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