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OH - Achievement - 2005 - Reading - Grade 7

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  • What is the best purpose for reading this passage?

    to discover Helen Keller’s likes and dislikes
    to find out about Helen Keller’s education
    to compare Helen Keller’s teaching style with Miss Sullivan’s
    to understand how easily Helen Keller learned sign language


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  • Why did Helen Keller have a conflict with Miss Sullivan?

    She wanted Miss Sullivan to let her play.
    She could not follow Miss Sullivan’s rules.
    She would not go outside with Miss Sullivan.
    She was frustrated by Miss Sullivan’s lessons.


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  • “Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that ‘m-u-g’ is mug and that ‘w-a-t-e-r’ is water, but I persisted in confounding the two.” Which definition of impress is used in this sentence? impress v. 1) to force or command someone to do something 2) to affect or influence significantly 3) to appear impressive; make a good impression 4) to apply pressure on; to stamp or print

    definition 1
    definition 2
    definition 3
    definition 4


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  • “Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten—a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me.” What was the “mystery” that “was revealed” to Helen Keller?

    the idea that learning involves remembering facts
    the knowledge that teachers want their pupils to learn
    the acceptance that it takes time for students to master their lessons
    the awareness that there is a relationship between words and objects


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  • “There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.” What feeling does the language in the sentence above primarily express?

    hope
    regret
    hostility
    concern


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  • “I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name, and each name gave birth to a new thought.” What does Helen Keller describe in the sentences above?

    a sense of being overwhelmed by information
    a breakthrough in her thinking process
    an interest in the workings of nature
    an impulse to write her book


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  • Which sentence from the passage illustrates that the narrator’s point of view is subjective?

    “The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll.”
    “The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman had dressed it... .”
    “Running downstairs to my mother I held up my hand and made the letters for doll.”
    “As we returned to the house every object which I touched seemed to quiver with life.”


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  • “I felt my way to the hearth and picked up the pieces. I tried vainly to put them together. Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realized what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.” In the second sentence above, what does the word vainly mean?

    in a proud way
    in a silly or foolish style
    in an unsuccessful manner
    in an empty or thoughtless fashion


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  • In the first paragraph, what does the author stress when she discusses cedar objects made for babies?

    The Northwest Coast Indians thought cedar was more comfortable than any other material.
    Cedar was so plentiful that the Northwest Coast Indians grew up taking it for granted.
    Cedar played a fundamental role in the lives of the Northwest Coast Indians.
    The Northwest Coast Indians gave cedar only to highly valued individuals.


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  • “Hundreds of years ago, babies born to the Northwest Coast Indians slept in cradles made of cedar wood. They snuggled under blankets and wore diapers made from cedar bark.” In the second sentence, the word snuggled suggests what kind of feeling?

    health
    comfort
    creativity
    restlessness


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  • What kind of information is found in the subheading titled “Bark”?

    names for bark
    how bark grows
    ways bark was used
    why bark was burned


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  • What is the main idea of the passage?

    the influence of the environment on a native people’s lifestyle
    the discovery of an ancient settlement built by native people
    the migration of a native people across the United States
    the development of a native people’s arts and crafts


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