the last paragraph?

• She was excited in both paragraphs.

• She was bored in both paragraphs.

• She was gloomy in the first paragraph and excited in the last paragraph.

• She was excited in the first paragraph and bored in the last paragraph.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Summer Competition" to answer questions 10 - 15.

Where is this story set?

• the present

• the future

• the imaginary past

• the historical past

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Summer Competition" to answer questions 10 - 15.

How does Julia's mother help her to make the right decision?

• by trying to make her feel guilty

• by telling her a parallel story

• by pretending not to care

• by criticizing her boyfriend

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Summer Competition" to answer questions 10 - 15.

The author probably wrote the first paragraph in order to —

• create a question in the reader's mind.

• introduce the problem in the story.

• explain the contest the mother was trying to enter.

• tell what the narrator had applied to do.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Summer Competition" to answer questions 10 - 15.

In the passage, the mother uses her own experience to —

• convince the daughter to follow her example

• encourage the daughter to pursue her musical career

• make the daughter proud of her

• tell the daughter the truth about her failed career

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Flex Period: A Great Idea for Middle School" to answer questions 16 - 17.

Henry wants to add a clear position statement in this paper. Which of these sentences could be added after sentence 8 to accomplish this goal?

• I think students are entirely too busy.

• I hope that the principal will take the time to listen to a student suggestion.

• A flex period is something I would like to talk about in this paper.

• I propose that students get a “flex” period three days a week.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "Flex Period: A Great Idea for Middle School" to answer questions 16 - 17.

Henry would like to provide some additional support for the idea he presented in paragraph 2 (sentences 9-15). Which of these ideas would best follow sentence 14 and support the ideas in this paragraph?

• There are so many days when I could use some extra time to finish up homework.

• The seventh-grade science teacher assigned a large packet for students to finish last week.

• Those needing extra help could work with volunteers or student tutors.

• If a student wanted a chance to talk on the phone or play games, this wouldn’t be the right time.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "The Replacement" to answer questions 18 - 20.

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change "talked" to "talking"

• Change "frequently" to "frequent"

• Change "dry cleaners" to "Dry Cleaners"

• No change should be made.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "The Replacement" to answer questions 18 - 20.

What change should be made in sentence 24?

• Insert a comma after "work"

• Change "Lucy and I" to "me and Lucy"

• Change "headed" to "head"

• No change should be made in sentence 24.

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use the selection "The Replacement" to answer questions 18 - 20.

What change should be made in sentence 26?

• Delete the comma after "saying"

• Change "interupting" to "interrupting"

• Change "your" to "you’re"

• Insert quotation marks at the end of the sentence