Standard Analysis: Workshop 1 Interim Assessment

Multiple Choice

1. A central idea of the passage is that education is important for everyone.

Which sentence from the passage provides the best support for this statement?

• “In India’s cities, schools are a lot like American schools.”

• “But in many small villages, parents have a different idea.”

• “Parents want their daughters to learn to cook and keep house, not to read and write.”

• Although Nirma married at 17 and soon had a son, her husband and parents wanted her to have a career

A. Education is less expensive in India’s cities than it is in the country’s small villages.
B. Schools in India’s small villages are more traditional than schools in the country’s cities.
C. Jobs in India’s small villages pay more than jobs in the country’s cities.
D. Students in India’s cities receive less job training than students in the country’s small villages.

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Changes for Girls and Women in India

India is a country in southern Asia. Of all the countries in the world, it ranks second in population. Only China has more people than India. More than two-thirds of India’s people live in rural areas. The rest live in modern cities.

In India’s cities, schools are a lot like American schools. Parents want their daughters and sons to learn. They encourage them to study hard. They know that education will help their children get good jobs someday.

But in many small villages, parents have a different idea. They think education is more important for boys than for girls. Parents want their daughters to learn to cook and keep house, not to read and write. They expect their daughters to marry young, raise children, and obey their husbands. Many village girls are as young as 14 when they marry a man chosen by their parents.

Based on information in the passage, which statement best summarizes a key difference between India’s cities and its small villages?

Multiple Choice

3. Based on information in the passage, which statement best summarizes a key difference between India’s cities and its small villages?

• Education is less expensive in India’s cities than it is in the country’s small villages.

• Schools in India’s small villages are more traditional than schools in the country’s cities.

• Jobs in India’s small villages pay more than jobs in the country’s cities.

• Students in India’s cities receive less job training than students in the country’s small villages.

Multiple Choice

7. Which of the following statements is a personal opinion that should NOT be included in a summary of the text?

• Most of India’s population lives in rural villages.

• Indian girls in certain areas receive help from education leaders.

• Many Indian parents arrange their children’s marriages

• Indian girls in many villages are treated foolishly.

Multiple Choice

8. A central idea of the passage is that children in some countries must work to support their families. Which statement from the passage best supports this idea?

• “But the wages they earn help their families get by.”

• “Although its people are poor, Burkina Faso has rich deposits of gold.”

• “Many children work in the mines, alongside their parents.

• “Schools are distributing food to children and their families

A. Children use tools to gather and transport gold.
B. Children climb walls at the bottom of the mines.
C. Children work in groups to help build and repair gold mines.
D. Children earn a couple of dollars to fill buckets with gold.

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Work No Child Should Do
The United Nations (UN) is an organization that works to protect human rights all over the world. In 1999, the UN drew up standards to protect children who work. The standards are supposed to keep children younger than 15 from doing work that is dangerous or keeps them from going to school.

In the world’s poorest countries, however, many people ignore the standards. Young children work hard all day long in dangerous conditions. T hey are paid very little. But the wages they earn help their families get by. Burkina Faso, in western Africa, is one country where this is happening.

Although its people are poor, Burkina Faso has rich deposits of gold. The government is eager to dig up the gold and sell it. In recent years, more than 800 mines have opened. Many children work in the mines, alongside their parents. Some are as young as six

The gold comes up from narrow mine shafts more than 100 feet deep in the ground. Children do several kinds of work to gather the gold. One stays at the bottom of the shaft, using a small ax to chip away at the rock walls. Some use ropes to lower themselves to the bottom of the shaft. They pick up buckets filled with the chunks of rock and climb back up with them. Then other children hammer the chunks into pebbles to look for flecks of gold. All day long the buckets are refilled from the bottom of the mine.

Which sentence best summarizes the work children do in the Burkina Faso mines?

Multiple Choice

11. Which sentence best summarizes the work children do in the Burkina Faso mines?

• Children use tools to gather and transport gold.

• Children climb walls at the bottom of the mines.

• Children work in groups to help build and repair gold mines.

• Children earn a couple of dollars to fill buckets with gold.

A It is challenging to convince people in certain areas to support school sports.
B It is challenging to convince people in certain areas about the importance of education.
C It is challenging to convince people to send aid to families who need help.
D It is challenging to convince people to elect leaders who understand the rights of children

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Work No Child Should Do

Government and school leaders are trying to fix this problem. They have looked for ways to persuade parents to keep their children in school. One idea—rewarding parents and children with books and cash—did not have much effect. Now, leaders are trying other ideas. Schools are distributing food to children and their families. They are adding sports and games to make the school day more enjoyable. They are asking village mayors to speak out about the importance of school.

What is a central idea of paragraph 6?

Multiple Choice

12. What is a central idea of paragraph 6?

• It is challenging to convince people in certain areas to support school sports.

• It is challenging to convince people in certain areas about the importance of education.

• It is challenging to convince people to send aid to families who need help.

• It is challenging to convince people to elect leaders who understand the rights of children