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- Read this sentence from paragraph 1. At Lund University in Sweden, researchers argue that ravens may be able to think ahead and even plan…
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read these sentences from paragraph 2. For example, many animals hoard food so that they will not run out later, but scientists who study…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 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
- The author conveys a point of view on the study of animal intelligence mainly by
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that Margaret is unaccustomed to traveling to new places by train?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How do Margaret’s earlier interactions with the conductor, brakeman, and porter affect the plot?
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How does Margaret’s experience in paragraph 9 emphasize a theme of the excerpt?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 5 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- Which sentence from the excerpt best explains why Wade reserved Peroxide Jim for “emergency work” (paragraph 1)?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Paragraphs 1–2 contribute to the development of the central idea of the excerpt by
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- 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 13. Close on their left bore down the flank of the herd, and on their right, under their very…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Read these sentences from the excerpt. He was riding to turn the herd, too, back from the rim, as the horse also knew. (paragraph…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- How do the details in paragraphs 14–16 help convey a central idea of the excerpt?
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the mood on the drive before the lightning struck?
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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 from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that Lowell became “a bustling industrial city” (paragraph 1) in a short period of time?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. From the early to mid-1800s, women left the constricted lifestyle of small rural towns and rural areas for…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Although Lowell received an influx of Irish families during this time, the Irish were a part of the…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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
- The reason Lowell lost its status as an industrial leader is best illustrated through the
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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 transition word or phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 5 to emphasize the relationship between sentences 4 and 5? Move…
- Type Transitions
- NYS standards 7W2d
- 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
- Which sentence presents ideas irrelevant to the topic of the passage and should be deleted?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which concluding sentence should follow sentence 17 to best support the information presented in the passage?
- Type Introductions and conclusions
- NYS standards 7W2e
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence of the paragraph should be revised to correct a vague pronoun? (1) Eliza and Brianna have been singing in their school chorus…
- Type Grammar and usage
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Which pair of revisions is needed to correct the errors in the paragraph? (1) Yalina, Michael, and Malcolm love making pancakes with their granddad…
- Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in construction? (1) The blobfish, a creature that certainly resembles its name, is an unusual fish…
- Type Grammar and usage
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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
- Read these sentences from paragraph 7. Bannister said, “I felt that the moment of a lifetime had come. There was no pain, only a…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which sentence best supports the idea that Bannister needed an alternative to “logical planning” (paragraph 3) in order to accomplish his goal?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence from the passage indicates that Bannister nearly made a mistake that would have cost him the world record?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Bannister’s loss in the 1952 Olympics influenced his decision to pursue breaking the four-minute-mile barrier by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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 paragraph 2 from the excerpt. To the proprietors of… mangy lynxes, moth-eaten coyotes, and dancing bears I returned courteous but uncompromising refusals—of course,…
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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
- How does the interaction between the narrator and the professor in paragraphs 26–28 contribute to the development of the theme?
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- 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 paragraph 34 help develop the plot of the excerpt?
- Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence best demonstrates the professional relationship between the narrator and the professor?
- 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
- The main purpose of the comparison in lines 23–24 of the poem is to show
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read lines 27–28 from the poem. And there, in the explosion, in the darkness, briefly incandescent, they appear: The imagery in the lines reveals…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R6
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read lines 30–32 from the poem. Their names sound like dinosaurs or maybe bands playing terrible music in someone’s garage. The speaker refers to…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read lines 36–39 from the poem. both together and apart, what keeps together the pencil in your hand right now as well as separate…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read lines 39–44 from the poem. They spin, and it is only down there in the darkness—in the vast garage where physicists jot down…
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- According to the passage, how did fires started by natural causes prompt American Indians to begin practicing controlled burns?
- Type Key details
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Targeting red cedar trees in controlled burns affects the animals that live on the prairie mostly by
- Type Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read this sentence from paragraph 6. The patch-burn system is so successful that the conservationists at the preserve provide training to prairie farmers about…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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
- With which statement would the author most likely agree?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- How do the diagram and its text provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?
- Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the structure of the poem affect the poem’s meaning?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 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 lines 5–6 from the poem. The weather will turn cold. But that all happens later. How do the lines develop a central theme…
- Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read lines 7–9 from the poem. For now it is the early edge of fall, leaves green still while the air narrows, is slightly…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Which idea does the comparison of the brownstone houses to “a pop-up picture book I could have had as a child, / but didn’t”…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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
- The speaker’s thoughts throughout the poem develop a theme by showing that
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2
- 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 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
- Which revision of sentence 11 best maintains the formal style established in the passage?
