Unit 3 Test Prep

1. What purpose does the dialogue serve in the passage? Choose three that apply. - RL.7.3

• It moves the plot forward.
• It describes the setting of the play.
• It summarizes the characters’ background.
• It offers commentary about the country’s situation.
• It shows how characters interact with each other.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

2. How does the dialogue help to reveal Mother’s character? - RL.7.6

• Her focus on her family reveals that she is warm and generous.
• The way she responds to a crisis reveals that she is organized and levelheaded.
• The series of commands she gives reveals that she is strict and mean.
• The discussion with her children reveals that she is an anxious person.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

3. What information in the play can be learned only in the stage directions? Choose three that apply. - RL.7.3

• The play takes place during the 1820s.
• The children are upset and frightened.
• The youngest child is a baby.
• The family’s father is in trouble.
• The oldest boy was out with his father.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

4. Reread the lines from the passage. Then answer the question that follows. [John comes bursting into the room from outside and slams the door behind him.] John: Oh, Mother, Father has been hurt! A log fell on his leg when he was trying to help the horse get it out of the mud, and he can’t get up. We need your help! [The children stand up suddenly and run to their mother. They cry in dismay. Mother closes her eyes, presses her hands against the counter, and takes a deep breath.] What function do the stage directions most clearly perform in these lines? RL.7.1

• They reveal a hidden truth.
• They reassure the audience.
• They describe the characters’ physical appearance.
• They reveal characters’ emotions.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

5. What makes the passage a reflective essay? RL.7.6a

• The author shares her thoughts and feelings about a particular relationship.
• The author compares two concepts: solitude and togetherness.
• The author traces the cause of a series of connected events.
• The author discusses events that occurred in the past.

6A: What is the central idea that the author reflects on in this essay? RL.7.3

• The author reflects on how nature affected her relationships.
• The author reflects on the way that grandmothers shape young lives.
• The author reflects on the role that her brother played in her childhood.
• The author reflects on how being by herself helped to develop her creativity.

6B: Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the essay’s main idea? RL.7.3

• I loved to read, and when I wasn’t reading, I was exploring the forest near my parents’ home. (paragraph 2)
• The best times I spent in the forest meadows were with my grandmother. (paragraph 3)
• When we did have the chance to be together, we loved the same things—finding tiny violets under the grass, for example. (paragraph 3)
• Because I spent so much time alone, my imagination was set alight, and I became a dreamer. (paragraph 4)

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What does SWBST mean?

• Somebody, Warranted, But, So, Then

• Since, When, But, So, Therefore

• Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

• Sincerely, Waning, Battery Acid, Socrates, Tonsil Removal

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

8. What is the resolution of a story?

• The Conclusion

• The Exposition

• The Introduction

• The Climax

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

9. One way an author suggests a character's feelings is through descriptions of body language, the way the character behaves physically.

Which is the MOST correct example of a character's body language showing that they are uncomfortable?

• A character shaking after seeing a monster.

• A character sweating after being caught stealing.

• A character leaning away from someone who smells bad.

• A character laughing extremely loud at a joke.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3