Seventh Grade Independent Work

"Seventh Grade is written in the ____________ tense, from a ____________ point of view.

• past; first-person

• past; third-person

• present; first-person

• present; third-person

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Victor chooses to take French as an elective mainly because ______________ .

• he plans to take a trip to France sometime in the future

• he likes the school’s French teacher, Mr. Bueller

• he knows that his crush, Teresa, also plans to take French

• he knows that speaking three languages would look good on a college application

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which inference about Victor and his friend Michael is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 6)?

"Victor didn’t say anything, though he thought his friend looked pretty strange. They talked about recent movies, baseball, their parents, and the horrors of picking grapes in order to buy their fall clothes. Picking grapes was like living in Siberia, except hot and more boring."

• Victor and Michael are both skilled at getting girls’ attention.

• Victor and Michael have some fairly uncommon interests for boys of their age.

• Neither of them comes from a family with a lot of money.

• Both Victor and Michael used to live in Siberia.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of the following inferences about Victor is best supported by the following passage (paragraphs 18-19)?

"He watched her on the sly. As she turned to leave, he stood up and hurried to the door, where he managed to catch her eye. She smiled and said, “Hi, Victor."

He smiled back and said, “Yeah, that's me.” His brown face blushed. Why hadn’t he said, “Hi, Teresa,” or "How was your summer?” or something nice?"

• Victor’s crush on Teresa makes him jittery and nervous around her.

• Victor believes that Teresa will like him more if he pretends not to notice her.

• Victor is worried that Teresa might fall for his friend Michael instead.

• Victor has already gotten over his last girlfriend.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which of the following selections best explains why Mr. Bueller chooses not to expose the truth about Victor?

• He thinks that Victor has a chance to become a good French speaker if he studies hard enough.

• He sees that Victor is trying to impress a girl and can relate to this feeling from his own youth.

• He doesn’t want Victor to hold a grudge against him, because it might affect Victor’s performance in the class.

• He doesn’t believe that he should get involved in students’ lives outside of the classroom.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

After the conclusion of the story, it is most likely that _______________.

• Victor will rush to learn as much French as he can in as little time as possible

• Teresa and Victor will fall deeply in love

• Victor will switch out of French class, fearing that Teresa will find out the truth

• Victor's lack of any French knowledge will remain a secret

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4