- Type Precise language and style
- NYS standards 7W2f, 7L3a
- 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
- What is the best way to combine sentences 12 and 13?
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L3a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is already the…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- Read these sentences. (1) Flyby missions near Jupiter have been happening since 1973. (2) Flyby missions allow scientists to collect data about Jupiter and…
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in construction and should be revised? (1) On the evening of July 13, 2019, a major…
- Type Sentence structure
- NYS standards 7L1
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How should the paragraph be revised? (1) Danielle spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2)…
- Type Grammar and usage, Punctuation
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L2
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- A chemical decays in such a way that the amount left at the end of each week is 20% less than the amount at…
- A pizza shop offers a choice of 3 sizes (small, medium, and large) and 7 different toppings. Different pizzas can be created by changing…
- Type Counting and arrangements
- NYS standards 7.SP.8b
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- Read this sentence from paragraph 3. These are the lower rapids, a sight more terrifying than the Falls, because less intelligible. Which statement best…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- In paragraph 4, the idea that human life and history ultimately end in the same way is illustrated mainly through
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7L5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- Read lines 12–14 from the poem. And it was the leaves with a strong soft wind over them that talked most of all and…
- Type Word meaning and figurative language, Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R4, 7R6
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the repetition of “ ‘This is the beginning of summer’ ” in lines 2–3 and lines 18–19 contribute to the meaning of…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which lines from the poem best contrast with the idea of winter’s scarcity and bleakness?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R4
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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
- Which lines reveal how the setting affects the speaker and the men from the museum?
- Type Textual evidence, Development of ideas and characters
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Lines 1–2 contribute to the development of ideas in the poem by
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 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 phrases “all but / invisible” and “even less obvious” in lines 16–18 have on the meaning of the poem?
- Type Word meaning and figurative language
- NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- 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
- Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Though astronauts can spend upwards of 100 days in space, their on-mission meals come dehydrated and pre-packaged; their…
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Which statement best explains why Lashelle Spencer is a relevant source of information for the excerpt?
- Type Textual evidence, Key details
- NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- How does the author support the claim in paragraph 4 that the APH is a complex plant growth system?
- Type Textual evidence
- NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- The description in paragraph 5 of Lashelle Spencer’s goal develops a central idea of the excerpt by
- Type Central idea and theme
- NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- How is the discussion of the genetic engineering of the peppers consumed on the ISS (paragraphs 7–8) important to the excerpt as a whole?
- Type Text structure
- NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- With which statement would the author most likely agree?
- Type Author's purpose and point of view
- NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
- 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 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
- Which sentence would best follow sentence 20 to support ideas in the fourth paragraph (sentences 18–21)?
- Type Supporting details
- NYS standards 7W2b
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- Read these sentences. (1) Jordan rehearsed his role for weeks. (2) He delivered his lines with ease. (3) His performance was met with a…
- Type Combining and revising sentences
- NYS standards 7L1, 7L3
- Difficulty 2 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
- If (8 ÷ m) + 4 = 20, what is the value of m?
- Type Linear equations
- NYS standards 7.EE.4a, 7.NS.2b
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- 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
- A person buys a used car with a down payment of $1,200 and makes monthly payments of $275 for 3 years. What is the…
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 6.EE.2c, 6.RP.3d
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In the parallelogram above, what is the value of x?
- Type Angles and lines
- NYS standards 7.G.5, 8.G.5
- 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
- Maria rides her bicycle to school at a constant speed of 15 miles per hour. If the distance to school is 6 miles, how…
- Type Rates and speed
- NYS standards 6.RP.3b, 6.RP.3d
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- In the figure above, n p. Straight line m intersects both line n and line p. What is the value of r?
- Type Angles and lines
- NYS standards 8.G.5, 7.G.5
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
- 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
- If x = -2, what is the value of |x + x^2 + x^3| – |x + 2x + 3x|?
- Type Algebraic expressions, Number line and absolute value
- NYS standards 7.NS.2a, 6.EE.2c, 6.NS.7c
- Difficulty 3 of 5
- 3+(-3)/3-(-3) =
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 7.NS.2b
- Difficulty 1 of 5
- Level Below grade 7
- What is the distance between the midpoints of MN and RS?
- Type Number line and absolute value
- NYS standards 7.NS.1c, 6.NS.6c
- Difficulty 2 of 5
- I. s – t II. st^2 III. s^t If s is a positive integer and t is a negative integer, which of the above…
- Type Arithmetic and order of operations, Exponents and roots
- NYS standards 8.EE.1, 7.NS.1c, 7.NS.2a
- Difficulty 4 of 5
- Level Above grade 7
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