Author's Purpose
3. What is the authors' attitude toward locker searches?
A. neutral
B. opposed
C. somewhat in favor
D. strongly in favor
B. Opposed
What is the tone of the passage?
a. Irritated
b. Content
c. Inquisitive
d. Dogmatic
A. Irritated
1. What is the most likely bias (outlook or prejudice) of the letter's writers?
A. They are concerned that teachers will judge them by their messy lockers.
B. They think that the locker searches are the best way to make schools safer.
C. They want to be chosen to conduct locker searches themselves.
D. They will graduate soon and don't care if future students have to face lockersearches.
A. They are concerned that teachers will judge them by their messy lockers.
7. Which of these techniques is used most frequently in the letter about locker
Searches?
A. digressions
B. questions
C. difficult vocabulary
D. complicated sentences
B. Questions
4. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. to argue that there are no threats at the school worth worrying about
B. to encourage students to join in the process by which school rules are made
C. to argue that teachers are not qualified to inspect lockers
D. to persuade the school board to rethink its policy toward locker searches
D. to persuade the school board to rethink its policy toward locker searches
. What should the last sentence of the passage be interpreted to mean?
A. This policy is necessary and well thought-out.
B. This policy will put an end to all threats.
C. This policy will not deter the known troublemakers.
D. This policy will create injustices toward innocent students
D. This policy will create injustices toward innocent students
5. What response do the writers hope to create in the reader?
A. anger at the lack of safety in the schools
B. support for their own locker search plan
C. opposition to the current locker search plan
D. disgust at the condition of the students' lockers
C. opposition to the current locker search plan
What is the effect of the repetition of the word "perceived"?
6. Which of the following would the authors of “Effects of Locker Searches ..."most
likely support?
A. lifting a current school ban on certain clothing
B. making a new school policy that requires neat lockers
C. teachers monitoring students' behaviors at the mall
D. a principal randomly checking the contents of students' laptop computers
A. Lifting a current school ban on certain clothing
8a. Which of these words is repeated in the passage for a particular effect?
A. We
B. Locker
C. Perceived
D. Perform
C. Perceived