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Multiple Choice
3rd Grade
One of the types of questions
that students will see involves
asking for the BEST option
among several choices. In this
3rd grade example, LaRee Ueek
asks her students to choose the
BEST sentence and explain why
it is the best choice.
Ideally, this assessment would
occur only after much practice:
whole group, in small groups
and individually. The students
are practicing not only sentence
combining but also using
multiple choice. Use multiple
choice only for very purposeful
reasons because it can cause
mislearning. See Teaching for
Excellence for more information
about multiple choice
questions.
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This test prep strategy teaches students to work collaboratively as they slow down and process the language of the
test questions, not just the stems and distractors. The strategy also teaches a process for narrowing their responses to
questions.
AP English Literature and Composition
Name:
Multiple Choice Practice
Directions: Read the question. Circle the key words/phrases in the question. Attach the key
words/phrases to a definition or an alternate word to help you understand the question better.
Read each distracter. If it is a possible correct answer, write a “?” next to it. If you know it is
incorrect, draw a slash (/) through the letter. (If it is an EXCEPT question, then just write T or F
next to the letter) Then write your rationale for each distracter. Continue eliminating distracters
as far as you can. Then circle the letter of the most correct choice.
Read the poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” (The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy) by John Keats
and answer the following questions.
1. The narrator in the poem observes the autumn season primarily through
a. ________________________
a. tastes and feelings
b. ________________________
b. light and dark
c. ________________________
c. odors and colors
d. ________________________
d. sights and sounds
e. ________________________
e. land and sky
2. The significant shift in the poem’s structure occurs between lines
a. ________________________
a. 4 and 5
b. ________________________
b. 12 and 13
c. ________________________
c. 24 and 25
d. ________________________
d. 32 and 33
e. ________________________
e. 46 and 47
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3. By setting the poem in autumn the poet
I. draws a parallel between the season and knight’s state of mind
II. establishes a mood of loss and loneliness
III. creates an atmosphere of sickness and death
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
I only
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II, and III only
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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4. The tone of the poem can be described by all of the following EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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melancholic
despairing
horrifying
mysterious
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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