Information Literacy Pre-Test

If I want to find a word that means the same thing as “sad”, I would look in:

• A dictionary

• A thesaurus

• An encyclopedia

• Wikipedia

If I wanted to know the meaning of the word “gregarious”, I would look in:

• A dictionary

• A thesaurus

• An encyclopedia

• Wikipedia

If I wanted to know more about classifying animals, I could look in:

• A dictionary

• A thesaurus

• An encyclopedia

• Wikipedia

Which is a definition listed on the Word Central website for the word “Tolerance”?

• Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference.

• Sympathy for or acceptance of feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from one's own

• Absence of objection rather than genuine approval

• Unwilling to grant equality, freedom, or other social rights

What are some synonyms listed on the Word Central website for the word “Angry”?

• Accepting, accommodating, obliging; agreeable

• Filch, hook, misappropriate, nip

• Irate, boiling, waspish, on the warpath

• Apoplectic, enraged, foaming, fuming

During the seventeenth century, Yatsuhashi Kengyo a blind musician from Japan, learned to play the koto in defiance of the rule that it could not be taught to blind people or women. He transformed the koto’s music, and made it available to wider audiences.

In this passage, the word koto means:

• A flower

• A musical instrument

• A type of food

• A story

The trapdoor was so old, I had to bear down on it with all my strength so it would close.

In this sentence, the word “bear” means:

• An animal

• To carry with you

• To push with a lot of force

• Take responsibility for

True or False: Wikipedia is always a reliable resource for research.

• True

• False

What is information literacy?

• The ability to find, understand, and use information

• Learning how to read and write

• Knowing how to put emojis in a Google Doc

• Being able to read a passage in under a minute

Which of the following is an example of someone who is developing their information literacy skills?

• A 5 year-old girl is tracing her letters and writes the word “ball”.

• A 3^rd grader watches TV for three hours during the weekend.

• A 4^th grader learns that he can change his background during a Google Meet.

• A 5^th grader looks up an unfamiliar word so she can correctly answer her comprehension questions.