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- In the first experiment described in paragraph 4, which of the ravens’ behaviors provides the strongest evidence for the claim that the birds are…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does paragraph 5 fit into the overall structure of the passage and contribute to the development of ideas?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- With which statement would the author of the passage most likely agree?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does paragraph 11 contribute to the plot of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does paragraph 3 convey the effect of the setting on the cattle drive?
- Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 1. As one Scottish traveler observed during his visit to America, “Niagara and Lowell are the two objects I…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A central idea that Lowell was “one of America’s most significant industrial cities” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in the passage primarily through a description…
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence best summarizes the mill girls’ experience as the dominant workforce in Lowell?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence should follow sentence 3 to best introduce the topic of the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence could best follow sentence 13 to support the ideas in the third paragraph (sentences 11–14)?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Three expressions are given: -2(2.5n + 4) 5 – n 3(2n + 7) Which of these are equivalent to the sum of these three…
- Type Algebraic expressions
- NYS standards 7.EE.1, 6.EE.4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Multiple response
- Complete the steps to show one way to solve the equation 24 = -0.5(x + 8) for x. Move the correct answer to each…
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.EE.1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Fill the blanks
- When a student buys 4 notebooks, the total cost is $12. Each notebook costs the same amount. Select each point on the graph that…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.RP.2b, 7.RP.2c, 6.RP.3a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Format Multiple response
- The words “feat,” “humanly impossible,” and “impenetrable barrier” in paragraph 1 affect the tone of the paragraph because they
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- How did interval training affect Bannister’s performance?
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The professor, who was sitting at his desk before a pile of letters and replies submitted for approval…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R1
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the exchange between the professor and the narrator in paragraphs 8–11 contribute to the development of the characters?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The professor’s observations in paragraphs 15–17 create tension in the excerpt by causing the narrator to feel
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt best explains why the professor is eager to send the narrator on an expedition?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the author develop the contrast between the narrator’s point of view and the professor’s point of view?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read lines 5–8 from the poem. So beneath the level of molecules are atoms, and beneath the level of atoms, we find protons, electrons,…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which sentence supports the idea that farmers and people who manage land may be concerned about using fire as a way to benefit the…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 6. Burning land to make it healthy may seem counterintuitive, but strategic controlled fires have helped the prairie sustain…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which lines support the idea that a change in the weather will lessen the speaker’s appreciation for the city?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read these lines from the poem. I can already see how this will end. (line 1) How Brooklyn makes me nostalgic for the moment…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which word should be added to the beginning of sentence 8 to provide a better transition to the third paragraph (sentences 8–11)? Move the…
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence. One of Opportunity’s major contributions was finding possible evidence of the presence of water on Mars. Where should the sentence be…
- Type Organization
- NYS standards 7W2a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- At a diner, 18 dozen buns were used yesterday for 150 lunch customers. Today, there were 250 lunch customers. Assuming that the bun usage…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.RP.2c, 6.RP.3b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Multiple response
- Which tables represent a proportional relationship between the number of books purchased and the total cost? Select the two correct answers.
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.RP.2a, 7.RP.2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Format Multiple response
- A chemical decays in such a way that the amount left at the end of each week is 20% less than the amount at…
- Read lines 6–7 from the poem. The birds took their hops and zigzags a little more anxious; a home is a home; worms are…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Throughout the poem, the poet conveys the speaker’s point of view by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Over the course of the poem, a central idea is developed mainly through the speaker’s
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the poem’s form contribute to the poem’s meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Read line 28 from the poem. At the mouth end, there was an oval mound How does the line contribute to the development of…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What impact do the words “swish,” “chitter,” and “cry” in lines 12–13 have in the poem?
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the speaker’s interaction with Ruth in lines 37–41 convey a central idea of the poem?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The poet contrasts the speaker’s and Ruth’s points of view regarding the mound by using dialogue to
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the best summary of the astronauts’ process for Project Plant Habitat-04?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How is the quotation from Lashelle Spencer at the end of paragraph 9 relevant to the discussion of the peppers referred to in paragraph…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which revision of sentence 10 would best maintain the style established in the passage?
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7W2f, 7L3a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which two sentences present information irrelevant to the ideas in the passage and should be deleted? Move the two correct answers to the box.…
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Format Multiple response
- Which phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 11 to provide the best transition from the ideas in sentence 10?
