Which Text?
Which text focuses on a character surviving a dangerous moment through other people's actions?
What is "A Chance in the World"?
Which theme appears across all three Unit 1 texts?
A. Survival is always easy
B. Survival requires effort and sacrifice
C. Survival only depends on strength
What is B. Survival requires effort and sacrifice?
Why did the author most likely write A Chance in the World?
A. To argue that survival is selfish
B. To tell a story that shows how someone survives difficult circumstances
C. To explain facts about survival psychology
What is B. To tell a story that shows how someone survives difficult circumstances
Which text focuses most clearly on what happens after the danger or crisis has ended?
A. A Chance in the World
B. Is Survival Selfish?
C. The End and the Beginning
What is C. The End and the Beginning?
What should you do first when you read a multiple-choice question?
A. Read all the answer choices
B. Look for tricky words
C. Read the question carefully
What is C. Read the question carefully?
Which text argues a position and uses examples to support an opinion about survival?
What is Is Survival Selfish?
Which theme is strongest in A Chance in the World?
A. Survival often depends on the help of others
B. Survival is mostly about luck
C. Survival always leads to happiness
What is A. Survival often depends on the help of others?
What is the main purpose of Is Survival Selfish??
A. To entertain readers with a story
B. To describe the aftermath of war
C. To argue an idea about survival and support it with reasons
What is C. To argue an idea about survival and support it with reasons?
In The End and the Beginning, what kind of work continues after survival?
A. Many kinds of work that take time
B. Only emotional healing
C. Only physical rebuilding
What is A. Many kinds of work that take time?
If two answers both seem correct, what is the best strategy?
A. Pick the longer answer
B. Choose the first answer you noticed
C. Reread the question and look back at the text
What is C. Reread the question and look back at the text?
Which text shows what happens after survival, rather than during the dangerous event?
What is "The End and the Beginning"?
Which theme best matches Is Survival Selfish??
A. Surviving is always morally wrong
B. Survival choices depend on the situation
C. Survival means forgetting others
What is B. Survival choices depend on the situation ?
Which statement best compares the authors’ purposes across the unit?
A. Each author uses a different genre to explore survival
B. All authors write only to entertain
C. All authors argue the same opinion
What is A. Each author uses a different genre to explore survival?
Which idea best shows how survival affects people over time?
A. Survival always leads to happiness
B. People slowly forget what happened
C. Survival ends when the event ends
What is B. People slowly forget what happened?
Which answer choice is often a red flag on multiple-choice tests?
A. An answer with words like always or never
B. An answer supported by the text
C. An answer that restates the question
What is A. An answer with words like always or never?
Which text is most focused on ideas and reasoning instead of characters or images?
What is Is Survival Selfish?
Which theme best fits The End and the Beginning?
A. Survival ends when danger ends
B. Survival leaves work and consequences behind
C. Survival is about winning
What is B. Survival leaves work and consequences behind?
If a question asks, “Why did the author choose this genre to explore survival?” which text would you expect to argue rather than show?
A. A Chance in the World
B. The End and the Beginning
C. Is Survival Selfish?
What is C. Is Survival Selfish?
Which detail best represents the idea that the aftermath of survival is often ignored?
A. Characters helping one another
B. A person resting in the grass
C. “All the cameras have left”
What is C. “All the cameras have left”?
If you are unsure about a question, what should you do?
A. Skip it and never return
B. Eliminate wrong answers and make your best choice
C. Leave it blank
What is B. Eliminate wrong answers and make your best choice?
If a question asks about the cost of survival over time, which text would best help you answer it?
What is "The End and the Beginning "?
If a question asks which text shows survival as emotional as well as physical, which theme best applies?
A. Survival is only about the body
B. Survival includes emotional challenges
C. Survival has no lasting effects
What is B. Survival includes emotional challenges
Why does the poet most likely use repeated images of work in The End and the Beginning?
A. To create excitement and action
B. To explain how wars begin
C. To show that survival leaves long-lasting responsibilities
What is C To show that survival leaves long-lasting responsibilities
How do the texts suggest people respond differently after surviving?
A. Some people continue working while others move on
B. Everyone reacts the same way
C. Survival solves all problems
What is A. Some people continue working while others move on?
When should you look back at the text during a multiple-choice test?
A. Only if you have extra time
B. When the question asks about details or meaning
C. Never
What is B. When the question asks about details or meaning?