MAAP SAMPLE TEST ITEMS

1 Why do sea turtles need saving?

• People take them from the beach at night

• Sea turtles have a hard time digging holes

• People like to put their eggs in yellow plastic

• Poachers try to steal eggs and sell them for profit

2 What is the meaning of rested as it is used in the sentence from paragraph 1: "By the edge of the thick rain forest, a wooden outhouse rested on the sand."?

• built

• grown

• settled

• slept

3. 3 Part A

What is the meaning of poachers as it is used in the paragraph 2?

• people who explore

• people who help

• people who destroy

• people who take

3 Part B

Which quotation from the passage helps the reader determine the meaning of poachers?

• "...steal the eggs and sell them for profit." (paragraph 2)

• "...works to save the sea turtles from extinction." (paragraph 3)

• "...helping him save the turtles." (paragraph 3)

• "...on the sand, I caught every egg..." (paragraph 7)

4. 4. Why is there a footnote included in the passage?

• to help the reader understand the topic of the paragraph

• to help the reader understand the author's point of view

• to help the reader understand the location of a word

• to help the reader understand the meaning of a word

5 Based on the meaning of the prefix out-, what is the meaning of the word outgrowing in paragraph 1?

• moving quickly

• leaving slowly

• becoming bigger

• eating a great amount

6 What was the effect of Nichols gluing a satellite transmitter to Adelita’s shell?

• Adelita was able to find her way home.

• Nichols was able to track Adelita on her journey.

• Nichols was able to explain why Adelita forgot her way home.

• Adelita was able to swim past the Hawaiian Islands on New Year’s Day.

7 The passage states that "Adelita was about to make navigation history" (paragraph 1). Which quotation from the passage supports this statement?

• But then she turned west and swam off into the vast Pacific Ocean. (paragraph 2)

• It was the first time anyone tried to track an ocean-going animal with a satellite transmitter. (paragraph 5)

• But as she crossed the ocean, her internal compass kicked in. (paragraph 7)

• After living in Baja for most of her life, Adelita never forgot the way back to the spot where she was born. (paragraph 8)

8 Select the events in the order they happen in the passage.

• she’d been caught by a fisherman

• she was free

• she turned northwest and swam all the way to Japan

• she grew into a 223-pound adult

9. 9. What is the meaning of the word senses as it is used in the sentence from paragraph 8?

"Just like we sense gravity and know which way is up or down, a sea turtle senses 'home.'"

• a joyful emotion

• a good decision

• a special feeling

• a strong smell