Gadgets & Glitches Test Pt. 1

Which excerpt from the passage identifies the main conflict?

• You can understand why, in a school devoted to perfect order and regularity, these little programmed robots would be far more convenient than real students. One teacher was enough for everybody. (para. 3)

• The teacher was so dumbfounded that she went to examine the robot’s buttons at once, to see whether she might have pressed them incorrectly. Indeed not. All the buttons were in place. (para. 14)

• Then the teacher telephoned frantically to the factory to send a repairman at once. She was even willing to pay from her own pocket. (para. 18)

• “There must be a bad connection somewhere,” said the repairman, pulling an oil can from his bag. “Now you’ll see that everything will be all right.” (para. 22)

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which detail from the selection suggests that this is science fiction?

• The school strictly follows a regular schedule.

• The students are robots programmed to be perfect.

• The robots are programmed to do their work efficiently.

• The students already know most of what is being taught.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Select the letter that comes before the highlighted phrase from paragraph 11 that provides a clue for the meaning of the word regularity.

• A- repeated what had been studied previously

• B- was possible to switch subjects around

• C- take arithmetic before history

• D- in place of one rule of grammar

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Part A- In paragraph 11, what can the reader infer based on the promotion given to the teacher?

• The principal is afraid of change.

• The teacher is the best educator at the school.

• The principal values the consistency of the robot students.

• The teacher teaches the subjects in the correct order each day.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Part B- Which two excerpts best support the answer to Part A?

• There was once a school without a single living student; the principal got his pupils from a robot factory instead. (para. 1)

• So these little robots were indeed marvels of mechanical and electronic efficiency, and everyone who saw them working was stunned by their performance. (para. 4)

• Of course, it was possible to switch subjects around somewhat to take arithmetic before history, or, in place of one rule of grammar, to take another. (para. 11)

• Indeed, the principal was so content with this state of affairs that he not only praised the teacher highly, but even gave her a promotion. (para. 11)

• The teacher couldn’t imagine such a disrespectful version of history being recited in school. She went back to her desk, full of anxiety, hoping that the principal would not find out. (para. 14)

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Part A- What theme is suggested by the way the teacher responds to the new robot’s behavior?

• New things bring new ideas.

• Structure makes learning possible.

• Looks can be deceiving sometimes.

• Unexpected events make life interesting.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Part B- Which quotation from the story best supports the answer to Part A?

• You can understand why, in a school devoted to perfect order and regularity, these little programmed robots would be far more convenient than real students. (para. 3)

• But there was an even greater surprise at 9:35, during the history lesson. The new robot recited: “At the gallows, Nathan Hale said, ‘Hats off!’” (para. 13)

• All the buttons were in place. The teacher couldn’t imagine such a disrespectful version of history being recited in school. (para. 14)

• Then the teacher telephoned frantically to the factory to send a repairman at once. She was even willing to pay from her own pocket. (para. 18)

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

How does the new robot’s behavior propel the story forward?

• It causes the other robot students to act strangely.

• It causes school personnel to look deeper for the truth.

• It causes the teacher to forget about learning for the day.

• It causes the principal to reconsider giving the teacher a promotion.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Which two sentences show why the characters were surprised at the conclusion of the story?

• They expected the robot to be an actual robot.

• They thought the school had only robot students.

• They were confused by the new robot’s behaviors.

• They could not understand why the boy was laughing.

• They did not know if the repairman knew about the robot.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is hidden from the reader as a result of the story’s third-person point of view?

• the inner feelings of the principal

• how the principal handled the problem

• how the repairman tried to fix the new robot

• the reason why the new robot answered questions incorrectly

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CCSS.RL.8.6