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1. Which quotations from the poem support the theme that nature’s unspoiled beauty is splendid, and which quotations support the theme that human creations detract…2026 Practice Test A English, question 7
   • Type Textual evidence
   • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
   • Format Table grid
2. The main purpose of the comparison in lines 23–24 of the poem is to show2026 Practice Test B English, question 24
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
   • Difficulty 1 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
3. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 25
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7R6
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
4. 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”…2026 Practice Test B English, question 40
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
5. The comparison in lines 8–9 of the poem is used to convey2026 Practice Test D English, question 21
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
6. Read lines 22–23 from the poem. the sky at night written upon with those jewels. What does the word choice in these lines convey…2026 Practice Test D English, question 22
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
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…2025 Practice Test B English, question 3
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
   • Format Multiple response
8. The details in paragraph 1 convey a central idea of the passage by noting that2024 Test A English, question 35
   • Type Central idea and theme
   • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
9. What is the effect of comparing groups of bristlecone pines to “a city within a cemetery” (paragraph 2)?2024 Test B English, question 50
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
10. The use of the words “siblings” and “my sisters and brothers” in lines 31–32 conveys the idea that the2023 Test B English, question 38
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
11. 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
12. Read lines 18–20 from the poem. You are some tears dribbling from a mountain’s eye, running down the pavements of small towns, into the…2018 Test A English, question 45
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
13. The last stanza (lines 36–42) conveys a central idea of the poem by2018 Test A English, question 47
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
14. 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
15. The central idea that the Falls communicate a feeling of “unintelligible disaster” (paragraph 1) is conveyed in paragraph 2 through a description of2018 Test B English, question 25
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
16. Which conclusion is best supported by the information in paragraph 4?2018 Test B English, question 35
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
17. Read line 1 and line 15 from the poem. Higher and still more high, Vaster and still more vast, The parallel structure of the…2018 Test B English, question 39
    • Type Text structure, Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
18. How does isolating the word “Uprise” in line 7 affect the meaning of the poem?2018 Test B English, question 41
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5