Preparing for Essay Tests — Unit test Answers

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3

The directive of an essay question

A
Guides the essay response
B
Describes what the essay should be about
C
Identifies how to start each paragraph
D
Guides the teacher in grading the essay
6

Which of the following strategies will help you to stay focused and on topic while writing your essay?

A
Outlining
B
The 5 paragraph format
C
Neither 'a' nor 'b'
D
Both 'a' and 'b'
8

On an open book test, Anna was asked to predict how American laws may affect the Mexican way of life if the US Constitution was applied to Mexico’s laws. This open book test question

A
Asks students to compare and contrast American and Mexican government
B
Asks students to apply information to new situations
C
Asks students to solve a problem with information
D
None of these
9

Fill in the blank questions usually require______________in the answer.

A
One key word
B
A list of vocabulary words
C
Complete sentences
D
None of these
10

What is the first step once an essay question has been chosen?

A
Create an outline for the answer
B
Identify vocabulary to be used
C
Summarize the three main points
D
Write the essay
12

Christine is writing practice outlines to study for her next essay test. What should she focus on when creating practice outlines?

A
Christine should focus on learning the vocabulary words in the chapters so she can use them correctly in the essay
B
Christine should focus on memorizing facts so she will know what to write about on the actual test
C
Christine should focus on potential questions that may show up in the actual test
D
Christine has gotten As on all previous essay test, so she shouldn’t spend too much time worrying about this one
13

What statement should you use if you do not recall the exact date of an event?

A
Near the end of the 20th century...
B
In the late 1900’s...
C
Around the time of ________...
D
Any of these would work
14

A good place to get hints about how to answer a response question could be

A
Your teacher
B
The rest of the test
C
Both of these
D
None of these
15

Three steps to answering test questions correctly include

A
Underlining, repeating, reading
B
Reading, underlining, erasing
C
Reading, undoing, eliminating
D
Reading, underlining, eliminating
16

To eliminate the possibility of using an answer more than once on a matching question, one should

A
Cross out used answers
B
Write the capital form of the letter
C
Both of these
D
None of these

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