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1. In which two ways does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)? Select the two correct answers.2026 Practice Test A English, question 4
   • Type Author's purpose and point of view
   • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
   • Difficulty 3 of 5
   • Format Multiple response
2. Read these sentences from paragraph 2. For example, many animals hoard food so that they will not run out later, but scientists who study…2026 Practice Test A English, question 9
   • Type Word meaning and figurative language
   • NYS standards 7R4, 7L4a
   • Difficulty 1 of 5
   • Level Below grade 7
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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…2026 Practice Test A English, question 39
   • Type Text structure
   • NYS standards 7R5
   • Difficulty 4 of 5
   • Level Above grade 7
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
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. 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
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. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. Read this sentence from paragraph 5. As the velocity of the wind was over 35 feet per second and the speed of the machine…2026 Practice Test D English, question 12
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R1
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. Determine whether each sentence from the excerpt presents a claim or presents evidence to support a claim. Select all the correct answers.2025 Practice Test B English, question 8
    • Type Textual evidence
    • NYS standards 7R8, 7R1
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
    • Format Table grid
29. 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
30. 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
31. In paragraph 1, the phrases “cool morning breezes swept freely” and “wafting the perfume of sweet grasses” affect the tone of the excerpt by…2024 Test A English, question 10
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
32. 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
33. Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?2024 Test A English, question 31
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?2024 Test B English, question 45
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
39. 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
40. Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?2018 Test A English, question 24
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
41. 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
42. 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
43. Read lines 2–4 and lines 12–14 from the poem. I am what every athlete wants: to remain at the apex of the leap, up…2018 Test A English, question 43
    • Type Text structure, Central idea and theme
    • NYS standards 7R2, 7R5
    • Difficulty 4 of 5
    • Level Above grade 7
44. Read line 7 from the first stanza. Swallows and ospreys nest in my trusses. How does the line contribute to the development of ideas…2018 Test A English, question 44
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
45. The author includes a series of questions at the end of the last paragraph most likely to2018 Test B English, question 15
    • Type Text structure
    • NYS standards 7R5, 7R2
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. How does the poet develop the speaker’s point of view in the second stanza (lines 8–14)?2018 Test B English, question 42
    • Type Author's purpose and point of view
    • NYS standards 7R6, 7R4
    • Difficulty 2 of 5
    • Level Below grade 7
52. 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…2018 Test B English, question 47
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7L5, 7R4
    • Difficulty 3 of 5
53. 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…2018 Test B English, question 50
    • Type Word meaning and figurative language
    • NYS standards 7R4, 7L5c
    • Difficulty 3 of 5