Reading

Session 2
This test session includes reading selection and multiple choice questions. After you read the
selection, answer the questions about it in the spaces provided in your Student Response
Booklet. You may not use dictionary or any other reference tool during this session.

Read this poem and then answer the questions that follow.

River Moons
The double moon,
one on the high backdrop of the west,
one on the curve of the river face,
The sky moon of fire
5 and the river moon of water,
I am taking these home in basket
hung on an elbow,
such teeny weeny elbow,
in my head.
10 I saw them last night,
cradle moon, two horns of moon,
such an early hopeful moon,
such childs moon for all
young hearts 15 to make
picture of.
The riverI remember this like picture
the river was the upper twist
of written question mark. I
know now it takes
20
many many years to write river,
twist of water asking question.
And white stars moved when the moon moved,
and one red star kept burning,
and the Big Dipper was almost overhead.
Carl Sandburg

Mark your answers in the section marked ReadingSession 2 in your Student Response
Booklet.
28. In line 2, what is the high backdrop?
A.
B.
C.
D.

fire
the moon
river
the sky

29. In line 3, the face of the river is the rivers

A.
B.
C.
D.

color.
movement.
path.
surface.

30. In lines 6 through 9, what is the speaker doing?

A.
B.
C.
D.

creating memory
listening to sounds
taking picture
talking to someone

32. In line 16, what does the phrase I remember

this like picture mainly suggest about
the speaker?
A. The speaker wants to return to that time
and place.
B. The speaker seldom thinks about
important life events.
C. The speaker believes what he sees
is imaginary.
D. The speaker sees the image clearly
in his mind.

33. The speaker most likely feels that the sight

of the moon is
A.
B.
C.
D.

amusing.
frightening.
inspiring.
puzzling.

34. The imagery in the poem is used mostly to

describe
31. In line 13, the poet uses the phrase childs
moon most likely to suggest
A.
B.
C.
D.

confusion.
humor.
impatience.
innocence.

A.
B.
C.
D.

character.
conflict.
the setting.
the speaker.

Reading
Session 3
This test session includes reading selections, multiple choice questions, and question for
which you must write out your answer. After you read each selection, answer the questions
about it in the spaces provided in your Student Response Booklet. You may not use
dictionary or any other reference tool during this session.

This story is fable about man who lived long ago. Read the story and then answer
the questions that follow.

Feeding His Clothes

Heather Forest
The sultan held sumptuous feast at the palace. Mull Nasrudin watched as
finely dressed guests arrived at the palace gate. He fingered his tattered rags
and compared them with the elegant silks and satins on the people who
entered the festivities. His stomach growled with hunger. He thought about
the fine food served at the banquet.
Led by his stomach, he walked up to the gate and presented himself to
the guards. Since, by custom, hospitality demanded that he not be turned
away, the guards allowed him into the feast. The guards, however, ushered
him discreetly to seat at the very end of the banquet table.
Delicious food arrived on great trays carried by well groomed servants.
By the time the trays arrived at the end of the table where Mull sat, they
were empty.
Mull sadly left his unused plate and wandered out the palace gate. He
went to the home of rich friend and explained what had just happened.
Mull asked, May I borrow fine suit of clothes? The friend gave Mull rich
clothes and an expensive turban to top his elegant attire.
Mull returned to the palace and presented himself at the gate. When the
guards saw him so well dressed, they did not recognize him. Thinking he was
visiting prince, the guards bowed low before him. Respectfully, the guards
escorted him inside and seated him at the head of the table.
More trays of food arrived, and servants piled delicacies on Mullas
plate. Before long, everyone was staring at Mulla. He had rubbed curry into
his sleeve. He had poured wine on his turban. He had smashed roasted
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eggplant all over his cloak. Finally, the guest seated next to him was moved to
awkwardly inquire, Pray tell, but why have you rubbed messy food into your fine
attire?

thousand pardons, said Mulla, if my clothes now look the worst. But
it was these clothes that brought me all this food. It is only fair that they be
fed first.

Mark your answers in the section marked ReadingSession 3 in your Student Response
Booklet.
55. In the story, sultan is most likely a
A.
B.
C.
D.

guard.
guest.
king.
servant.

59. Why does Mull rub food on his clothes?

A. He feels the sultan is ignoring him.
B. He thinks he is being fed because of
his clothes.
C. He wants to show that his plate needs
to be refilled.
D. He is grateful to his friend for lending
him the clothes.

56. In the first paragraph, why is Mull Nasrudin

reluctant to enter the palace?
A. He is unfamiliar with the customs of
the banquet.
B. He fears he has arrived too late for
the feast.
C. He does not know any of the guests at
the banquet.
D. He thinks his clothes are not fine
enough to wear to feast.

60. According to the story, which statement

describes cultural custom?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Sultans sometimes eat last at feast.

Clothes are often borrowed from friends.
Strangers usually sit at the end of table.
People are always allowed into feast.

