Don’t Daydream
What is the most likely reason the author wrote Passage 1?
a. to share a life experience that made the narrator value daydreaming
b. to tell an entertaining story about the narrator finding a magic ring
c. to explain why the narrator no longer daydreams in class
d. to prove that the narrator has a ring that is truly magical
a. to share a life experience that made the narrator value daydreaming
Which word best describes the speaker’s tone in Passage 2?
a. bitter
b. encouraging
c. excited
d. fearful
b. encouraging
What is similar about Passage 1 and Passage 2?
a. Both challenge old ways of doing things.
b. Both suggest valuing possessions.
c. Both encourage following rules.
d. Both question what is real.
a. Both challenge old ways of doing things.
Which is the main claim that Sherry Turkle makes in Passage 1?
a. It is impossible for people to rely too much on technology.
b. The most important time to avoid using smartphones is during meals.
c. People use smartphones in a way that is very harmful to social interaction.
d. Face-to-face conversation is the only worthwhile form of human communication.
c. People use smartphones in a way that is very harmful to social interaction.
On the way to the salon I was both excited and nervous.
a. way, to the salon I was
b. way to the salon I was,
c. way to the salon, I was
d. correct as is
c. way to the salon, I was
Which excerpt from the text supports the answer toto share a life experience that made the narrator value daydreaming:
a. I hesitated, then nodded. How could I explain about finding—and losing—a secret world that lived only inside my ring? That would ensure a trip to the guidance counselor for sure. (paragraph 7)
b. In class I paid attention this time, as the teacher had instructed me to. After all, I didn’t have problems at home or with my friends, so what excuse did I have to daydream?
(paragraph 9)
c. When I first saw the house in my ring and thought it from some magical land, I had imbued it with a sense of wonder, of mystery. No real house, or real life, could live up to that. (paragraph 9)
d. My surroundings felt a little more special. I realized for the first time how much our imagination—allowed to roam free in our daydreams—can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. (paragraph 11)
.d. My surroundings felt a little more special. I realized for the first time how much our imagination—allowed to roam free in our daydreams—can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. (paragraph 11)
Which two words in lines 6–12 help create the speaker’s tone?
a. erase
b. proud
c. brave
d. imperfection
e. marked
f. never
b. proud
c. brave
What is similar about the voice in Passage 1 and Passage 2?
a. Both passages are told by a young narrator or speaker.
b. Both passages have a subjective point of view.
c. Both passages are memoirs written in first person.
d. Both passages have a formal tone.
b. Both passages have a subjective point of view.
Which evidence from the text best supports the claim People use smartphones in a way that is very harmful to social interaction.
a. Because conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do. (paragraph 5)
b. Basically, we’re doing something that we know is hurting our interactions. (paragraph 7)
c. It’s the wrong analogy to say we’re addicted to our technology. (paragraph 14)
d. Make meals a time when you are there to listen and be heard. (paragraph 16)
b. Basically, we’re doing something that we know is hurting our interactions. (paragraph 7)
I had always had long hair and didn’t know what I would look like with short hair or if my friends at school would except my new look.
a. accept
b. correct as is
a. accept
That night I tucked the ring back into the box and hoped my parents didn’t ask why I wasn’t wearing it. The next morning I walked to school past the street I’d glimpsed outside the window. The block looked so plain and ordinary, like reality was
somehow dimmed.
What mood does the author’s use of the word dimmed help create?
a. embarrassed
b. disappointed
c. nervous
d. humorous
b. disappointed
Which line contains a simile?
Which lines in Passage 2 use a simile?
a. Never write with pencil, / m’ija (lines 1–2)
b. Make your mark proud / and open, (lines 6–7)
c. Like a piece of turquoise / marked. (lines 11–12)
d. Write with ink / or mud, (lines 16–17)
c. “Like a piece of turquoise marked.”
