7th Grade Unit 4 Test Review

Test Question #5: What is revealed in the couplet at the end of Passage 1?

• Birds everywhere are chirping and flying.

• The sun’s rays are shining through the clouds.

• The thrush’s chicks have hatched.

• The sky is making happy noises.

Test Question #7 (Part A): What is the overall theme of Passage 2?

• Laughter is the best medicine.

• Trees are the most beautiful part of nature.  

• Lies are easier to accept than a harsh truth.

• People want to feel like they belong somewhere.

Test Question #7 (Part B): Which quotation from paragraph 15 of Passage 2 best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Oh, I don’t mean just the tree; of course it’s lovely—yes, it’s radiantly lovely—it blooms as if it meant it—but I meant everything, the garden and the orchard and the brook and the woods, the whole big dear world.”

• “And I can hear the brook laughing all the way up here. Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are? They’re always laughing.”

• “I’ve just been imagining that it was really me you wanted after all and that I was to stay here for ever and ever. It was a great comfort while it lasted.”

•  “But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.”

Test Question #8: How does the setting of Passage 2 influence its theme?

• by describing a garden with lilac trees

• by mentioning a brook near Green Gables

• by establishing that it’s a place Anne loves

• by indicating that Green Gables is beautiful

Test Question #10: In Passage 2, how does the imagery in paragraph 5 contribute to the development of the
story’s plot?

• It shows that Anne is particularly fond of dandelions.

• Describing the setting helps explain Anne’s love of the place.

• It suggests that the blossoms are the reason Marilla approached Anne.

• Mentioning the cherry tree sets up a conflict between Anne and Marilla.

Test Question #11: Complete the analogy.

birches : tree ::

• apples : fruit

• trees : branch

• flowers : stem

• bushes : shrubbery

Test Question #21 (Part A): Which one is the opposing opinion that the author acknowledges in paragraphs 1–2 of this passage.

• For centuries, people assumed that nature was in opposition to civilization.

• But, given the right circumstances, the reverse can be true.

• Nature can build community.

• The term “social capital” refers to how well people look out for one another, and the sense of belonging and meaning that come with that.

Test Question #21 (Part B): Which sentence best refutes the opposing opinion from Part A?

("For centuries, people assumed that nature was in opposition to civilization.")

• When we consider the social capital of a community, why do we include only one species?
  (paragraph 3)

• In fact, people who spend time in more natural environments in cities tend to nurture closer relationships with fellow human beings and to value community. (paragraph 3)

• Simply put, we’re part of a larger community. (paragraph 4)

• As of 2008, for the first time in human history, more people now live in cities than in the
  countryside. (paragraph 6)

Test Question #24: Read the following sentence from paragraph 5 of the passage.

Natural playgrounds encourage more egalitarian and inclusive play.

Which word in the sentence is a synonym that helps define egalitarian?

• natural

• encourage

• inclusive

• play

Test Question #25: Which phrase shows where the author cites expert evidence to support a claim?

• So if we want more-resilient and self-directed children, and kinder adults, one way to accomplish that is by not only prizing diversity in our cities, but biodiversity, too.

• As of 2008, for the first time in human history, more people now live in cities than in the countryside.

• That means one of two things: the gradual decay of the already-fragile relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world or the beginning of a nature-rich city.

• On April 23, 2015, a prestigious international group of leading scientists—including a Nobel Prize winner and several nominees—issued the Helsinki Alert of Biodiversity and Health, affirming the necessity of nearby nature to human health and the need for a new approach to urban planning and policies.