61. What is the main purpose of the story?

57. What is the most likely reason Mull is
seated at the end of the table?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The customs are unfamiliar to him.

The sultan sits at the head of the table.
The banquet has already started.
The guards disapprove of his clothes.

58. In paragraph 6, the word delicacies is used

to suggest
A.
B.
C.
D.

how hungry Mull felt.

how the food smelled.
the treatment Mull received.
the special quality of the food.

A. to make point about human behavior

B. to persuade the reader to learn more
about tradition
C. to provide historical information
D. to instruct the reader on how to prepare
for banquet

Read this passage about the Inuit people of the Arctic and the structures they make from stones called
inuksuit. Then answer the questions that follow.

Inuksuit
Norman Hallendy
I have two names. The name my mother and
father gave me is Norman and the name the people
in Cape Dorset gave me is Apirsuqti (pronounced
peer sook ti), which means the inquisitive one.
They gave me that name because I was always
asking questions so that I could learn things from
them about nature, animals, and people, and how
they lived in the Arctic.
The ancestors of my northern friends have
lived in the Arctic for over 4,000 years. Their
descendants today call themselves Inuit, which
means human beings. In the past, they lived
completely with nature. Everything they had
came from the se or the land. They made all they
needed to stay alive from stone, and the bone, skin,
and ivory they got from the animals they hunted.
Nothing was wasted; everything was valuable in
some way.
To survive, the Inuit had to hunt all the time:
in summer and in winter, in good and bad weather.
They had to hunt in many places at different
times of the year because the animals they needed
arrived there at various times. It was necessary to
travel long distances in order to get enough food,
especially in early times before the Inuit had rifles.
One of the most important things the Inuit
made were called inuksuit. The singular is inuksuk.
This word means thing that can act in the place of
human being. We are familiar with things that
work in similar ways. For example, scarecrow
acts like human being when it frightens away
4 birds. traffic light tells you when to stop or go
in place of police officer. statue tells you that
person is being remembered. An arrow nailed
to tree tells you which direction to go. Inuksuit
are like these, but far more important, because
they have helped save lives in the harsh Arctic
environment. They could be used to help in many

different ways, but the five most important were:

to show the way when travellers were long way
from home; to warn of very dangerous places;
to show where food was stored (especially when
covered with snow); to show where significant
thing happened and therefore where people should
act respectful; and, most important, to act as
helpers for hunting caribou.
The caribou was the most important land
animal for the Inuit. In the old days when Inuit
hunted with only bow and arrows, they built
inuksuit of stones and placed them upon the land
in such way as to frighten the caribou and guide
them straight toward the waiting hunters. In this
way, the inuksuit became part of the hunting party.
They did the work of humans even though they
were made of stone.
Stones come in many different shapes. Inuksuit
use three basic shapes. There are round stones
called boulders. About all you can do with these is
pile them up. There are thin, flat stones, which you
can stack like books into few different shapes.
And then there are chunks of broken rock. You can
stack the broken rock or balance other pieces on

top. You can make them into many more shapes

than you can with boulders or flat rocks. Most of
the inuksuit in the Arctic are made from broken
rock because there is something special about
using itit is the easiest to balance.
The stones to make an inuksuk were carefully
chosen so that they could stand or lie upon one
another without falling, no matter how fierce a
storm. There are inuksuit that have been standing
in the Arctic for hundreds of years, probably even
longer. You can tell if an inuksuk is very old if
you see it covered in lichens. Lichens grow in
most places in the world, and in most places in
the Arctic. Because they take such long time

to grow, it means that the thing they are growing

upon is also very old. I have seen many inuksuit
so covered in lichens that they look as if they are
wearing coats.
These ancient inuksuit tell us that the Inuit were
in Arctic North Americ long before the arrival of
people from other lands, except the native peoples
who lived much farther to the south. Such old
inuksuit are treated with great respect because they
remind the Inuit of their ancestors. Even now, they
can show the way to good hunting places, they can
guide you when you are in strange place, they can
warn you of danger just

ahead, and they can fill your heart with joy when
you stand beside them at very beautiful place. In
this way, an inuksuk is gift from the past that
keeps giving to anyone who comes its way.
When you look at an old inuksuk you are
seeing more than just stack of stones. You are
seeing the thoughts of another person left upon the
land, as you see the thoughts of another person in
the words you read in book. Because the Inuit had
no written language until quite recently,
storytelling and such things as inuksuit were the
ways that information was passed on from one
generation to another.

Mark your answers in the section marked ReadingSession 3 in your Student Response
Booklet.
69. In the first paragraph, what does the word
inquisitive mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.

curious
emotional
inconsiderate
intelligent

70. According to the passage, why did the Inuit

hunt year round?
A. They could not store food during the
winter months.
B. They were able to travel only few days
every month.
C. They enjoyed hunting during different
seasons.
D. They hunted animals that arrived to the
are at different times.

71. In paragraph 4, the words inuksuit and

inuksuk are most likely in italics to
A. emphasize that the words are native terms.
B. demonstrate the origin of the words.
C. indicate that the words have several
meanings.
D. show that the words are difficult to
pronounce.

