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Standardized Testing 101

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the "tone" of a story?

a)

The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

b)

The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

c)

The time and place of the story

d)

The summary of events in the story

2.
What is the "mood" of  a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
3.

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.

Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?

a)

He held his head down low.

b)

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap

c)

Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.

d)

The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.

4.

"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all" (103).

What is the tone of the dialogue?

a)

informal

b)

happy

c)

serious

d)

optomistic

5.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Bitter
b)
Respectful
c)
Objective
d)
Humorous
6.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Enthusiastic
b)
Serious
c)
Mocking
d)
Sorrowful
7.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?
a)
Humorous
b)
Persuasive
c)
Anxious
d)
Cheerful
8.

If you are reading the third passage of the test and you are feeling burnt, you should...

a)

begin to stare off into space and get up and walk around in a zombie-like pace.

b)

grit your teeth and just push through it.

c)

color in all the little "o"s in the passage so it looks pretty.

d)

allow yourself to take a mental break, stare out the window a bit, and then back to the test!

9.

During the online standardized test, if your test "goes offline" with the red X, you should...

a)

begin to shriek and flail your arms yelling, "It's the internets! It's the internets!"

b)

close your eyes and chant the mantra, "Come back, O online."

c)

do nothing. This is OK, and the green light will eventually return. All your work is being saved.

10.

When you are finished with the exam, after you first REVIEW all your responses and feel ready to "submit," you should...

a)

just press "submit." YOLO.

b)

panic and yell, "Don't know what to do! Don't know what to do!"

c)

raise your hand to allow the proctor to review your test briefly, and when he or she approves,press "submit."

d)

ask the kid next to you what to do and if he's busy, text ur mom or dad or Uncle Bob.

11.

When responding in writing, there are no lines offered, just white space. You should

a)

write as little as possible

b)

draw your own lines on the space

c)

respond to the question by restating, making a claim, supporting with details, and summing up

12.

When faced with two passages and an extended response (#essay), you should

a)

only write details from one passage

b)

ramble on and on and repeat the prompt over and over

c)

write a HUMONGOUSLY HUGE paragraph with no indents and no thesis or claim and no introduction or conclusion, just talk about the weather...

d)

Write an essay in the format I know with INDENTS, an introduction with a claim or thesis, body of support, and a conclusion