Inference/Context Clues Assessment

What is implied from the following quote,

"I’m from a place where even our car doors freeze

And most GM factories closed because of greed."

• Where the speaker is from has mostly greedy people.

• Where the speaker is from has extreme temputures in the winter.

• Where the speaker is from has lots of GM factories.

• Where the speaker is from has busy streets with lots of cars.

Based on the way the word "inferior is used in the following sentence, what would be the best synonym,

"We were made to feel inferior

We didn’t even have clean water to drink?"

• junior

• minus

• second

• lower

In the essay, "Fish Cheeks" what can we infer is the reason that the speaker completly ignores Robert, "Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence?"

• She doesn't like Robert, so she ignored him.

• She doesn't know Robert, so she doesn't pay attention to him.

• She is likes him, but is embarrased, so she just ignores him.

• She is upset with him for ignoring her, so she then ignores him.

What can we infer about the speaker's mother from the following quote,"or my 11th birthday, my mom made me my favorite Korean dish, oh jing uh bokkeum (spicy stir-

fried squid), and I looked at her with disdain as I declared, 'This is disgusting.' The next day for dinner, she made me a cheeseburger."

• She is trying everything to make her son happy.

• She is irritaed her son doesn't like her food.

• She loves cheeseburgers, so she buys them for her son.

• She is upset her son says her food is "disgusting."

From the poem "Lost Voices," the speaker says "I would ask you to think before you speak, but your mind has got to be bacteria infected." What is meant by the phrase "mind has got to be bacteria infected in that quote?

• The person has a bacteria infection in their brain.

• The person is opend minded, which is compared to having a disease.

• The person is close minded, which is compared to having a disease.

• The person's mind is changing all the time, similar to having a bacteria take over.

In the spoken word "Lost Voices," they say "to say you know my pain is to stab yourself in the leg because you saw me get shot." What does this quote mean based on the way it is used?

• There has been a battle and people have gotten stabbed and shot. This most likely takes place in a city with high crime rates.

• One person has been stabbed and the other has been shot. They need to seek medical attention.

• It is a metaphor (comparison) for suggesting we all cause our own pain.

• It is a metaphor (comparison) for suggesting even if we all have struggles, does not mean we understand each other's struggles.

Read the excerpt from "Why Safely Opening HIgh school Sports Will be Difficult.

"It might seem like overkill to regularly test all athletes. But the current tally of 150 collegiate athletes (mostly football players) who have tested positive for COVID-19 grows longer by the day."

What is the effect of the author’s use of "overkill" in the selection?

• It illustrates the amount of money that will be wasted on testing for Covid.

• It demonstrates how many athletes are injured every year.

• It emphasizes the extreme measures necessary to ensure safety of student athletes.

• It describes how often they will be conducting tests across the country for each sport.

Read the excerpt from "Is Your Smartphone Making You Shy?"

During the three years I’ve spent researching and writing about shyness, one of the most common questions people ask is about the relationship between shyness and technology.

Are the internet and the cellphone causing our social skills to atrophy? I often hear this from parents of shy teenagers, who are worried that their children are spending more time with their devices than with their peers.

Based on the excerpt, what does the author mean by "atrophy?"

• increase

• remain constant

• worsen

• slowly improve

Read the excerpt from "Is Your Smartphone Making You Shy."

Another scholar of cellphone culture, Bella Ellwood-Clayton, showed how text messages served a similar purpose in the Philippines. Filipino courtship rituals are traditionally coy and convoluted, with elaborate customs such as “teasing” (tuksuhan) among mutual friends or using an intermediary (tulay, which literally translates to “human bridge”) between potential partners. The cellphone allowed young Filipinos to circumvent these elaborate, risk-averse routines and test the waters themselves by text.

"Texting emboldens those who are more dexterous with their thumbs than with their tongues. The ping announcing a text’s arrival is less insistent than a phone ring. It does not catch us by surprise or demand we answer it instantly. It lends us space to digest and ponder a response."

What is the meaning of the phrase above in red?

• Young people are more "bold" (or honest) in text messages than they are in person talking.

• Young people are more shy when texting, than they are in person talking.

• Young people are not good at cummincating, reguardless of the mode of communication.

• Young people prefer to communicate on social media rather than the phone (text or phone calls).

Read the excerpt from "Is Your Smartphone Making You Shy?"

"Not everyone using social networks is amenable to radical transparency, of course. Some prefer to hide behind online personas, pseudonyms and avatars. And this anonymity can also inspire the opposite of shyness – a boldness that turns into hostility and abuse."

What is being implied by the paragraph?

• Social media makes people hostile and aggressive. It is usually the root of evil.

• Social media causes people to be fake (false names, fake profiles, etc.) and become people they are not.

• Social media makes it easier for people to be someone they're not, which can lead to negative behavior.

• Social media makes it easier for people to stay in contact with one another and is often used for communication.