LIFE AT HOME IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Selection Test

What is the author's main purpose in this selection?

• to persuade readers to spend less time watching television
• to warn readers about the negative effects of television on family life
• to provide information about the history and social impact of television
• to compare the features of different types of television sets

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

According to the author, what is one example of how television helps to shape family life?

• Families arrange their furniture around the television set.
• Families talk about the plots of television shows.
• Television commercials affect what a family buys.
• Families argue about what television show to watch.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

According to the author, what is the effect of having TVs in one or more bedrooms?

• Families are more likely to watch TV together.
• The family spends more total time watching TV.
• A parent is more likely to watch TV alone.
• Children are more likely to watch TV alone.

What does the author mean by, “the artifact exits the systemic context and enters an archaeological context”?

• It is used less frequently.
• It becomes a subject of research.
• Its popularity increases.
• It gets thrown out.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Archaeologists studying an archaeological site use seriation to

• determine the exact age of specific objects.
• determine the relative age of each layer of objects,
• determine why the objects were discarded.
• determine how objects were used by their owners.

6. A battleship graph shows

• comparisons of different categories.
• percentages of a whole.
• an artifact's pattern of use over time.
• cause and effect relationships.

What is an observation?

• remembering something
• explaining something
• watching something
• understanding something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does proliferation mean?

• long life 
• fast growth
• growing acceptance
• gradual disappearance

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

A municipal issue is one that relates to a

• family
• city
• school
• corporation

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Precipitous means

• dangerous
• sudden
• steep
• unexpected

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4