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WorksheetsELA7 Midterm Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a central idea?
a)
Support for the most important idea.
b)
The most important idea of an article.
2.
What are details?
a)
Support for the most important idea.
b)
The most important idea of an article.
3.
What does pre mean?
a)
Again
b)
Before
4.
What does re mean?
a)
Again
b)
Before
5.
What is a central idea for the article "Changes for Girls in India?"
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.
6.
What does RETHINK mean? - "They try to get parents to rethink their plans for their daughts."
a)
to think again
b)
to stop thinking
c)
to think before
d)
to act without thinking
7.
What does PREPLAN mean? - "The lives of many Indian girls are preplanned."
a)
ready to plan
b)
plan before
c)
without a plan
d)
plan again
8.
What is the BEST summary of the following paragraphs?
a)
Most boys think school is important. Most girls don't like going to school.
b)
In the villages, girls marry young and do not go to school / learn skills.
c)
There are many small villages where new schools are being built.
d)
Women depend on their husbands. Some encourage their wives to go to school.
9.
What is the BEST summary of what happend to Khushboo?
a)
Khushboo wanted to stay in school but she ended up keeping house instead.
b)
Khushboo wanted to stay in school but her mother died.
c)
Khushboo and her father disagreed about education so she was kicked out.
d)
Khushboo and her father disagreed about education so she went to college.
10.
Which sentence gives a clue as to what CONDEMN means? - "Some people in the village condemn her behavior."
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 home.
11.
Which detail BEST supports this idea? - "New ideas are replacing old ones in India's villages."
a)
In India, most people live in rural areas. The rest live in the cities.
b)
In small villages, parents think school is for boys.
c)
They cannot dream of getting jobs. They cannot take care of themselves.
d)
The village fire station needed firefighters. Nirma trained for 6 moths.
12.
What is a central idea for the article "Work No Child Should Do?"
a)
Some kids in Burkina Faso aren't going to school because they have to work.
b)
Education was important in Burkina Faso until 800 gold mines opened.
c)
If Burkina Faso gets rich from gold, no kids have to go to school.
d)
The Burkina Faso government is starting to help its poorest people.
13.
What is the BEST summary of the following paragraphs?
a)
The UN tries to protect kids. In Burkina Faso, kids work to help families.
b)
The UN tries to make education fun for kids in poor villages.
c)
The UN says kids can work as long as they don't miss any school.
d)
Children around the world work so they can have money to spend.
14.
Which sentence gives a clue as to what DEPOSITS means? - "Burkina Faso has rich deposits of gold."
a)
are poor
b)
government wants
c)
to dig up
d)
young children work
15.
Which sentence BEST summarizes the following paragraph?
a)
Children chip rocks, carry them in buckets, and pound them to find gold.
b)
The mine is 100 feet deep, so children use ropes to climb up and down.
c)
Children work in groups or alone in the mine, filling buckets with rocks.
d)
The children who work in the mines learn how to use tools and ropes.
16.
What is a central idea of this paragraph?
a)
Children who work in dangerous mines should earn more money.
b)
Children are missing school to earn money for their families.
c)
Children learn important skills while working in the mines.
d)
Children should be able to work in mines that are safe.
17.
Which line from this paragraph BEST states the central idea?
a)
People are trying to fix this problem.
b)
One idea was to give money and books to families.
c)
They are adding sports and games to make school more fun.
d)
They are asking village leaders to help keep kids in school.
18.
What does DISTRIBUTING mean? - "Schools are distributing food to children and families."
a)
selling
b)
growing
c)
cooking
d)
giving
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