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What Is This Asking Me?

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?

a)

Determining Tone

b)

Determining Mood

c)

Determining the Central Idea

d)

Determining the Theme

2.

Which choice provides the BEST evidence for the answer to the previous question?

a)

Inference

b)

Character Development

c)

Cite best textual evidence

d)

Determine the central idea

3.

The passage most strongly suggests that researchers at MPI share which assumption?

a)

Determine the meaning of a phrase or word

b)

Determine the central idea

c)

Determine character development

d)

Cite best textual evidence

4.

It can be inferred from the passage that if scientists adjusted the coils, the plates would most likely swim in which direction?

a)

Determine the central idea

b)

Cite textual evidence

c)

Inference

d)

Determine mood

5.

As used in line 3, "tracked" most nearly means...

a)

Summarize

b)

Determine the mood

c)

Determine the central idea of a passage

d)

Determine the meaning of a word or phrase

6.

The description in the first paragraph indicates that what Ethan values most about Mattie is...

a)

Determine the main idea

b)

Determine mood

c)

Character development

d)

Determine the meaning of a word or phrase

7.

Over the course of the passage, the main focus of the narrative shifts from...

a)

Character development

b)

Determine theme

c)

Inference

d)

Development of plot/ideas

8.

What is the main reason the narrator gives for calling himself invisible?

a)

Determine the central idea

b)

Inference

c)

Summarize

d)

Determine tone

9.

In the context of the passage, the author's use of the phrase "PHRASE" is primarily meant to convey the idea that...

a)

Determine theme

b)

Cite textual evidence

c)

Determine the meaning of a phrase

d)

Summarize

10.

As it is used in paragraph 3, what is the meaning of the word assimilation?

a)

Cite textual evidence

b)

Summarize

c)

Determine tone

d)

Determine the meaning of a word

11.

What is the meaning of the metaphor "the snow is a white blanket" in lines 29-32?

a)

Determine the central idea

b)

Determine tone

c)

Determine meaning of figurative language/literary devices

d)

Summarize

12.

Which of the following statement best summarizes the passage?

a)

Determine theme

b)

Summarize

c)

Cite textual evidence

d)

Development of ideas

13.

The stance Jordan takes in the passage is best described as that of

a)

Determine mood

b)

Determine tone

c)

Determine theme

d)

Determine character development