A Courtroom in the Classroom
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100

What role does a judge play in a trial?

a) writes out everything said during a trial

b) decides what’s fair or unfair

c) keeps order

d) proves a person is not guilty

b) decides what’s fair or unfair

100

Compared to 1997, students in 2006 do . . . ?

a) 20% less homework

b) 50% less homework

c) 20% more homework

d) 50% more homework.

c) 20% more homework

100

What is one solution proposed in the passage to the problem that teens often do not get enough sleep? 

  1. One solution proposed in the passage is for teens to go to bed earlier at night.    
  2. One solution proposed in the passage is for schools to start later.    
  3. One solution proposed in the passage is for sports and activities to run later.    
  4. One solution proposed in the passage is for parents to wake up their teens later.


  • One solution proposed in the passage is for schools to start later.    
100

What color were Mr.Julio's shoes yesterday?

White

100

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

They both weigh the same

200

What does the author describe in this passage?

a) stealing a hot dog at lunch

b) Miss Blake’s class

c) how to role-play

d) the roles of people in a courtroom

d) the roles of people in a courtroom

200

Authors critical of homework argue that 

  1. too much homework can take the fun out of learning.    
  2. studies show no benefit from homework before high school.    
  3. homework keeps kids from participating in after-school sports.    
  4. all of the above.


  • all of the above.
200

 The primary purpose of this passage is to describe 

  1. reasons why it is a good idea to start school later    
  2. thoughts about why schools should start early in the morning    
  3. ideas about how to help teenagers get more sleep    
  4. arguments for and against schools starting later    


arguments for and against schools starting later

200

What do you see?

Young woman or Older Woman

BOTH

200

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

The horses name is Friday

300

What is this passage mainly about?

a) where the judge sits in court

b) where the bailiff stands in court

c) the people in a courtroom during a trial

d) the number of people on a jury

c) the people in a courtroom during a trial

300

In the passage the author seems to 

  1. support kids having lots of homework.    
  2. provide information from both sides of the argument.
  3. not support kids having lots of homework. 
  4. support home-schooling.
  • provide information from both sides of the argument.
300

People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

Plate

300

A boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor saw the boy and said, “I cannot operate on this boy. He is my son.” But the doctor was not the boy’s father. How could that be?

The doctor was his mom

400

What does the term “role-play” mean?

a) to read about other people

b) to be yourself

c) to pretend to be someone

d) to take a quiz

c) to pretend to be someone

400

In contrast to Nancy Kalish, Sara Bennett, and Alfie Kohn who believe there are negative effects to having too much homework, Harris Cooper states that 

  1. homework takes away kids’ sense of responsibility    
  2. homework makes learning fun    
  3. practicing homework in grade school will help kids in high school.    
  4. homework cannot be meaningful.    


practicing homework in grade school will help kids in high school.

400

Which hand is better for stirring sugar into a cup of tea?

You don't use your hand, you use a spoon.

400

Beth’s mother has three daughters. One is called Laura, the other one is Sarah. What is the name of the third daughter?

Beth