Unit Assessment

Part I: Key Reading Skills and Key Literary Elements



1.	Predicting involves making guesses about characters and events in a story as you learn more about them.
	A.	True
	B.	False

2.	When you compare you see in what way things are alike, and when you contrast you see how they are different.
	A.	True
	B.	False

3.	In a selection, the shared qualities and beliefs of people living in a particular time and place is called the ____.


4.	"Choose the skill or element that is best illustrated by the following statement: I know from my history class that at one point in American history the Mason-Dixon line divided the North and the South, so there will probably be something in the selection about the differences between those two regions.
	A.	clarifying
	B.	comparing
	C.	activating prior knowledge
	D.	theme

5.	What is the setting of a story? ____, ____


6.	The ____ is the main idea of the story.


7.	Clarifying involves all of the following EXCEPT
	A.	asking yourself about plot and characters.
	B.	trying to recall what you already know about a subject before you read.
	C.	reading confusing parts slowly and carefully.
	D.	asking yourself about the setting and point of view of the story.

Part 2: Vocabulary
Choose the answer that best defines the underlined word.



8.	The daughter meekly requested to use the car on Friday night.
	A.	harshly
	B.	confidently
	C.	gently
	D.	quickly

9.	They sold only exotic furniture at that store.
	A.	expensive
	B.	unusual
	C.	cheaper
	D.	living room

10.	My neighborhood is predominantly Greek.
	A.	used to be
	B.	slightly
	C.	hostile to
	D.	mostly

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