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Fall Semester Exam Review

Fall Semester Exam Review

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7th Grade

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Cheral JONES

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12 Slides • 20 Questions

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Spring Semester Exam Review

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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?”

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

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

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But only you can say what they really mean.

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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.”

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Multiple Choice

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


What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

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Egyptians had strange and unpopular interpretations of dreams.

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

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Dreams are to be taken literally.

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

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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?

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

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

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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.

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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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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 —

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her dream made her feel warm and toasty

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the details of the dream disappeared

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she dreamt of sitting by a fire and drinking tea

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mist filled the room when she woke up

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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 —

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she cannot quite remember what happened

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someone is interrupting her

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she is falling back asleep

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she wants to keep the details of her dream a secret

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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?

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The details were very clear.

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She woke up feeling well.

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Her dream made her laugh.

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Someone in her dream told her something good.

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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?

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They both explore how we puzzle over dreams.

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They both describe how humans have struggled to understand dreams.

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

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They both tell different opinions about dreaming.

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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 —

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the meaning of a dream

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the reasons we wake up

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the effects of dreaming

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the difficulty of remembering a dream

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Multiple Choice

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

Which statement is true of both Julia and her mother?

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They both doubt they are good enough performers to compete.

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They are both talented musicians.

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They both plan to engage in competition.

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They are both good dancers.

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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?

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She was excited in both paragraphs.

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She was bored in both paragraphs.

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

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

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Multiple Choice

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

Where is this story set?

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the present

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the future

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the imaginary past

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the historical past

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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?

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by trying to make her feel guilty

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by telling her a parallel story

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by pretending not to care

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by criticizing her boyfriend

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Multiple Choice

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

The author probably wrote the first paragraph in order to —

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create a question in the reader's mind.

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introduce the problem in the story.

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explain the contest the mother was trying to enter.

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tell what the narrator had applied to do.

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Multiple Choice

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

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

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convince the daughter to follow her example

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encourage the daughter to pursue her musical career

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make the daughter proud of her

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tell the daughter the truth about her failed career

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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?

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I think students are entirely too busy.

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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Multiple Choice

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

What change should be made in sentence 7?

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Change "talked" to "talking"

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Change "frequently" to "frequent"

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Change "dry cleaners" to "Dry Cleaners"

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No change should be made.

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Multiple Choice

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

What change should be made in sentence 24?

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Insert a comma after "work"

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

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Change "headed" to "head"

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No change should be made in sentence 24.

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Multiple Choice

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

What change should be made in sentence 26?

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Delete the comma after "saying"

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Change "interupting" to "interrupting"

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Change "your" to "you’re"

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Insert quotation marks at the end of the sentence

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