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the prime factorization of 756?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4, 6.EE.1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 6x = x – 1,680 What is the value of x in the equation shown above?
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 8.EE.7b, 7.NS.2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- -12 > 6x For what values of x is the above inequality true?
- Type Inequalities
- NYS standards 7.EE.4b, 6.NS.7a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Jordan is helping plan snacks for a school dance. He knows that 0.75 of the students voted for pizza, and he wants to record…
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.2d
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Format Multiple response
- Allison has 5 stamp albums with 576 stamps in each album. If she transfers her stamp collection to 6 albums, each holding 378 stamps,…
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 7.EE.3, 7.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Start with the number 135.28 and perform the following steps in order: Step 1: Multiply by 10. Step 2: Add 0.5 to the result…
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What is the value of (-3/4)(-2/5)?
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.2a, 7.NS.2c
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- A smartphone screen is designed to be 72 millimeters wide. The quality control team allows for a variation of 4% in the width. Select…
- The details in paragraph 3 about cognitive offloading convey a central idea of the passage by
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do the details about the experiment described in paragraph 5 convey a central idea of the passage?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 7. As the Internet’s resources continue to expand our “external” memory, some question whether the process may cause people…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The study described in paragraph 6 influenced researchers’ ideas about memory in the digital age by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which evidence from the passage is most relevant to the claim in paragraph 7 that “ ‘far from making us stupid, these technologies are…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Wilbur having used his turn in the unsuccessful attempt on the 14th, the right to the first trial…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The use of chronological structure contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The details in paragraph 1 contribute to a central idea of the passage by showing that Darimont
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The author uses the word “admits” in paragraph 5 most likely to
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that sea wolves had successfully adapted to living on the islands?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The use of italics on the word “night” in line 24 is most likely intended to emphasize the
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The fireworks in the poem represent the speaker’s
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Where should sentence 10 be moved to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–10)?
- Type Organization
- NYS standards 7W2a, 7W2d
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 18?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which concluding sentence should replace sentence 23 to best support the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2e
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence. In the Whispering Gallery of Grand Central Terminal, people whispering a message in one corner can be clearly heard in the…
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7L3a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What is the best way to combine the sentences? (1) Scientists now believe that Jupiter may have as many as seventy-nine moons. (2) One…
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L3a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the prime factorization of 3,575?
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 6.NS.4, 6.EE.1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Two sets, R and S, are described below. The sum of the elements in set R equals the sum of the elements in set…
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 7.EE.4, 7.NS.1c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The cost of shipping a package is $12, plus $2 for each additional pound over 3 pounds. Which expression represents the total cost, in…
- Type Algebraic expressions
- NYS standards 6.EE.6, 6.EE.2a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 2x + 11 > 3x + 9 For what values of x is the above inequality true?
- Type Inequalities
- NYS standards 7.EE.4b, 8.EE.7b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- What is the value of -9(-4)^2 + 36(-4) + 304-4?
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 7.NS.2a, 7.NS.2b, 6.EE.2c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A graph shows the relationship between the number of gallons of water, y, that has been added to a tank and the number of…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.RP.2d, 6.EE.9
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Melissa has a bag of marbles that are all the same size. The bag contains three red (R) marbles, three green (G) marbles, and…
- Type Counting and arrangements
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A team is participating in a contest to collect canned goods for a food drive. The team has 53 points and must have a…
- Type Inequalities
- NYS standards 7.EE.4b, 6.EE.8
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The perimeter of square W is twice the perimeter of equilateral triangle X. What is the ratio of the length of one side of…
- Type Ratios, Area and perimeter
- NYS standards 7.RP.3, 7.EE.4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- This table shows the number of birds that came to a bird feeder on Monday and Tuesday. BIRDS AT BIRD FEEDER Day Number of…
- Which statement summarizes the process that schools used to train scribes?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The diagram after paragraph 6 best provides additional support for the topic of the excerpt by
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The flashback in paragraphs 10–24 affects the plot by
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which two phrases from paragraph 3 most affect the tone of the excerpt? Move the two correct answers to the box. Phrases That Most…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Format Multiple response
- Read this sentence. The engineers tried some other things in the hope of finding a more effective insulation for the compartment. What is the…
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7L3a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The author’s use of sequence in paragraphs 1 and 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 7. Always after these confining lessons I was wild with surplus spirits, and found joyous relief in running loose…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- The isolation of the words “—here here—” in line 7 contributes to the meaning of the poem mainly by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does the setting affect the events of the poem?
