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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. How does paragraph 5 fit into the overall structure of the passage and contribute to the development of ideas?2026 Practice Test A English, question 11
   • Type Text structure
   • NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. As one Scottish traveler observed during his visit to America, “Niagara and Lowell are the two objects I…2026 Practice Test A English, question 36
   • Type Text structure
   • NYS standards 7R5
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
9. Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Although Lowell received an influx of Irish families during this time, the Irish were a part of the…2026 Practice Test A English, question 40
   • Type Text structure
   • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
   • Difficulty 2 of 5
10. Read these sentences from paragraph 7. Bannister said, “I felt that the moment of a lifetime had come. There was no pain, only a…2026 Practice Test B English, question 9
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
11. Which sentence from the passage indicates that Bannister nearly made a mistake that would have cost him the world record?2026 Practice Test B English, question 11
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 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 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
15. 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
16. 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,…2026 Practice Test B English, question 23
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
17. 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
18. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
19. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 27
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
20. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 28
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
21. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 31
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
22. How do the diagram and its text provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?2026 Practice Test B English, question 35
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
23. How does the structure of the poem affect the poem’s meaning?2026 Practice Test B English, question 36
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
24. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 38
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
25. 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…2026 Practice Test B English, question 39
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
26. Read these lines from the poem. I can already see how this will end. (line 1) How Brooklyn makes me nostalgic for the moment…2026 Practice Test B English, question 41
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
27. 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…2026 Practice Test C English, question 20
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
28. How does the repetition of “ ‘This is the beginning of summer’ ” in lines 2–3 and lines 18–19 contribute to the meaning of…2026 Practice Test C English, question 22
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
29. Throughout the poem, the poet conveys the speaker’s point of view by2026 Practice Test C English, question 24
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
30. Over the course of the poem, a central idea is developed mainly through the speaker’s2026 Practice Test C English, question 25
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
31. How does the poem’s form contribute to the poem’s meaning?2026 Practice Test C English, question 26
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
32. Lines 1–2 contribute to the development of ideas in the poem by2026 Practice Test C English, question 28
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
33. What impact do the phrases “all but / invisible” and “even less obvious” in lines 16–18 have on the meaning of the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 30
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
34. How does the speaker’s interaction with Ruth in lines 37–41 convey a central idea of the poem?2026 Practice Test C English, question 32
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
35. The poet contrasts the speaker’s and Ruth’s points of view regarding the mound by using dialogue to2026 Practice Test C English, question 33
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
36. 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…2026 Practice Test C English, question 35
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
37. Which statement best explains why Lashelle Spencer is a relevant source of information for the excerpt?2026 Practice Test C English, question 36
    • Type Textual evidence, Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
38. Which two sentences in paragraphs 5–9 best support the idea that the astronauts working in space enjoyed participating in the food-growing experiment? Select the…2026 Practice Test C English, question 38
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Format Multiple response
39. The description in paragraph 5 of Lashelle Spencer’s goal develops a central idea of the excerpt by2026 Practice Test C English, question 39
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
40. With which statement would the author most likely agree?2026 Practice Test C English, question 43
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
41. How do the details about the experiment described in paragraph 5 convey a central idea of the passage?2026 Practice Test D English, question 2
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
42. 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…2026 Practice Test D English, question 3
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
43. The study described in paragraph 6 influenced researchers’ ideas about memory in the digital age by2026 Practice Test D English, question 4
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
44. How does the diagram provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?2026 Practice Test D English, question 5
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
45. The effect of the Internet on a person’s memory is illustrated in the passage through the presentation of studies that2026 Practice Test D English, question 7
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
46. How does paragraph 1 introduce the idea that the Wright brothers knew that their flight attempt was risky?2026 Practice Test D English, question 8
