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Test Description: Excerpt from Meet the Moai of Easter Island
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1) What is an objective summary of the selection?
A
The island is becoming a popular tourist attraction.
B
The moai are an integral part of the island’s tourist industry.
C
Very little is known about the moai’s history on Easter Island.
D
The island’s residents are very hospitable to visitors.
2) What is the purpose of beginning the selection with dialogue and then moving to geographical and statistical information?
A
By starting with dialogue and the author’s experience at the airport, the reader’s interest is captured.
B
The reader is not able to comprehend the geographical and statistical information without the dialogue.
C
Given the geographical and statistical information later on, the reader can relate the information to personal experience
D
The information explaining why the island is such a tourist attraction helps the reader to decide whether he or she wants
3) What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A
Europeans are clearly connected to Easter Island’s most famous attraction.
B
Europeans are not as central to the island’s history as some may think.
C
Europeans were the originators of Easter Island’s famous moai sculptures
D
Europeans have completely rewritten Easter Island’s history.
4) What does the author mean when she describes Easter Island as “a destination with solitude built into its DNA”?
A
Her motivation for leaving was misplaced.
B
The island is an unusually lonely place to live.
C
The island is not an unusually lonely place to live.
D
Her friends would not accompany her to the island.
5) Why does the author include the sentence below from paragraph 3? “Then, in the distance, I saw the distinct outline of giant heads.”
A
to conclude the story with a riddle
B
to create intrigue over the island’s most famous feature
C
to emphasize the size of the island’s population
D
to summarize her points about the moai’s origins
6) What is the significance of the statement below from the last paragraph? “A theory goes that during the heyday of moai construction, all the jungles were felled for wood to create a transport system of rolling logs greased by sweet potato pulp.”
A
It suggests the possibility of how the moai were moved to their current locations as well as why all the forests were ruined
B
Men who constructed the moai destroyed the forests because they blocked the view of the moai from other points on the island
C
It tells the reader why the logs were valuable in the construction of the moai found all over the island.
D
It explains why sweet potatoes were at once a massive crop on the island.
7) What is the author’s purpose in writing this selection?
A
to describe the mysteries of Easter Island
B
to expose the truth about the origin of the moai on Easter Island
C
to persuade travelers to visit and eventually relocate to Easter Island
D
to provide a history of Easter Island
8) How does the author unfold her ideas about Easter Island?
A
She addresses each aspect of the island as she experienced it.
B
She uses the moai as a metaphor for the island’s numerous mysteries.
C
She explains each thought in the same order as her research.
D
She parallels the island’s history with travelers’ previous encounters.
9) What is the point of view of this selection?
A
naive narrator
B
third person omniscient
C
third person limited
D
first person
10) What is implied about the island by the line- It’s a destination with solitude built into its DNA.
A
There are no animals that can survive on the island.
B
The island houses many species that thrive on solitude.
C
Scientists have studied the island for many years.
D
The solitude of the island has been long established by many natural events.
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