Day 1:Argument
1.) What is the author’s main claim in this passage?
A. After-school activities are essential for students
B. Teenagers should go to bed earlier
C. Schools should consider starting later in the morning
D. Teachers should change their instructional methods
C. Schools should consider starting later in the morning
7.) What is the central conflict in the drama?
A. Maria argues with her brother
B. Maria wants permission to leave but is denied
C. Mrs. Dalton feels guilty
D. The children misbehave
B. Maria wants permission to leave but is denied
12.) What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Games are more fun than schoolwork
B. The brain responds positively to balanced challenges
C. Dopamine causes stress
D. Feedback is unnecessary for learning
B. The brain responds positively to balanced challenges
B. The brain responds positively to balanced challenges
17. Which revision best improves the clarity of this sentence from the argumentative passage?
During puberty, students experience a natural shift in their internal clocks that causes them to fall asleep later at night.
A. During puberty, students experience a shift in clocks that sleep later.
B. During puberty, students’ internal clocks naturally shift, causing them to fall asleep later at night.
C. During puberty, students shift and clocks cause later sleep.
D. During puberty, there is a clock shift that students sleep later.
B. During puberty, students’ internal clocks naturally shift, causing them to fall asleep later at night.
22. Which revision best strengthens the tone of Mrs. Dalton’s dialogue?
Personal matters, while unfortunate, cannot interfere with professional commitments.
A. Personal matters are unfortunate and interfere sometimes.
B. Unfortunate personal matters cannot interfere with professional commitments.
C. Personal matters can interfere, but it is unfortunate.
D. Personal matters, they interfere unfortunately.
B. Unfortunate personal matters cannot interfere with professional commitments.
2.) Which detail from the passage best supports the author’s claim?
A. Students enjoy participating in sports
B. Adolescents experience changes in their sleep cycles
C. Teachers prefer morning classes
D. Families rely on early school schedules
B. Adolescents experience changes in their sleep cycles
8.) What does Maria’s hesitation suggest?
A. She is angry
B. She is uncertain and powerless
C. She is dishonest
D. She is confident
B. She is uncertain and powerless
13.) Which detail best supports the main idea?
A. Distractions fade when people are focused
B. Rewards release dopamine after completing challenges
C. Athletes and musicians lose track of time
D. The brain becomes bored when tasks are too easy
D. The brain becomes bored when tasks are too easy
18. Which sentence best combines the ideas below from Paragraph 2?
Early school start times prevent students from getting enough rest.
Many students arrive at school tired and unfocused.
A. Early school start times prevent rest, students arrive tired.
B. Early school start times prevent students from getting enough rest, and many arrive at school tired and unfocused.
C. Preventing rest, early school start times tired students.
D. Early school start times, students arrive tired, unfocused.
B. Early school start times prevent students from getting enough rest, and many arrive at school tired and unfocused.
23. Which revision best removes extra details from this sentence in Paragraph 1 of the informational text?
That feeling isn’t accidental. It’s the result of how the human brain responds to challenge.
A. That feeling isn’t accidental; it results from how the human brain responds to challenge.
B. That feeling is not accidental and it is a result of the brain.
C. That feeling is accidental because the brain responds.
D. That feeling happens and the brain does it.
A. That feeling isn’t accidental; it results from how the human brain responds to challenge.
3.) Which sentence from the passage presents a counterclaim?
A. “Teenagers require between eight and ten hours of sleep each night…”
B. “Several school districts across the country have experimented with later start times.”
C. “Opponents of later start times argue that changing the schedule could disrupt after-school sports…”
D. “Students who consistently lack sleep are more likely to experience mood changes…”
C. “Opponents of later start times argue that changing the schedule could disrupt after-school sports…”
9.) How does Mrs. Dalton’s dialogue reveal her character?
A. She is compassionate
B. She is indecisive
C. She values duty over emotion
D. She regrets her decision
C. She values duty over emotion
14.) How is the passage organized?
A. Compare and contrast
B. Cause and effect
C. Problem and solution
D. Chronological order
B. Cause and effect
19. Which transition would best begin this sentence in Paragraph 4?
_____ several school districts across the country have experimented with later start times.
A. However
B. For example
C. As a result
D. In contrast
B. For example
24. Which sentence best combines the ideas below from Paragraph 2?
The brain is most engaged when a task is challenging.
The brain loses focus when tasks are too easy or too difficult.
A. The brain is engaged with challenge losing focus when easy.
B. The brain is most engaged when tasks are challenging but loses focus when they are too easy or too difficult.
C. The brain engages tasks too easy and too hard.
D. When engaged, the brain challenges tasks.
B. The brain is most engaged when tasks are challenging but loses focus when they are too easy or too difficult.
4.) The author’s primary purpose for writing this passage is to —
A. entertain readers with personal experiences
B. explain how puberty affects sleep
C. persuade readers that school schedules should change
D. describe the history of school start times
C. persuade readers that school schedules should change
10.) Which theme is best supported by the drama?
A. Family is more important than work
B. Authority often conflicts with compassion
C. Hard work guarantees success
D. Communication solves all problems
B. Authority often conflicts with compassion
15.) What can the reader infer about motivation?
A. Motivation increases when challenges feel impossible
B. Motivation depends only on rewards
C. Motivation is strongest when effort feels meaningful
D. Motivation disappears during difficult tasks
C. Motivation is strongest when effort feels meaningful
20. Which revision best improves the dialogue punctuation in this sentence from The Letter?
Yes, ma’am I received a letter this morning.
A. Yes ma’am, I received a letter this morning.
B. Yes, ma’am, I received a letter this morning.
C. Yes ma’am I, received a letter this morning.
D. Yes; ma’am I received a letter this morning.
B. Yes, ma’am, I received a letter this morning.
25. Which transition best fits at the beginning of this sentence in Paragraph 5?
_____ when a person completes a challenge, the brain releases dopamine.
A. However
B. For instance
C. As a result
D. Meanwhile
C. As a result
5.) Which inference can be drawn from the passage?
A. Students perform better when they feel rested
B. Sports are more important than academics
C. All schools have already changed their schedules
D. Teachers dislike later start times
A. Students perform better when they feel rested
11.) How do the stage directions contribute to the scene?
A. They explain the setting only
B. They reveal emotional tension
C. They summarize the plot
D. They provide historical background
B. They reveal emotional tension
16.) Which sentence best explains the author’s purpose?
A. To entertain readers with a personal story
B. To argue that games are harmful
C. To explain how the brain reacts to challenge
D. To persuade readers to play video games
C. To explain how the brain reacts to challenge
21. Which sentence best combines the stage directions below without changing the meaning?
(She tightens her grip on the letter.)
(She lowers her eyes.)
A. She tightens her grip on the letter, and lowers her eyes.
B. She tightens her grip on the letter lowers her eyes.
C. Tightening her grip on the letter she lowers her eyes.
D. She tightens her grip on the letter; lowers eyes.
A. She tightens her grip on the letter, and lowers her eyes.