Which lines from Passage 2 best support Accept your faults.
a. It is for those / who would / erase. (lines 3–5)
b. beauty folded into / its imperfection (lines 9–10)
c. Never write / with pencil, / m’ija. / Write with ink (lines 13–16)
d. or berries grown in / gardens never owned, (lines 18–19)
b. beauty folded into / its imperfection (lines 9–10)
It’s where empathy is born, where intimacy is born—because of eye contact, because we can hear the tones of another person’s voice, sense their body movements, sense their presence. It’s where we learn about other people.
Which phrase best explains why Turkle most likely uses repetition and parallelism in
this excerpt?
a. to emphasize the idea that conversation is important for human connection
b. to convince her readers that they should try to learn more about other people
c. to emphasize the idea that eye contact is required for effective communication
a. to emphasize the idea that conversation is important for human connection
Finally the hairdresser, told me to open my eyes and take a look.
a. Finally the hairdresser told me,
b. Finally, the hairdresser told me
c. Finally, the hairdresser, told me
d. correct as is
b. Finally, the hairdresser told me
Maybe every brick was brought from some exotic country, and laid down exactly as it had been found, hidden in the woods, or atop a mountain.
The word exotic comes from the Latin exo-, which means “outside.” Based on this information, what is the meaning of the word exotic as it is used in the text?
a. hostile and divide
b. distant and unfamiliar
c. unknown and dangerous
d. imaginary and meaningless
b. distant and unfamiliar
What does the figurative language in lines 11–12 mean?
a. M’ija can be both beautiful and imperfect.
b. M’ija must always avoid her imperfections.
c. M’ija must be strong like stone.
d. M’ija can make her own mark.
a. M’ija can be both beautiful and imperfect.
Which statement from Passage 1 does Passage 3 best support?
a. But, without meaning to, without having made a plan, we’ve actually moved away from conversation in a way that my research was showing is hurting us. (paragraph 5)
b. When you’re bored, your brain isn’t bored at all—it’s replenishing itself, and it needs that down time. (paragraph 12)
c. We’re very susceptible to cell phones, and we even get a neurochemical high from the constant stimulation that our phones give us. (paragraph 13)
d. The path ahead is not a path where we do without technology, but of living in greater harmony with it. (paragraph 16)
c. We’re very susceptible to cell phones, and we even get a neurochemical high from the constant stimulation that our phones give us. (paragraph 13)
That ability to put your attention wherever you want it to be has become the thing people want most in their social interactions—that feeling that you don’t have to commit yourself 100 percent and you can avoid the terror that there will be a moment in an interaction when you’ll be bored.
Turkle’s use of hyperbole in the underlined phrase creates what mood?
a. professional
b. peaceful
c. humorous
d. fearful
c. humorous
There reaction to my new look was surprising, and I loved it!
a. Their
b. They’re
c. correct as is
a. Their
. . . our imagination—allowed to roam free in our daydreams—can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.
How does the author develop this idea throughout the text?
a. by providing examples from stories she read at school
b. by identifying goals achieved before and after she had the ring
c. by explaining how unusual experiences relate to scientific facts
d. by describing how she saw the world with the ring and without it
d. by describing how she saw the world with the ring and without it
With which message would the speaker of Passage 2 most likely agree?
a. Do not take chances.
b. Accept your faults.
c. Always be cautious.
d. Avoid mistakes.
b. Accept your faults.
beauty folded into / its imperfection (lines 9–10)
Which idea is presented in both Passage 2 and Passage 3?
a. Social media makes some people feel good.
b. Spending time in nature is better than spending time on social media.
c. People should take a break from social media sometimes.
d. People find it easier to communicate with others through social media.
a. Social media makes some people feel good.
What is Ana Homayoun's main claim in Passage 2?
a. Teens feel ill when using social media.
b. Many teens use social media to connect with other students from their school.
c. Social media makes communication more possible for many young people.
d. Social media is only a good tool for young people who live in rural areas.
c. Social media makes communication more possible for many young people.
Both my sister and my best friend liked it right away, but she likes everything I post, so that didn’t mean much to me.
a. we like
b. herself likes
c. they like
d. correct as is
c. they like