72. Inuksuit were considered part of the caribou

hunting party mainly because of their
A.
B.
C.
D.

value to all land animals.

role in guiding the hunters.
usefulness in directing caribou.
ability to resemble caribou.

73. What is the main ide of paragraph 6?

A. Three basic shapes of stones are used to
build inuksuit.
B. Round stones used to build inuksuit are
called boulders.
C. Stones can be stacked like books to
create inuksuit.
D. Flat stones can be made into different
shapes of inuksuit.

74. What does the design of the ancient inuksuit

reveal about the ancestors of the Inuit?
A. They were skilled and built structures that
lasted long time.
B. They were able to survive in the harsh
Arctic environment.
C. They were able to prosper by trading
natural resources.
D. They were strong hunters and often
traveled long distances.

75. The authors most likely purpose for

discussing lichens is to show that
A.
B.
C.
D.

lichens look like coat on rock.

inuksuit covered in lichens are very old.
lichens affect the aging of inuksuit.
the Arctic environment has lot of lichens.

76. Which statement from the passage most reveals

that inuksuit are meaningful to the Inuit?
A. This word means thing that can act in
the place of human being.
B. For example, scarecrow acts like
human being when it frightens away
birds.
C. traffic light tells you when to stop or go
in place of police officer.
D. When you look at an old inuksuk you
are seeing more than just stack of
stones.

78. The author most likely believes the inuksuit

are special because of their
A. connection to the past.
B. contribution to hunters.
C. importance to research.
D. usefulness to travelers.

79. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. to persuade travelers to see inuksuit
B. to present information about inuksuit
C. to explain how the Inuit use inuksuit today
D. to compare inuksuit to the Inuit language

80. Which would be the best source for

additional information about the Inuit?
A. biography of the author,
Norman Hallendy
B. magazine article about Arctic cultures

documentary about the habitat of

caribou
D. news report on the challenges of harsh
climates
C.

77. The main purpose of the photograph is to show

A.
B.
C.
D.

how to build inuksuit.

where to find inuksuit.
what inuksuit look like.
why inuksuit remain.

Write your answer in the space provided for it in your Student Response Booklet.
81. What do the inuksuit reveal about the Inuit people? Use details from the passage to support your answer.

Mathematics
Session 1 (No Calculator)
This test session includes multiple choice questions and questions for which you must show
your work or write out your answer. You may NOT use calculator during this session.
Mark your answers in the section marked MathematicsSession 1 (No Calculator) in your
Student Response Booklet.
12. The ratio of oil paintings to watercolors in an
art show is 4 to 3. There are 24 watercolors in
the art show. How many oil paintings are in the
art show?
A.
B.
C.
D.

18
32
72
96

13. rock climber starts at an elevation of 4425

feet. After 2.5 hours, his elevation is 3300
feet. What is the average change in
elevation, in feet per hour, of the rock
climber?
A. 1770 feet per hour
B. 1320 feet per hour
C. 450 feet per hour
D.
45 feet per hour

14. Study the numbers below.

Which list shows these numbers in order
from least to greatest?

A.

B.

C.

D.

15. The expression below can be used to

calculate Dannys total cost if he buys
2 pounds of macaroni salad and 3 pounds of
coleslaw at store. The price of each salad is
$2.29 per pound.
2(2.29) + 3(2.29)
What is another way to calculate Dannys
total cost?
A.
B.
C.
D.

5 + 2.29
2.29(2 + 3)
5(2.29 + 2.29)
(2 + 2.29)(3 + 2.29)

Mathematics
Session 2 (Calculator)
This test session includes multiple choice questions. You may use calculator during this session.

Mark your answers in the section marked MathematicsSession 2 (Calculator) in your

Student Response Booklet.
24. Study the stack of blocks shown below.

27. Study the figure below.

Q
40
R

Si
e
r

Which diagram could be the top view of this

stack of blocks?

B.

C.

D.

A.

40

In the figure, 57 is straight line. What is the

measure of angle PSQ?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 140
D. 180

28. Todd earns $7.50 per hour at summer

camp. Which equation can be used
to determine his total earnings, e, for
working h hours?
H=K
B. H = + K
C. H = K
D. H = K
A.

30. Triangle DEF is shown on the coordinate

plane below.

6
4
2
D
8 6 4 2

2
2

36. The probability of picking red marble from

bag of marbles is
. If Tin picks marble
out of the bag 20 times and puts that marble
back in the bag each time, how many times
can she expect to pick out red marble?
A.
3
B.
8
C. 12
D. 15

37. The equation below can be used to find the

cost, c, of renting rowboat for h hours.
Triangle DEF is translated 4 units to the right
and 3 units down. What are the coordinates
of the image of point D after this translation?
A. (7, 3)
B. (0, 4)
C. (1, 3)
D. (3, 1)

Kelly has $18. What is the greatest number

of hours she can rent rowboat?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2
4
8
9