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- What do the newspaper editor’s comments in paragraph 1 reveal about the challenges Ederle faced in attempting her feat?
- Type Inferences and conclusions
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 4. During her first channel-crossing attempt she had worn a standard one-piece swimsuit that, after the lengthy hours of…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence is the best summary of the steps that Ederle took to prepare for her second attempt to swim across the English Channel?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- The table builds on the information in the passage mainly by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R1
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does paragraph 7 fit into the overall structure of the passage?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read these sentences from paragraph 8. So, I was looking at it and not looking at it while my heart spangled my vision. I…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- The author’s use of cause and effect in paragraphs 10–11 mainly emphasizes the idea that
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which sentence from the excerpt supports the idea that some species are able to adjust to change?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the chart provide additional support for a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Mr. Jones has 550 goats, which is 10% more than Mr. King has. How many more goats does Mr. Jones have than Mr. King?
- A list of consecutive integers begins with m and ends with n. If n – m = 66, how many integers are in the…
- Type Number properties
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 6.EE.6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A truck rental company charges a one-time fee of $40 plus $1 per mile driven. Dalia rented a truck and used a coupon for…
- Type Linear equations, Percents
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.RP.3
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 8.9, 8.2, 8.5, 9.0, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8 At a skating championship, there are seven judges who each award a score for each skater’s performance.…
- Type Mean, median, mode and range
- NYS standards 6.SP.5c, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A piece of wood that is 4 1/2 feet long is cut into 2 pieces of different lengths. The shorter piece has a length…
- Type Inequalities
- NYS standards 7.EE.4, 6.EE.8
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- In 1991, the total public debt of the United States was about $3,600,000,000,000. In that year, there were about 250,000,000 people in the United…
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 6.NS.2, 6.RP.3b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Evaluate: |(-8) – 12 + (-17) – (-31)| – |24|
- Type Number line and absolute value
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 6.NS.7c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- By what percent did the price of a cup of coffee increase if its price was increased from $1.25 to $1.35?
- The price of a sandwich was raised from $6.25 to $6.75. What was the percent increase in the price?
- Lian bought enough oranges to fill 4 bags. Each bag contains 8 oranges. The total cost was $11.52. At that rate, how much would…
- Type Rates and speed
- NYS standards 6.RP.3b, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A hiker plans on hiking 17 miles in 3 days. Which equation describes the relationship between the number of days hiked, x, and the…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.RP.2c, 7.RP.2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Carolyn walked 3 miles from her house to the library and then 2 1/2 miles farther to the grocery store. Returning home by the…
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.EE.3, 7.NS.3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- A child grows 1 1/4 inches in 1/3 of a year. What would be his yearly growth rate in inches per year?
- Type Proportions and scale, Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.RP.1, 6.NS.1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 3(0.01) – 3(0.1) =
- Type Fractions and decimals
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 6.NS.3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- An ice cream shop sells 16 cups of ice cream for $48 and 4 cups for $12. There is a proportional relationship between the…
- Type Proportions and scale
- NYS standards 7.RP.2b, 6.RP.2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read this sentence. The Appalachian Trail is a really long trail that a lot of people do each year. Which revision of the sentence…
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7L3a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which sentence should follow sentence 4 to introduce the main claim of the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W1a
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which of these would best follow sentence 12 and support the ideas presented in the third paragraph (sentences 11–12)?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W1b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Which concluding sentence should replace sentence 22 to provide the best support for the argument presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W1e
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 6. To see what effects exercise might have on this process, the researchers first recruited 40 college-age Chinese men…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence is the best summary of the research procedure used in the study in the excerpt?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read these sentences from paragraph 17. These improvements extend beyond simply aiding in memorization, she added. The exercise also deepened language learners’ grasp of…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Paragraph 18 shows that the author’s perspective toward the study described in the excerpt is that
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R8
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- In paragraphs 4 and 6, the beginning of the change in seasons affects the characters mainly by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
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