CFA #5 Review!

FEAR PROMPTS TEENS:

Which of the following best describes the CENTRAL IDEA of the text?

• Teenagers are more likely to react violently in stressful situations than adults and small children.

• Teenagers are more impulsive than adults and small children because their brains process information quicker.

• Teenagers may react slowly to potential threats because they are still learning how to identify dangerous situations.

• Teenagers show less impulse control than other age groups when faced with a threat due to their brain development.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

FEAR PROMPTS TEENS:

Which of the following quotes BEST shows the central idea of the article?

• "A threatened teen maynot back down. One reason: The teenage brain appears to undergo a rewiring that can prompt this response to fear." (P. 1)

• "These scans showed that when people looked at the faces, activity sometimes increased in a brain area called the orbital frontal cortex." (P. 5)

• "Her team doesn't know why younger children don't show the same poor impulse control when viewing a threatening face." (P. 6)

• "More studies could determine how parts of the brain that control behavior grow and change during the teen years, Caudle said." (P. 6)

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

FEAR PROMPTS TEENS:

As it is used in Paragraph 5, the word "curb" most closely means...

• Edge

• Push

• Reduce

• Allow

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

FEAR PROMPTS TEENS:

Which detail from the paragraph provides the best clue to the meaning of the word "curb" as it is used in context?

• "increased"

• "successfully avoided"

• "pushing the button"

• "react inappropriately"

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

HALSTED STREET CAR:

Which of the following best describes the CENTRAL THEME of the text?

• Technology brings people together through extended transportation.

• The American Dream is available for everyone and easy to achieve.

• Success comes from dedication and tireless work.

• Industry can have a negative effect on its workers.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

HALSTED STREET CAR:

Which of the following quotes best shows the THEME of the text?

• "Hang on a strap with me here / At seven o'clock in the morning / On a Halsted street car."

• "That pig-sticker in one corner--his mouth-- / That overall factory girl -- her loose cheeks."

• "Find for your pencils / A way to mark your memory / Of tired empty faces."

• "After their night's sleep, / In the moist dawn / And cool daybreak."

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

HALSTED STREET CAR:

What does the setting of the poem suggest about the speaker?

• The setting suggests that the speaker is one of the commuters on the streetcar and therefore can sympathize with the other working class commuters.

• The setting of a streetcar suggests that the speaker is the conductor, looking over all of the commuters with an air of pity and disgust.

• The setting outside the streetcar suggests that the speaker is a cartoonist drawing the workers on the train.

• The setting of the early morning streetcar suggests that the speaker gets up early just to see the workers on the car.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

HALSTED STREET CAR:

How does the speaker view the persons on the streetcar?

• The speaker judges the people on the streetcar based on their work clothes.

• The speaker views the people on the street car only through the eyes of a cartoonist.

• The speaker sees the people on the streetcar astired and empty.

• The speaker describes the people on the streetcar based on superficial traits.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5