Unit Test Answers

Which line from "Empire State Building" is an example of a metaphor?

Simka reads "Empire State Building" by J. Patrick Lewis and realizes that New York City is surrounded by water.

Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza.Because of Rivera’s international reputation, most visitors approached him with deference. Kahlo threw caution to the winds, shouting out, "Diego, come down!”Curious to know more about the daring young girl below, the bulky Rivera made the slow descent to the ground floor. Kahlo wasted no time in preliminaries. . . . "I have come to show you my paintings,” she told him audaciously. She told him her name and Rivera remembered that just a few years earlier, the director of the National Preparatory had told him that the girl who had caused him so much trouble was the same Frida Kahlo. Instead of becoming angry at Kahlo’s audacity, the unconventional artist was delighted to meet his former tormentor face to face.

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Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.I had just finished making a complicated piece of equipment that was to be used for a show opening in Philadelphia called "Fiorello." When the machine arrived they had trouble wiring it, so instead of going off to college that morning for an orientation, I spent several days at the theater fixing my light/sound equipment. The show received poor reviews, except for the mention by one reviewer of the "special effects," which, he wrote, were "outstanding."

Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza.Most of Kahlo's school friends lived in Mexico City, and they visited infrequently. Kahlo believed that her family's eccentricities discouraged them from coming. Matita continued to visit, but Matilde Kahlo, fixed in a black mood, still would have nothing to do with her eldest daughter. She stormed out whenever Matita entered the house. Guillermo Kahlo withdrew into himself, depressed over Frida's condition and the mountain of hospital bills. In letters to Gómez, Kahlo described her family as "one of the saddest I have ever seen."

Which statement is the most effective response for a group discussion?

Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.From this well-stocked basement came a whole new set of really neat projects. My younger brother, Mitch, and his friends, as well as some of my own friends, would come after school to help. At sixteen I was now a young entrepreneur, paying them for their help. I was surprised by the number of orders I was getting for more and more equipment. Soon I didn't have time to build and design new things. Giving over this work to other kids gave me more time to do what I wanted to do. This went on after school and all summer long.

Logan read about snail shells in his science book.Snails make their shells by releasing a liquid that hardens and forms a protective covering. More liquid is released over time, and the shells get larger. Some are spiral shaped, and others are cone shaped. These shells protect snails from birds and snakes by sealing the snails away from predators.

Which of these are most important for readers to consider when forming an opinion based on a biography?

T. J. received this postcard in the mail.Dear T. J.,Grandpa and I are having a wonderful time in New York City. Yesterday we took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty. As we were eating our lunch near the statue, a seagull swooped down and stole Grandpa's tomato sandwich right out of his hand! We laughed while we watched him gobble the whole thing. We took lots of photos to show you.Love ya, Buddy!Grandma

Read the excerpt from A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and through the World of Art.We recognize the figure as a person, although it doesn't look like one. Instead of copying the human body – and many African tribes could do that perfectly – it only suggests the human body. It excites our imagination, and our imagination turns the Kota figure into a person. Its triangles, cylinders, and parts of circles remind us of eyes, a neck, and hair, and our imagination tells us that we are looking at a human figure. The figure is an example of abstract art, an art that doesn't intend things to look real. If we searched, we could find examples of abstract art the world over.

Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.From this well-stocked basement came a whole new set of really neat projects. My younger brother, Mitch, and his friends, as well as some of my own friends, would come after school to help. At sixteen I was now a young entrepreneur, paying them for their help. I was surprised by the number of orders I was getting for more and more equipment. Soon I didn't have time to build and design new things. Giving over this work to other kids gave me more time to do what I wanted to do. This went on after school and all summer long.

Read this excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.From this well-stocked basement came a whole new set of really neat projects. My younger brother, Mitch, and his friends, as well as some of my own friends, would come after school to help. At sixteen I was now a young entrepreneur, paying them for their help. I was surprised by the number of orders I was getting for more and more equipment. Soon I didn't have time to build and design new things. Giving over this work to other kids gave me more time to do what I wanted to do. This went on after school and all summer long.

Read this excerpt from "Empire State Building" by J. Patrick Lewis.I am an American boy, standing up to the world.I sleep, the city sleeps. We dreamthe riveter's dream, held island-fast.I wake to taxi alarms.I am a 102-stop elevator ride to heaven.I am ten million bricks of unshakable faith.I capture imagination at its peak.