PSAT Prep: Reading & Writing

PSAT Prep: Reading & Writing

10th Grade

38 Qs

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PSAT Prep: Reading & Writing

PSAT Prep: Reading & Writing

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.9-10.4, RI.9-10.2, L.9-10.1

+17

Standards-aligned

Created by

GIOVANNA GUTIERREZ

Used 27+ times

FREE Resource

38 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The following text is adapted from Amy Lowell’s 1912 poem “Summer.” It is summer, glorious, deep-toned summer, The very crown of nature’s changing year When all her surging life is at its full. To me alone it is a time of pause, A void and silent space between two worlds, When inspiration lags, and feeling sleeps, Gathering strength for efforts yet to come. As used in the text, what does the phrase “a void” most nearly mean?

A) A useless

B) An empty

C) A forgotten

D) An incomplete

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

In the 1960s, Sam Gilliam, a Black painter from the southern United States, became the first artist to drape painted canvases into flowing shapes. He later explored a different style, ______ quilt-like paintings inspired by the patchwork quilting tradition of Black communities in the South. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A) predicting

B) refusing

C) hiding

D) creating

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Studying how workload affects productivity, Maryam Kouchaki and colleagues found that people who chose to do relatively easy tasks first were less ______ compared to those who did hard tasks first. Finishing easy tasks gave participants a sense of accomplishment, but those who tackled hard tasks first actually became more skilled and productive workers over time. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

secretive

efficient

outgoing

unsympathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The following text is from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The narrator is being driven in a carriage through a remote region at night. "The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from every side. I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear. The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed; he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness." As used in the text, what does the word “disturbed” most nearly mean?

Disorganized

Alarmed

Offended

Interrupted

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The following text is adapted from Sadakichi Hartmann’s 1894 short story “Magnolia Blossoms.” The narrator is standing on the deck of a boat. "What a night it was! My soul had left its body to lose itself in the wild unrestrained beauty around me—from where it came—and only left a trembling suggestion of its existence within me. The other passengers moved around me like shadows, and again and again my eyes drank in all the glory and wealth of that night." As used in the text, what does the word “suggestion” most nearly mean?

Trace

Opinion

Dispute

Command

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The following text is from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables. Anne, an eleven-year-old girl, has come to live on a farm with a woman named Marilla in Nova Scotia, Canada. Anne reveled in the world of color about her. “Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill—several thrills? I’m going to decorate my room with them.” “Messy things,” said Marilla, whose aesthetic sense was not noticeably developed. “You clutter up your room entirely too much with out-of-doors stuff, Anne. Bedrooms were made to sleep in.” Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

To demonstrate that Anne has a newly developed appreciation of nature

To describe an argument that Anne and Marilla often have

To emphasize Marilla’s disapproval of how Anne has decorated her room

To show that Anne and Marilla have very different personalities

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Early in the Great Migration of 1910–1970, which involved the mass migration of Black people from the southern to the northern United States, political activist and Chicago Defender writer Fannie Barrier Williams was instrumental in helping other Black women establish themselves in the North. Many women hoped for better employment opportunities in the North because, in the South, they faced much competition for domestic employment and men tended to get agricultural work. To aid with this transition, Barrier Williams helped secure job placement in the North for many women before they even began their journey. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

To introduce and illustrate Barrier Williams’s integral role in supporting other Black women as their circumstances changed during part of the Great Migration

To establish that Barrier Williams used her professional connections to arrange employment for other Black women, including jobs with the Chicago Defender

To demonstrate that the factors that motivated the start of the Great Migration were different for Black women than they were for Black men

To provide an overview of the employment challenges faced by Black women in the agricultural and domestic spheres in the southern United States

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

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