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Selection Test reading and literature
Seventh Grade Gary Soto
COMPREHENSION Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
1. Who are the most important characters in the story?
A) Victor, Michael, and Teresa
B) Victor, Michael, and Mr. Bueller
C) Victor, Michael, and Mr. Lucas
D) Victor, Teresa, and Mr. Bueller
2. Why does Victor say that he can speak French?
A) To impress the teacher
B) To show Teresa that he’s smart
C) To prove to himself that he can learn the language
D) To try to get out of the first day’s homework
3. Which is the strongest evidence that the French teacher is understanding?
A) He turns away from Victor when Victor cannot speak French.
B) He does not correct Victor’s terrible French.
C) He encourages Victor to pretend that he knows French.
D) He asks Victor to repeat what he said.
4. Which is the best description of Victor’s first day of seventh grade?
A) He is confused by most of his subjects.
B) He is teased in most of his classes because of what he says.
C) He has ups and downs but feels good about the year ahead.
D) He feels so embarrassed he wants to transfer to another school.
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VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Match the definition on the left with the vocabulary word on the right. On the line provided, write the letter of the correct vocabulary word.
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5. moved or pushed forward
6. certainty; belief
7. stayed on
8. course that is not required
9. awkwardly; with embarrassment
A) lingered
B) elective
C) sheepishly
D) propelled
E) conviction
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Literary Focus Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
10. Details that reveal a character’s traits include all of the following except—
A) how the characters thinks
B) how the character acts around others
C) what the character looks like
D) where the character appears in the story
11.Which is one of Teresa’s character traits?
A) Considerate
B) Shy
C) Lonely
D) Impatient
12. One important difference between Victor’s and Michael’s traits is that—
A) Michael is not interested in dating, while Victor is.
B) Michael is bolder than Victor around girls
C) Victor is bolder than Michael around girls.
D) Victor is funnier than Michael around girls
13. Character traits show you a character’s—
A) problem
B) solution
C) personality
D) opportunity
READING FOCUS Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
14. Making inferences about a story helps you to—
A) make educated guesses about characters and events
B) find evidence to guess the main character’s conflict
C) identify the main events in the story
D) rewrite a story in your own words
15. An inference that you might make about Victor and Mr. Bueller is that—
A) Victor will never learn French
B) Mr. Bueller will have no patience with Victor’s behavior
C) Victor will learn to speak the best French in the class
D) Victor will work extra hard in Mr. Bueller’s class
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