EAPP Test I. Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is false?

A. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
B. The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.
C. The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage.
D. The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.
2. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is true?
A. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
B. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
C. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
D. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
Choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the following paragraphs:
3. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range herding cattle up a dusty trail.
However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West
Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large
coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with
alligators and other exotic wildlife.
A. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
B. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
C. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
4. Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican
food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's
Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni
pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
A. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday. B. Jill loves Mexican food.
C. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town. D. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
5. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the
elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much
interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he
should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the
lions and tigers did not interest him now.
A. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants. B. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
C. It was really hot at the zoo. D. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
6. For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright
red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with
streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet
that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It
was really going to look awesome.
A. Jenny likes bright colors. B. Jenny was going to paint her room.
C. Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room. D. Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.
7. Right now, Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put
him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third
base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept
practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
A. Jason really wanted to play third base. B. Jason was the best player on his team.
C. Jason had trouble catching ground balls. D. Jason was too lazy to practice.
8. San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally
very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom
snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer,
temperatures may be in the mid-80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.
 A. San Francisco has many neat things to do. B. It seldom snows in California.
C. Many people choose to live in California. D. The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.
9. Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard
working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around
doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants
is that they sure aren't lazy.
A. Ants carry many things. B. Some ants may bite you.
C. Ants are hard workers. D. Some ants help take care of the queen.
10. The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears,
and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads about animals. Last week
he found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the
library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.
A. Chris likes kangaroos. B. Chris is in the fifth grade.
C. Chris reads a lot of books about animals. D. Dolphins and whales live in the sea.
Test II. Instructions. Choose the best thesis statement for each essay prompt. Write the letter of the
correct answer.
1. What are the benefits of participating in sports?
A. Some benefits of participating in sports include good health, working on a team, and a competition.
B. Some benefits of participating in sports include having good health, the ability to work on a team, and a
competitive spirit.
C. Some benefits of participating in sports include having good healthy, the ability to working on a team, and a
competitive spirited.
2. Does technology help students learn more efficiently?
A. New technologies such as online search engines allow students to learn better, faster and more in depth.
B. Students using new technologies such as online search engines means they learn best, fast and most depth.
C. Having students use new technologies such as online search engines enable they to learn better, faster and
more in depth.
3. Which is better: classroom-based learning or online learning?
A. Some benefits of online learning are ease of scheduling, lower costs than classroom-based learning, and
flexible time for studying.
B. Compared to classroom based learning, online learning is easier to schedule, costs less, and has more
flexible studying options.
C. Some benefits of online learning are its scheduling, cost, and flexibility.
4. What are the advantages or disadvantages of online learning?
A. Some disadvantages of online learning are the lack of face-to-face classroom contact and the jam-packed
schedules of learners.
B. Some disadvantages of online learning are that face-to-face classroom contact is lacking and the schedules
of learners are jam-packed.
C. Some disadvantages of online learning are the lacking of face-to-face classroom contact and the jam-packed
scheduling of learners.
5. What is the ideal college class?
A. An ideal college class would be educational, be entertaining, and also be enlightening.
B. The ideal college class will be educating, entertainment, and enlightened.
C. The ideal college class is educational, entertaining, and enlightening.