Topic: 7.1-7.2 Reading Skills
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1What does the word reenactment mean in paragraph 12?A celebration of a famous personA repetition of an eventA competition involving many participantsA protest in response to an action60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q2In paragraph 1, the word omission means something that is —written downleft outchangedoffered60s7.2.A: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q3In paragraph 11, the word refuted means —questionedperformeddisprovedignored60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q4What does the word flustered mean in paragraph 12?GreedySuspiciousIrritatedSly60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q5In paragraph 20, the word waver means to —teasebe unhappybe humblehesitate60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q6Read the dictionary entry below. Which definition best fits the meaning of shadowing as it is used in paragraph 7?Definition 2Definition 3Definition 4Definition 160s7.2.E: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q7Read the dictionary entry below for the word mission. Which definition represents the meaning of mission as it is used in paragraph 2?Definition 1Definition 2Definition 4Definition 360s7.2.E: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q8In paragraph 3, the word depicting means —celebratingreportingrepresentingphotographing60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q9In paragraph 7, the word restoration means the act of —bringing something back to its original conditionusing something old in a new waystudying something special to learn from itbeginning something over again60s7.2.A: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q10Read the dictionary entry for the word disposal. Which meaning of disposal is used in paragraph 3?Definition 4Definition 2Definition 1Definition 360s7.2.E: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q11What does deviated mean in paragraph 13?ReturnedStrayedOriginatedRecovered60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q12The Latin word sidere, meaning “to sink,” helps the reader understand that subsides in paragraph 28 means to —lessenreturnreactimprove60s7.2.A: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q13Which phrase from paragraph 6 helps the reader understand the meaning of the word grueling in paragraph 7?Other noteworthy businesses involvedtransporting goods along the trailsprospectors were not allowedburdened with more than 1,000 pounds of provisions60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q14Read this information about the origin of the word pathetic. This information helps the reader understand that the word pathetic in paragraph 41 means —reluctantaggressivepitifulpractical60s7.2.A: Reading - Vocabulary Development
- Q15Which words from paragraph 3 help the reader understand the meaning of the word daunting?have the desirechallenge of solving real-world crisesdemonstrates that young childrenmake the world a better, more peaceful place60s7.2.B: Reading - Vocabulary Development
