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1. Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that Margaret is unaccustomed to traveling to new places by train?2026 Practice Test A English, question 15
   • Type Textual evidence
   • NYS standards 7R1
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
2. How do Margaret’s earlier interactions with the conductor, brakeman, and porter affect the plot?2026 Practice Test A English, question 17
   • Type Development of ideas and characters
   • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
3. How does Margaret’s experience in paragraph 9 emphasize a theme of the excerpt?2026 Practice Test A English, question 18
   • Type Central idea and theme
   • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
   • Difficulty 5 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
4. How does paragraph 11 contribute to the plot of the excerpt?2026 Practice Test A English, question 19
   • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
   • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
5. Which sentence from the excerpt best explains why Wade reserved Peroxide Jim for “emergency work” (paragraph 1)?2026 Practice Test A English, question 29
   • Type Textual evidence
   • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
6. Paragraphs 1–2 contribute to the development of the central idea of the excerpt by2026 Practice Test A English, question 30
   • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
   • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
7. How does paragraph 3 convey the effect of the setting on the cattle drive?2026 Practice Test A English, question 31
   • Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
   • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
8. Read this sentence from paragraph 13. Close on their left bore down the flank of the herd, and on their right, under their very…2026 Practice Test A English, question 32
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
9. Read these sentences from the excerpt. He was riding to turn the herd, too, back from the rim, as the horse also knew. (paragraph…2026 Practice Test A English, question 33
   • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
   • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
10. How do the details in paragraphs 14–16 help convey a central idea of the excerpt?2026 Practice Test A English, question 34
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
11. Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the mood on the drive before the lightning struck?2026 Practice Test A English, question 35
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
12. 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,…2026 Practice Test B English, question 14
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
13. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The professor, who was sitting at his desk before a pile of letters and replies submitted for approval…2026 Practice Test B English, question 15
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R1
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
14. How does the exchange between the professor and the narrator in paragraphs 8–11 contribute to the development of the characters?2026 Practice Test B English, question 16
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
15. The professor’s observations in paragraphs 15–17 create tension in the excerpt by causing the narrator to feel2026 Practice Test B English, question 17
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
16. How does the interaction between the narrator and the professor in paragraphs 26–28 contribute to the development of the theme?2026 Practice Test B English, question 18
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
17. Which sentence from the excerpt best explains why the professor is eager to send the narrator on an expedition?2026 Practice Test B English, question 19
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
18. How does paragraph 34 help develop the plot of the excerpt?2026 Practice Test B English, question 20
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
19. Which sentence best demonstrates the professional relationship between the narrator and the professor?2026 Practice Test B English, question 21
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
20. How does the author develop the contrast between the narrator’s point of view and the professor’s point of view?2026 Practice Test B English, question 22
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
21. Which sentence from the excerpt supports the idea that Ellen understands what her father is really thinking, and which sentence supports the idea that…2025 Practice Test A English, question 16
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
    • Format Fill the blanks
22. Read these sentences from paragraph 2. Dad always said Mom could make all the dishes he’d had back in Vermont as well as though…2025 Practice Test A English, question 17
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
23. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. “I’ll be taking the train tomorrow night,” I said aloud, more to hear it myself. This remark contributes…2025 Practice Test A English, question 18
    • Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
24. Read this sentence from paragraph 9. I tried to, and then I just sat still and looked straight at it. How does the phrase…2025 Practice Test A English, question 19
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
25. The words “cold” and “dark” affect the tone in paragraph 10 by2025 Practice Test A English, question 20
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
26. Read these sentences from the excerpt. Mom seems to think of nothing farther away than today or perhaps yesterday or tomorrow morning. (paragraph 1)…2025 Practice Test A English, question 21
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
27. The flashback in paragraphs 10–24 affects the plot by2025 Practice Test A English, question 22
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
28. Which sentence from the excerpt provides evidence that Mom wants Ellen to understand the family’s heritage?2025 Practice Test A English, question 23
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
29. What is Ellen’s primary mood at key points in the excerpt? Move the correct answer to each box in the table. Paragraphs Ellen’s Primary…2025 Practice Test A English, question 24
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
    • Format Fill the blanks
30. How does paragraph 9 fit into the overall structure of the excerpt?2025 Practice Test A English, question 37
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
31. In paragraph 3, the phrase “the butterflies of the sea” conveys the idea that2024 Test A English, question 43
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
32. Read these sentences from paragraph 4. I’m not sure why I decided to take a look. It was still an hour before sunrise, and…2024 Test A English, question 44
