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1. The author conveys a point of view on the study of animal intelligence mainly by2026 Practice Test A English, question 12
   • Type Author's purpose and point of view
   • NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
2. With which statement would the author of the passage most likely agree?2026 Practice Test A English, question 13
   • Type Author's purpose and point of view
   • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
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. 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
6. Which sentence should follow sentence 3 to best introduce the topic of the passage?2026 Practice Test A English, question 43
   • Type Introductions and conclusions
   • NYS standards 7W2a
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
7. Which sentence could best follow sentence 13 to support the ideas in the third paragraph (sentences 11–14)?2026 Practice Test A English, question 45
   • Type Supporting details
   • NYS standards 7W2b
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. Burning land to make it healthy may seem counterintuitive, but strategic controlled fires have helped the prairie sustain…2026 Practice Test B English, question 33
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4b
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
12. 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
13. The speaker’s thoughts throughout the poem develop a theme by showing that2026 Practice Test B English, question 42
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
14. 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…2026 Practice Test C English, question 21
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language, Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7R6
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
15. The details in paragraph 3 about cognitive offloading convey a central idea of the passage by2026 Practice Test D English, question 1
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
16. Read lines 41–42 from the poem. I kept waiting for those childhood bursts, watching as they escorted us home. How does this memory affect…2026 Practice Test D English, question 25
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 19 to support the topic of the passage?2024 Test A English, question 9
    • Type Introductions and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7W2e
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
21. The phrase “just as an artist arranges the paints upon his palette” in paragraph 2 suggests that2024 Test A English, question 12
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5a, 7R4
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
22. 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
23. What is the best summary of the research into the effects of e-book reading?2024 Test A English, question 42
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
24. The author’s use of cause and effect in paragraphs 10–11 mainly emphasizes the idea that2024 Test A English, question 53
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
25. 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
26. Climate change has affected efforts to manage invasive species mainly by causing ecologists to2024 Test A English, question 56
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
27. Which sentence should follow sentence 4 to introduce the main claim of the passage?2024 Test B English, question 6
    • Type Introductions and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7W1a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
28. How does the author’s use of comparison in paragraphs 4 and 5 contribute to the development of ideas in the excerpt?2024 Test B English, question 16
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. Read lines 21–22 from the poem. Barrier broken down by those who do not need The joy of time-resisting storm-worn stone, How do the…2024 Test B English, question 47
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
34. Throughout the excerpt, the author conveys his point of view mainly by2024 Test B English, question 57
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R5
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
35. What is the most likely reason the author uses the word “surprisingly” in paragraph 1?2018 Test A English, question 12
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
36. Paragraph 7 contributes to the development of the central idea of the passage by2018 Test A English, question 22
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
37. Ederle’s victorious swim across the English Channel influenced American attitudes mainly by2018 Test A English, question 23
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
38. What was the main way that Karl Mauch’s conclusions about Great Zimbabwe in paragraph 4 affected later archaeological investigations?2018 Test A English, question 37
    • Type Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R3, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
39. In the winter that followed the summer of 1816, New Englanders most likely experienced2018 Test A English, question 53
    • Type Inferences and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
40. Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to best introduce the main claim of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 5
    • Type Introductions and conclusions
    • NYS standards 7W1a
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
41. What did Galli’s analysis of tree resin at the site reveal?2018 Test B English, question 12
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. Read this sentence from paragraph 4. There one can sit and let great cloudy thoughts of destiny and the passage of empires drift through…2018 Test B English, question 29
    • Type Text structure, Development of ideas and characters
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
47. 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
48. As described in paragraphs 4–5, what did the archaeological team learn about life in Kourion?2018 Test B English, question 36
    • Type Key details
    • NYS standards 7R1
    • Difficulty 1 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
49. Read lines 21–22 from the poem. Barrier broken down by those who do not need The joy of time-resisting storm-worn stone, How do the…2018 Test B English, question 46
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
50. Which statement describes how the author’s use of sequencing in paragraph 3 contributes to the overall structure of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 49
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R3
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
51. The details of the section “The Growth of an Idea” convey a central idea of the passage by suggesting that2018 Test B English, question 52
    • Type Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 5 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
52. How does the map provide additional support for a central idea of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 55
    • Type Textual evidence, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R1, 7R2
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
53. With which statement would the author most likely agree?2018 Test B English, question 57
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R2
    • Difficulty 2 of 5