Test Taking Strategies

It's important that I ________________________. 

• give my best effort and keep a good attitude.
• get overwhelmed and give up. 
• rush through my test and not care about my answers. 
• All of the above. 

If you don't know the answer to a question, you should: 

• Stare into space
• Pick your nose
• Give up
• Try to elminate a wrong answer

For multiple choice questions, I should _________________________. 

• Choose the first answer that sounds right to me. 
• Read all the answer choices before picking one. 
• Say "eeny  meeny miney moe" to pick an answer.
• Ask my friend to help me.

While I'm taking the test, I should remember to ________________________________. 

• talk to my neighbor. 
• make lots of noise. 
• take my time but not to spend too much time on any one question.
• All of the above.

The night before my big test, I should...

• stay up extra late.

• Argue with my sister.

• go to bed early.

• eat lots of junk food.

On the day of the test, I should...

• eat a good breakfast.

• sleep in and be late to school.

• skip breakfast.

• skip school.

How many of the answer choices should you read on each question?

• All of them
• Skim until you see a correct one
• the first and last one
• Just guess

What answers should you eliminate?

• Obviously wrong answers

• Choices that are partly wrong

• Answers that are correct but don't answer the question

• All of the above

When you clear up any confusion about a text and resolve questions, you are:

• Connecting
• Clarifying
• Summarizing
• Evaluating

Forming opinions and arriving at conclusions about your reading are examples of:

• Evaluating

• Summarizing

• Clarifying

• Questioning