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
47. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. Wilbur having used his turn in the unsuccessful attempt on the 14th, the right to the first trial…2026 Practice Test D English, question 9
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
48. The photograph mentioned in paragraph 4 is significant because it2026 Practice Test D English, question 10
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
49. The use of chronological structure contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by2026 Practice Test D English, question 14
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
50. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. After collecting and analyzing the DNA in 800 samples of gray fur and wolf waste, researchers could produce…2026 Practice Test D English, question 17
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
51. The author uses the word “admits” in paragraph 5 most likely to2026 Practice Test D English, question 18
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
52. 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
53. The use of italics on the word “night” in line 24 is most likely intended to emphasize the2026 Practice Test D English, question 23
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
54. What is the purpose of the repeated words “rising and falling” in lines 26 and 37?2026 Practice Test D English, question 24
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
55. The fireworks in the poem represent the speaker’s2026 Practice Test D English, question 26
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
56. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Including both ideograms (which convey a whole word or idea, either concrete or abstract, in a single sign)…2025 Practice Test A English, question 10
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
57. Which claim is best supported by the information presented in paragraphs 3 and 4?2025 Practice Test A English, question 12
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
58. Hieratic script was particularly valuable in a bureaucratic government because2025 Practice Test A English, question 13
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
59. Based on the excerpt, which statement would the author most strongly agree with?2025 Practice Test A English, question 15
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. How does the author’s use of chronological structure contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?2025 Practice Test B English, question 15
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
66. The details in lines 9–12 convey a central idea of the poem by2025 Practice Test B English, question 44
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
67. The poet develops the speaker’s point of view by2025 Practice Test B English, question 48
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
68. The author’s use of sequence in paragraphs 1 and 2 contributes to the development of ideas in the excerpt by2024 Test A English, question 11
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
69. The table after paragraph 7 expands on a central idea in the excerpt because it shows that2024 Test A English, question 18
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
70. The isolation of the words “—here here—” in line 7 contributes to the meaning of the poem mainly by2024 Test A English, question 20
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
71. The phrases “luminous possibility” and “all that would keep her / away from home” (lines 17–19) affect the poem by2024 Test A English, question 22
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
72. Read lines 11–13 from the poem. toward the voice, then back to the constellation of fireflies flickering near her head Which idea from the…2024 Test A English, question 23
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
73. How does the setting affect the events of the poem?2024 Test A English, question 24
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
74. 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…2024 Test A English, question 27
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
75. Which sentence best supports the idea that Ederle succeeded in swimming across the channel because of her innovative approach to the challenge?2024 Test A English, question 29
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
76. The table builds on the information in the passage mainly by2024 Test A English, question 34
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R1
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
77. Which sentence from the passage suggests that people in the future will likely choose e-books over print books?2024 Test A English, question 37
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
78. The studies described in paragraph 6 are important to the author’s observations in paragraphs 7 and 8 because the findings2024 Test A English, question 40
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R8
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
79. 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
80. 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
81. 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
82. 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
83. The details in the section “A Good Thing, Not the Only Thing” convey a central idea of the excerpt by suggesting that2024 Test A English, question 55
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
84. How does the chart provide additional support for a central idea of the excerpt?2024 Test A English, question 57
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
85. 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…2024 Test B English, question 17
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
86. Paragraph 18 shows that the author’s perspective toward the study described in the excerpt is that2024 Test B English, question 21
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
87. 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
88. 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
89. 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
90. 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
91. Read this sentence from paragraph 7. The desperate Morse gave the go-ahead, and the line was completed in time for the dramatic and spectacularly…2024 Test B English, question 36
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
92. How does the map provide additional support for a central idea of the passage?2024 Test B English, question 40
