7TH GRD. TEST BANK # 1

PART A - Which statement best describes the mood of the crowd in Passage 1?

• They are afraid to explore the dark cave.

• They are eager to have an adventure.

• They are exhausted by the cave's mazes.

• They are annoyed by the stragglers.

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1. 1. PART B -Which detail from paragraph 1 best supports the answer in Part A?

• "The crowd swarmed ashore and soon the forest distances and craggy heights echoed far and near with shoutings and laughter." (paragraph 1)

• "After the feast there was a refreshing season of rest and chat in the shade of spreading oaks." (paragraph 1)

• "Bundles of candles were procured, and straightway there was a general scamper up the hill." (paragraph 2)

• "But the impressiveness of the situation quickly wore off, and the romping began again." (paragraph 2)

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2.Which sentence from Passage 1 supports the inference that it is easy to get lost inside the cave?

• The mouth of the cave was up the hillside—an opening shaped like a letter A.

• Within was a small chamber, chilly as an icehouse, and walled by Nature with solid limestone that was dewy with a cold sweat.

• By-and-by the procession went filing down the steep descent of the main avenue, the flickering rank of lights dimly revealing the lofty walls of rock almost to their point of junction sixty feet overhead.

• Every few steps other lofty and still narrower crevices branched from it on either hand—for McDougal’s cave was but a vast labyrinth of crooked aisles that ran into each other and out again and led nowhere.

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3.Which line about the setting in Passage 1 adds the most suspense to the plot?

• Three miles below town the ferryboat stopped at the mouth of a woody hollow and tied up.

• The mouth of the cave was up the hillside—an opening shaped like a letter A.

• By-and-by the procession went filing down the steep descent of the main avenue. . . .

• It was said that one might wander days and nights together through its intricate tangle of rifts. . . .

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4.Which two details are most important to be included in a summary of Passage 1?

• The crowd decided to explore a mysterious cave.

• No one knew the inside of the cave very well.

• The ferryboat stopped near a woody hollow.

• The crowd rested after they feasted.

• The crowd was tired and hungry.

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5.Which detail in Passage 2 best helps the reader understand why the narrator has difficulty clearly explaining his experience?

• When even the painter’s brush can’t depict the effects unique to the liquid element, how can the writer’s pen hope to reproduce them? (paragraph 8)

• Conseil and I stayed next to each other, as if daydreaming that through our metal carapaces, a little polite conversation might still be possible! (paragraph 9)

• Truly, this water surrounding me was just a kind of air, denser than the atmosphere on land but almost as transparent. (paragraph 10)

• My hands parted liquid curtains that closed again behind me, and my footprints faded swiftly under the water’s pressure. (paragraph 12)

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6.The word vista in paragraph 11 of Passage 2 contains the Latin root vis, meaning “to see.” What is the meaning of the word vista as it is used in paragraph 11?

• perspective

• analysis

• opinion

• view

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7. What tone is conveyed by the author’s use of first-person narration in Passage 2?

• apprehension

• restlessness

• amazement

• nostalgia

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8.Which sentence from Passage 2 best helps the reader understand the wonder of the exploration?

• I heard a door with watertight seals close after us, and we were surrounded by profound darkness. (paragraph 6)

• And now, how can I convey the impressions left on me by this stroll under the waters? (paragraph 8)

• Already I no longer felt the bulkiness of my clothes, footwear, and air tank, nor the weight of the heavy sphere inside which my head was rattling like an almond in its shell. (paragraph 9)

• We were walking on sand that was fine-grained and smooth, not wrinkled like beach sand, which preserves the impressions left by the waves. (paragraph 11)

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9.Which sentence states a central idea of both passages?

• Adventure is facing the unknown.

• Youth is a time for exploration.

• No one should go exploring alone.

• Nature is a mesmerizing force.

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