ELA MAAP Practice

7th ELA MAAP Practice

(Session 1)​

By Ms. Marshall

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

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Passage 1​

7th grade MAAP practice Questions via MDE

Multiple Choice

• A specific feeling

• A reference to something

• Something that can be seen

• Something that is misleading

Multiple Choice

• They determined which sense is the strongest.

• They examined the connection of emotion to scents.

• They examined all parts of the body including the nose.

• They determined which scents prompt certain memories.

Multiple Choice

• to compare the brain and the designer's purposes

• to compare the artistry of brains and buildings

• to compare the brain's design to a building's design

• to compare the brain's components to building's compentents

Multiple Choice

• by describing experiments scientists have done about memory and smells

• by sharing stories about how smells triggered memories for certain people

• by illustrating a specific example of how a smell triggered a memory in an individual

• by explaining the scientific connection between the human brain and the sense of smell

Multiple Choice

• to add the Proust phenomenon experience by stating odors retrieve old memories

• to support the Proust phenomenon experience by agreeing that odor retrieves old memories

• to modify the Proust phenomenon experience by combining odors and emotions to retrieve old memories

• to disprove the Proust phenomenon experince by stating that emotions are what retrieves old memories.

Multiple Choice

• Smells bring back childhood fears.

• Smell has a special connection to feelings.

• Vision is the most important sense for memory recall.

• Findings of past research are incorrect and need to be revised.

Multiple Choice

• "The same sights, sounds, and odors that are present when we learn something new help us to recall it later. "(Paragraph 2)

• "Odor cues brought back older memories - things that happened when the respondents were ages 6 to 10." (paragraph 3)

• "Subjects rated their smell-cued memories a more emotional and richer in detail than the word- or picture-stimulated ones." (paragraph 3)

• "Regardless of whether they had smelled the odor or just heard the word, people were no more accurate in remembering the painting." (paragraph 4)

Multiple Choice

• Talk about instant travel in space and time!" (paragraph 1)

• "In our everyday experience, it seems that nothing jogs the memory better than a smell." (paragraph 2)

• "The researchers gave people tests of facts about the museum, asking what they remembered about their visits..." (paragraph 2)

• "Odors are processed and memories are retrieved (but not stored) in the brain's right half." (paragraph 5)

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

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Passage 2

Multiple Choice

• The bird imagines what the speaker thinks, while the speaker wants to get a feather from the bird.

• The bird appears fearful of the speaker, while the speaker imagines what the bird is thinking.

• The bird does not pay attention to the speaker, while the speaker observes the bird closely.

• The bird is careful where he sits, while the speaker seems careless about nature.

Multiple Choice

• burned

• chirped

• illuminated

• landed

Multiple Choice

• The bird is startled and takes off in flight.

• The speaker needs to communicate with the bird.

• The bird could approach the speaker to see the truth.

• The speaker is really trying to steal a feather as the bird takes flight.

Multiple Choice

• The speaker overlooked t

• The speaker stumbled on the wood.

• The speaker lost all memory of the wood.

• The speaker became distracted by the wood.

Multiple Choice

• "Out walking in the frozen swamp one grey day" (line 1)

• "I paused and said, 'I will turn back from here.'"(line 2)

• "'No, I will go on farther -and we shall see'"(line 3)

• "And not another like it could I see." (line 25)

Multiple Choice

• The speaker is intrigued by natural elements.

• The speaker meets the creatures of the woods.

• The speaker examines the plant life of the woods.

• The speaker struggles with which direction to choose.

Multiple Choice

• Both are decaying.

• Both are forgotten.

• Both are far from home.

• Both are covered in snow.

Multiple Choice

• "Out walking in the frozen swamp one grey day." (line 1)

• "The hard snow held me, save where now and then." (line 4)

• "Or somehwhere else: I was just far from home." (line 9)

• "Without so much as wishing him good-night." (line 21)

Multiple Choice

• by illustrating the fascination that nature holds

• by describing the importance of completing a task

• by showing that past actions can impact the future

• by introducing an example of continuing when it seems pointless

Multiple Choice

• There is a path surrounding the swamp.

• There is a small population in the swamp.

• There has not recently been anyone in the swamp.

• There has not normally been snowfall in that particular area.

Multiple Choice

• It compares natural light and light from a fire.

• It suggests the speaker wanted to build a campfire.

• It creates a contrast between natural decay and fire.

• It implies there was a wildfire that destroyed the woodpile.

Multiple Choice

• The mood would be gloomy.

• The resolution would happen sooner.

• The speaker would no longer feel isolated.

• The speaker would have no need for the woodpile.

Multiple Choice

• Nature is full of mysteries to discover.

• Exploration of the world is often rewarding.

• Humans have the same motivations as animals.

• Inspiration drawn from nature can lead to success.

Multiple Choice

• "He thought that I was after him for a feather-" (line 14)

• "The white one in his tail;..." (line 15)

• "And then there was a pile of wood for which/I forgot him..." (lines 18-19)

• "...and let his little fear/Carry off the way I might have gone." (lines 19-20)