7th grade ELA Unit 3 Post-Test Study Session Semester B

Which description of Carter Druse from Ambrose Bierce’s “A Horseman in the Sky” is most accurate?

• Carter is young and unaware of what he wants from life. He uses his family values as a crutch to avoid deciding on the path that he wants to pursue.

• Carter is a spoiled and ignorant brat. He joins the army because he wants to anger and defy his family. He is also quite a selfish and unreliable young man.

• Carter joins the Union army partly because he wants to shirk his family responsibilities. However, he soon matures and never evades his military duties, even at a personal cost.

• Carter grew up in the state of Virginia. However, he chooses to join the Union army. While he defies everything his family and state stand for, he carves his own identity through this choice.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which type of point of view is used in this excerpt from the folktale "The Sleeping Beauty”?

Once upon a time there was a king and queen who for a very long time had no children, and when at length a little daughter was born to them they were so pleased that they gave a christening feast to which they invited a number of fairies. But, unfortunately, they left out one rather cross old fairy, and she was so angry that she said the princess should die when she reached the age of sixteen, by pricking her hand with a spindle.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

• Cannot be Identified

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the tone of this excerpt from John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"?

Take up our quarrel with the foe!

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high!

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

• solemn

• unfeeling

• uplifting

• peaceful

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of theme in poetry?

• a symbol used to represent an idea in the text

• a message that is discussed throughout the text

• a specific type of language used in the text

• a casual reference to a place, idea, or event

• a particular image that recurs throughout the text

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What form of poetry is evident in this excerpt from Carl Sandburg's "Fog"?

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

• lyric

• free verse

• haiku

• blank verse

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which statement best defines the topic in a passage?

• It is the subject that is covered in the passage.

• It is the information that develops the passage.

• It is the evidence of the author’s opinion on the passage.

• It is the reason an author is writing a passage.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which choice best defines the central idea of a passage?

• It is the specific idea the passage focuses on.

• It is the general topic of the passage.

• It is who or what the entire passage is about.

• It is the evidence that supports the argument.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2