Read 180-Workshop 1.12

What is a central idea of the passage?

• A Most of the people in India live in small villages.

• B In the cities of India, parents want their children to go to school.

• C Some girls in India marry young and depend on their husbands.

• D Girls in India’s villages are starting to go to school and get jobs.

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

The lives of many Indian girls are preplanned .

What does preplan mean?

• A. ready to plan

• B. plan before

• C without a plan

• D plan again

Which is the best summary of paragraphs 2 and 3?

• A, In India, most boys think school is important. Most girls do not like going to school.

• B. In Indian villages, girls marry young. Most girls do not go to school or learn important skills.

• C. In India, there are many small villages. People are building new schools in these villages.

• D. In India, women depend on their husbands. Some husbands encourage their wives to go to school.

Read this sentence from paragraph 4.

They try to get parents to rethink their plans for their daughters.

What does rethink mean as it is used in the sentence?

• A to think again

• B to stop thinking

• C to think before

• D to act without thinking

Which is the best summary of what happened to Khushboo Rawat?

• A Khushboo wanted to stay in school. She cared for her brothers and sisters for years. She learned to cook and keep house.

• B Khushboo wanted to stay in school. Her mother died. Her father wanted her to take care of the children.

• C Khushboo and her father disagreed about her education. She went to live with her grandmother. She finished school and got a job.

• D Khushboo and her father agreed about her education. She left home to go to college. Now she lives with her grandmother.

Paragraph 6 says, “Some people in the village condemn her behavior.” Which sentence in paragraph 6 gives a clue to the meaning of condemn ?

• A “She married at 17 and soon had a son.”

• B “The fire station in their village needed firefighters.”

• C “Then she went to work at the fire station.”

• D “They think a wife and mother should stay at home.”

Which detail from the passage supports the idea that “New ideas are replacing old ones in India’s villages”?

• A “In India, most people live in rural areas. The rest live in modern cities.”

• B “But in many small villages, parents think school is for boys. Girls should learn to cook and keep house.”

• C “They cannot dream of getting jobs. They cannot take care of themselves.”

• D “The fire station in their village needed firefighters. Nirma trained for six months.”

What is a central idea of the passage?

• A Some children in Burkina Faso are not getting the education they need because they work in gold mines.

• B Education was important in Burkina Faso until 800 gold mines opened.

• C If Burkina Faso gets rich from gold, its children may no longer need to go to school.

• D The government of Burkina Faso is beginning to help its poorest people

Which two sentences belong in a summary of paragraphs 1 and 2?

• A The UN tries to help make education fun for children in poor villages.

• B The UN says that children can work as long as they do not miss any school.

• C The UN tries to protect children from doing work that is dangerous or keeps them out of school.

• D Children all around the world work because they want money to spend.

• E In poor countries like Burkina Faso, children work to help their families.

Paragraph 3 says that Burkina Faso “has rich deposits of gold.” Which phrase gives a clue to the meaning of deposits ?

• A “are poor”

• B “government wants”

• C “to dig up”

• D “young children work”