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
33. The narrator’s actions in paragraph 5 reveal that he is2024 Test A English, question 45
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
34. How does the setting affect the plot of the excerpt?2024 Test A English, question 46
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
35. Which sentence from paragraph 5 supports the idea that the narrator is taking a risk?2024 Test A English, question 47
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
36. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. I kept stepping toward the one sound I’d heard, a growing part of me hoping I’d find nothing…2024 Test A English, question 48
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
37. Read these sentences from paragraph 8. So, I was looking at it and not looking at it while my heart spangled my vision. I…2024 Test A English, question 49
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
38. The author develops the narrator’s point of view when the narrator sees the creature by2024 Test A English, question 50
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
39. Paragraph 1 contributes to the setting of the excerpt by establishing that2024 Test B English, question 23
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
40. In paragraphs 4 and 6, the beginning of the change in seasons affects the characters mainly by2024 Test B English, question 24
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
41. How do paragraphs 7 and 9 convey a central idea of the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 25
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
42. In paragraph 8, the author repeats the word “played” most likely to2024 Test B English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
43. How do paragraphs 11–13 affect the plot of the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 27
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
44. In paragraph 20, the phrases “trophies of their hunt” and “paraded around” affect the paragraph by2024 Test B English, question 28
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
45. Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the idea that The People feel a connection to members of their group in spite of distance?2024 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
46. Read these sentences from paragraph 22. “Belongs to Red Bear people. Gone then come back.” How does this statement affect the villagers in the…2024 Test B English, question 30
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
47. The details in paragraph 5 about the locations of the camps and the details in paragraphs 23–24 about the reaction to the woman convey…2024 Test B English, question 31
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
48. Which sentence from the excerpt provides evidence that Ellen has a lot in common with her father?2023 Test A English, question 48
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
49. The phrase “those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies,… and dispute about religion” in paragraph 1 shows that the author2018 Test A English, question 26
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
50. The central idea that “the average ant is a sham” (paragraph 1) is conveyed mainly through the2018 Test A English, question 27
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
51. In paragraph 2, how do the words “grabs,” “yanks,” and “tearing away” contribute to the meaning of the excerpt?2018 Test A English, question 28
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
52. Read this text from paragraph 2. He… comes to a weed; it never occurs to him to go around it. No; he must climb…2018 Test A English, question 29
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
53. Which of the following best explains the author’s fascination with the ants?2018 Test A English, question 30
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
54. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started…2018 Test A English, question 31
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
55. Which sentence from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that sheer “leather-headedness” (paragraph 2) amounts to “ignorance” and “idiocy” (paragraph 4)?2018 Test A English, question 32
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
56. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…2018 Test A English, question 33
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
57. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The two perspiring ants inspect it thoughtfully and decide that dried grasshopper legs are a poor sort of…2018 Test A English, question 34
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
58. How does the presence of the friend in paragraph 3 influence the first ant’s behavior?2018 Test A English, question 35
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
59. In paragraph 2, how does the phrase “when all three had taken the trouble to tell her” affect the tone in the first part…2018 Test B English, question 16
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
60. Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that traveling to new places by train is unfamiliar to Margaret?2018 Test B English, question 17
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
61. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Yet if the train started before she found the conductor she might be carried on somewhere and he…2018 Test B English, question 18
    • Type Development of ideas and characters, Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R3
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
62. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. She strained her eyes into the darkness, and tried to make out things from the two or three…2018 Test B English, question 19
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
63. Read paragraph 9 from the excerpt. A moment of useless screaming, running, trying to attract some one’s attention, a sickening sense of terror and…2018 Test B English, question 20
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
64. How does Margaret’s experience in paragraph 9 emphasize a theme of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 21
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
65. Read paragraph 10 from the excerpt. Margaret stood dazed, reaching out helpless hands, then dropped them at her sides and gazed after the fast-retreating…2018 Test B English, question 22
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
66. How does paragraph 11 contribute to the plot of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 23
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
67. How do the details in paragraphs 12–13 about the setting help support the theme of the excerpt?2018 Test B English, question 24
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5