Unit 7 Assessment (Practice Test)

1. Which TWO details from Passage 1 show what Anna Rawle things of Cornwallis's surrender?

• A. He was glad to see all here so cheerful, he said. (paragraph 1)

• B. My friends and I have had long conversations on the melancholy situation of things. (paragraph 2)

• C. Not knowing what to do, we ran into the yard (paragraph 3)

• D. We had not been there many minutes before we were drove back by the sight of two men climbing the fence. (paragraph 3)

• E. Those joyful days when all was prosperity and peach are gone, never to return. (paragraph 4)

2. What does the word dispatches mean as it is used in paragraph 2 of passage 1?

• A. end

• B. speed

• C. messages

• D. dismisses

3. What does the word pacified mean as it is used in paragraph 3 of passage 1?

• A. calmed

• B. confused

• C. joined

• D. fought

4. Part A: Which of the following is a central idea in passage 2?

• A. British forces were defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown.

• B. the british army was confident from victories in teh southern colonies.

• C. Part of Virginia is a peninsula and is surrounded on three sides by water.

• D. Loyalist did not think the colonies could successfully create a new nation.

4 Part B: Which detail from the passage supports the central idea in Part A.

• A. After their earlier battles in the South, the british army was tired and struggling (paragraph 5)

• B. Meanwhile, General Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau worked with General George Washing to plan their attack. (paragraph 6)

• C. the American Revolutionary War ended shortly after this surrender. (paragraph 8)

• D. Some Loyalists had experienced anger at the hands of Patriots during the war. (paragraph 10)

5. Which sentence explains why the language the author uses in Passage 2 differs from the language in Passage 1?

• A. the author of Passage 1 describes personal reactions to events that have occured, while the author of Passage 2 uses objective language to explain facts.

• B. the author of Passage 1 includes multiple witnesses perspectives, while the author of Passage 2 uses emotional language to persuade readers.

• C. The author of Passage 1 uses humor to make her observations interesting, while the author of Passage 2 uses emotional language to entertain readers

• D. The author of Passage 1 gives readers exact quotations from others who experienced the same events, while the author of Passage 2 focuses on their firsthand experiences.

6. In paragraph 2 of Passage 2, what is the meaning of the word preparations?

• A. something not done

• B. something done well

• C. something done again

• D. something done beforehand

7. Read the sentence from Passage 2

They disagreed with the Patriots and supported the British government throughout the American Revolutionary War.

What is the meaning of the word disagreed?

• A. agreed again

• B. agreed before

• C. did not agree

• D. were able to agree

8. Which two details from Passage 2 support the perspective that the British could not have defeated the Continental Army at Yorktown?

• A. In the summer of 1782, British General Charles Cornwallis led his troops to victory in the southern colonies (paragraph 5)

• B. Cornwallis hoped his men could stay in Yorktown until more supplies and troops arrived by sea from Great Britain. (paragraph 5)

• C. This meant the aid Cornwallis needed never arrived (paragraph 6)

• D. By the end of September, the British troops were blocked on all sides (paragraph 2)

• E. this document outlined the terms of the British surrender.

9. Part A: Which perspective is offered in both passages?

• A. some loyalists thought life would be difficult in America after the war.

• B. the British army was exhausted by fighting in the southern colonies.

• C. Some loyalists were shocked that the Continental Army had won the war.

• D. the British army was defeated because the Continental Army attacked from trenches.