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7th Grade Semester Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Shared; public"
a)
Common
b)
Community
c)
Culture
d)
Diversity
2.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Group of people who share an interest or who live near each other."
a)
Common
b)
Community
c)
Culture
d)
Diversity
3.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Customs of a group or community."
a)
Common
b)
Community
c)
Culture
d)
Diversity
4.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Variety, as of group or cultures."
a)
Diversity
b)
Duty
c)
Environment 
d)
Individual
5.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Responsibility."
a)
Diversity
b)
Duty
c)
Environment
d)
Individual
6.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Surroundings; the natural world."
a)
Diversity
b)
Duty
c)
Environment
d)
Individual
7.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Single person or thing."
a)
Diversity
b)
Duty
c)
Environment
d)
Individual
8.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "A group with a common goal."
a)
Team
b)
Tradition
c)
Unify
d)
Unique
9.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Customs, as of a social group or culture."
a)
Team
b)
Tradition
c)
Unify
d)
Unique
10.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Bring together as one."
a)
Team
b)
Tradition
c)
Unify
d)
Unique
11.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "One of a kind."
a)
Team
b)
Tradition
c)
Unify
d)
Unique
12.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Accepted practice."
a)
Custom
b)
Family
c)
Group
d)
Ethnicity
13.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Racial or cultural background."
a)
Custom
b)
Family
c)
Group
d)
Ethnicity
14.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Group of people who share ancestry or who function as a social unit within a household."
a)
Custom
b)
Family
c)
Group
d)
Ethnicity
15.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Collection or set."
a)
Custom
b)
Family
c)
Group
d)
Ethnicity
16.
During the Multidraft Reading strategy what are you supposed to do during the first reading?
a)
Read independently to unlock the basic meaning of the text.
b)
Focus on analyzing key ideas and details and the craft and the structure of the text.
c)
Focus on integrating knowledge and ideas by connecting the text to the Big Question.  The Essential understanding students gain from making this connection will help them connect the text to other texts and to the world.
17.
During the Multidraft Reading strategy what are you supposed to do during the Second Reading?
a)
Focus on integrating knowledge and ideas by connecting the text to the Big Question.  The Essential understanding students gain from making this connection will help them connect the text to other texts and to the world.
b)
Focus on analyzing key ideas and details and the craft and the structure of the text.
c)
Read independently to unlock the basic meaning of the text.
18.
During the Multidraft Reading strategy what are you supposed to do during the Third Reading?
a)
Read independently to unlock the basic meaning of the text.
b)
Focus on analyzing key ideas and details and the craft and the structure of the text.
c)
Focus on integrating knowledge and ideas by connecting the text to the Big Question.  The Essential understanding students gain from making this connection will help them connect the text to other texts and to the world.
19.
"Key Ideas and Details focuses on what the text says." In the Close Reading strategy which word best describes this strategy?
a)
Comprehension
b)
Text Analysis
c)
Connections
20.
"Craft and Structure focuses on how the author conveys the text." In the Close Reading strategy which word best describes this strategy?
a)
Comprehension
b)
Text Analysis
c)
Connections
21.
"Key Ideas and Details focuses on what the text says." Craft and Structure focuses on how the author conveys the text.
a)
Comprehension
b)
Text Analysis
c)
Connections
22.
"The Travelers and the Bear." What does the second traveler learn about the first?
a)
Great companion
b)
Team player
c)
Brave
d)
Selfish
23.
"Grasshopper Logic." How does Grasshopper’s behavior in the fable contribute to the idea expressed in the moral?
a)
He is proactive
b)
He procrastinates
c)
He is truthful
d)
He is all knowing
24.
"The Other Frog Prince." Which of these elements of folk literature does the author not use?
a)
Magic Spell
b)
Talking Animal
c)
Transformation
d)
Wicked Witch
25.
"Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik." What is the moral of the fable?
a)
Just because you have a lot of stuff, it does mean you're special
b)
Just because you have a lot of stuff, it means you're rich
c)
Just because you have a lot of stuff, don't think you're so special
26.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "The sharing of stories by word of mouth."
a)
The Oral Tradition
b)
Folk Literature
c)
Storyteller
27.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Folk literature is a genre of writing that has its roots in the oral tradition."
a)
The Oral Tradition
b)
Folk Literature
c)
Storyteller
28.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "a person who tells stories."
a)
The Oral Tradition
b)
Folk Literature
c)
Storyteller
29.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Is the central idea, message or insight about life that a story conveys."
a)
Theme
b)
Moral
c)
Purpose
30.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "A moral is a lesson about life that is stated directly, usually at the very end of the work."
a)
Theme
b)
Moral
c)
Purpose
31.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists."
a)
Theme
b)
Moral
c)
Purpose
32.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Are tales that relate the actions of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them."
a)
Myths
b)
Legends
c)
Tall Tales
33.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Are tales that relate the actions of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them."
a)
Myths
b)
Legends
c)
Tall Tales
34.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Are traditional stories based on real-life events."
a)
Myths
b)
Legends
c)
Tall Tales
35.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Often focus on a central hero who performs impossible feats."
a)
Myths
b)
Legends
c)
Tall Tales
36.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Deal with real people or magical characters. They reflect the values and beliefs of the culture in which they were created."
a)
Folk Tales
b)
Fables
c)
Epics
37.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Are brief stores or poems that often feature animal characters who act and speak like humans."
a)
Folk Tales
b)
Fables
c)
Epics
38.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "Are long narrative poems important to the history of a nation or culture. They tell of a larger-than-life hero who goes on a dangerous journey, or quest."
a)
Folk Tales
b)
Fables
c)
Epics
39.
"The songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children." Was written by Philip Carr-Gomm, who also happens to be a?
a)
British writer and psychologist
b)
Indian writer and psychologist
c)
Irish writer and sociologist
d)
Hindu writer and anthropologist
40.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "boldly resist or opposes."
a)
Defies
b)
Argues
c)
Monarch
d)
Complies
41.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "ruler, such as a king or queen."
a)
Defies
b)
Argues
c)
Monarch
d)
Complies
42.
Who is Persephone?
a)
Goddess of marriage
b)
Goddess of agriculture
c)
Goddess of beauty
d)
Goddess of springtime
43.
Who is Aphrodite?
a)
Goddess of marriage
b)
Goddess of agriculture
c)
Goddess of beauty
d)
Goddess of springtime
44.
Who is Pluto? 
a)
God of the underworld
b)
God of the sea
c)
God of war
d)
Messenger of the gods
45.
Who is Ares?
a)
God of the underworld
b)
God of the sea
c)
God of war
d)
Messenger of the gods
46.
Select the word that best fits the definition, "home; residence."
a)
Defies
b)
Monarch
c)
Intervene
d)
Abode
47.
Where was Lois Lowry born?
a)
Honolulu, Hawaii
b)
Phoenix, Arizona
c)
Anaheim, California
d)
San Antonio, Texas
48.
Which of these are elements of Fiction?
a)
Not real
b)
Fake
c)
Beginning, middle, end
d)
All of the above
49.
Which movie was the top grossing movie of 2016?
a)
The Jungle Book
b)
The Secret Life of Pets
c)
Captain America: Civil War
d)
Finding Dory
50.
Who confesses on having an attraction towards Dally?
a)
Cherry
b)
S.E. Hinton
c)
Lois Lowery
d)
The nurse
51.
How old was S.E. Hinton when she started writing The Outsiders?
a)
14
b)
15
c)
16
d)
17