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
93. Which line from the poem best supports the idea that people have sacrificed priceless natural beauty in order to make a profit?2024 Test B English, question 44
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
94. Read lines 23–26 from the poem. The mountains swing along The south horizon of the sky; Welcoming with wide floors of blue-green ice The…2024 Test B English, question 49
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
95. Read this sentence from paragraph 5. Empires rose and fell; wars raged;… and the tree from 2500 B.C. continued its implacable slow-motion existence, adding…2024 Test B English, question 52
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
96. Which claim is best supported by the details in paragraph 5 about the bristlecone pine’s tree-ring record?2024 Test B English, question 53
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
97. The details in paragraph 7 convey a central idea of the excerpt by suggesting that2024 Test B English, question 55
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
98. 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
99. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. Two alumnae of its culinary program… were even recognized as semi-finalists for prestigious James Beard awards. The words…2023 Test B English, question 10
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
100. The description of Mariko Grady’s background in paragraph 9 contributes to a central idea in the excerpt by2023 Test B English, question 13
     • Type Central idea and theme
     • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
     • Difficulty 2 of 5
101. Which statement would the author most likely agree with?2023 Test B English, question 14
     • Type Author's purpose and point of view
     • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
     • Difficulty 2 of 5
102. Read this sentence from paragraph 5. A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a…2023 Test B English, question 32
     • Type Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
103. How does the similar construction of line 1 and line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2023 Test B English, question 36
     • Type Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R6
     • Difficulty 5 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
104. 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
105. Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the idea that The People maintain a connection to members of their group in spite of distance?2022 Test A English, question 30
     • Type Textual evidence
     • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
106. How do lines 23–28 contribute to a central idea of the poem?2022 Test A English, question 48
     • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
     • Difficulty 4 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
107. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. The scene is like a twisted… movie, with doomed gadgets riding an unrelenting conveyor belt into a machine…2022 Test B English, question 11
     • Type Word meaning and figurative language
     • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
     • Difficulty 2 of 5
108. Which sentence from the excerpt suggests that electronic devices are purposely designed to be disposed of after a short time?2022 Test B English, question 13
     • Type Textual evidence
     • NYS standards 7R1
     • Difficulty 2 of 5
109. The details in paragraphs 4–5 develop a central idea of the excerpt mainly by suggesting that2022 Test B English, question 14
     • Type Central idea and theme
     • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
     • Difficulty 4 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
110. What is the role of paragraphs 7–9 in the organization of the excerpt?2022 Test B English, question 15
     • Type Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
     • Difficulty 4 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
111. The idea that e-waste regulations can be ineffective is conveyed in the excerpt through2022 Test B English, question 16
     • Type Textual evidence
     • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
112. How does the diagram after paragraph 9 most support the claim made in paragraph 4?2022 Test B English, question 17
     • Type Textual evidence, Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R1, 7R8, 7R5
     • Difficulty 5 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
113. The phrases “166,000 floating solar panels are strung together atop the rippling surface of a lake” and “an immense blanket of renewable energy” in…2022 Test B English, question 25
     • Type Word meaning and figurative language
     • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5a
     • Difficulty 2 of 5
     • Level Below grade 7
114. The author includes the statements from Dajie in paragraphs 2 and 7 most likely to2022 Test B English, question 26
     • Type Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
115. Which statement best describes how the chronological structure of paragraphs 4–5 contributes to the development of ideas in the article?2022 Test B English, question 28
     • Type Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
     • Difficulty 4 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
116. China’s role in the increase of solar-energy use around the world is illustrated in the article mainly through the inclusion of2022 Test B English, question 30
     • Type Textual evidence
     • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
117. How do the details in paragraph 4 about Germany, Spain, and Italy contribute to a central idea of the article?2022 Test B English, question 32
     • Type Central idea and theme
     • NYS standards 7R2, 7R3
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
118. Read lines 25–26 from the poem. until everything we think we know bangs against everything else we know. The lines help develop a central…2022 Test B English, question 43
     • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2, 7R4
     • Difficulty 4 of 5
     • Level Above grade 7
119. The last stanza (lines 33–44) concludes the poem by emphasizing which central idea?2022 Test B English, question 47
     • Type Central idea and theme
     • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
     • Difficulty 3 of 5
120. How does paragraph 1 introduce the ideas that ravens may perceive time and plan for the future?2021 Test A English, question 10
     • Type Text structure
     • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
     • Difficulty 3 of 5