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Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
For a year, Chandler McCann spent $29.00 a month to belong to a health club. She recently heard that, for a few dollars a month, she could feed a starving child in a third world country. Now Chandler gives that $29.00 each month to a charity that helps poor children.
Which INFERENCE(S) can be made?
  1. Chandler has a high level of fitness
  2. Chandler has some extra money beyond what she must have to meet her basic needs
  3. Chandler no longer exercises
  4. Chandler has fallen in love and spent all of her money on her boyfriend
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RL.7.3
Read the quotation below. Why does the instructor feel this way?
"The instructor, pinching his brow into dark lines of disgust, told them to show respect."
  1. The instructor thinks they are funny kids.
  2. The kids are annoying the instructor because of their behavior.
  3. They are laughing too much.
  4. He wants them to do the karate moves the right way.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
The new girl was at her locker when the quarterback walked by. She blushed when he looked her way and quickly turned back to her locker so he wouldn't see how red her cheeks were.

What can you infer from this scenario?
  1. Running hard at PE made her cheeks red.
  2. The new girl was sick.
  3. The new girl likes the quarterback.
  4. The new girl is the quarterback's girlfriend.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RL.7.1
Justin grabbed the leash and quickly put it around Tooli's neck. He stormed out the door with Tooli coming right behind.
He said, "Hurry up, Tooli. You're always so slow." Justin kept his head down and walked quickly down the road, not speaking to anyone that he saw.

What was true about Justin?
  1. He was very worried that someone might see him.
  2. He was angry that he had to walk the dog.
  3. He was feeling sick and wanted to lie down.
  4. He was very excited and wanted to hurry.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.7.1
Grisham was raised by Southern Baptist parents and his childhood ambition was to be a baseball player. He earned a degree in accounting at Mississippi State University and went on to law school at the University of Mississippi. Grisham practiced law at a small firm in Southhaven, MS for ten years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. He also served in the state House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990. Grisham began writing as a hobby while he worked as a lawyer after hearing the testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. Her words inspired Grisham to write A Time to Kill, which was published in 1988 and experienced only modest success.

What John Grisham Has Written:
Since 1988, Grisham has written one book per year. His breakaway success came with his second novel, The Firm. Although most of his novels are legal thrillers, Grisham has also written three books that break the mold, including A Painted House, Bleachers and Skipping Christmas. Grisham and his wife, Renee, have two children, Ty and Shea. They have two homes, one in Mississippi and one in Virginia.

John Grisham's Charitable Work:
After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast in September 2005, the John and Renee Grisham established the Rebuild the Coast Fund with an initial $5 million gift. John Grisham is also active in his church and has participated in church-sponsored mission trips.

After reading Grisham's biography what can you infer would be his main or primary GENRE of writing?
  1. Thriller fiction
  2. Non-fiction
  3. Science fiction
  4. Romance
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.7.1
What inference can be made about the sentences below?
The skunk is getting ready to spray. And if it does, you know what that means -- P-U!
  1. The skunk spray smells good.
  2. The skunk spray smells bad.
  3. The skunk doesn't smell like anything.
  4. The skunk spray smells sweet.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.7.1
What can you infer from this statement?

Skunks are nocturnal, meaning they are active at night while you are sleeping.
  1. Skunks are busy during the day.
  2. Skunks are busy only at night.
  3. Skunks are busy both day and at night.
  4. Skunks sleep all the time.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.7.4, RST.6-8.4

This question is a part of a group with common instructions. View group »

Read this sentence from the text.

Mosquito repellents have been on the market for years, of course.

Why does the author most likely include the words "of course"?
  1. To emphasize the importance of repellents
  2. To highlight the need for an improved product
  3. To show readers why mosquitoes are annoying
  4. To indicate most people knew this fact already
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
Jeremy found a wallet in the bushes behind the nursing home. Jeremy picked it up and looked for a name, but found none. Jeremy decided to enter the nursing home.

What do you think Jeremy did with the wallet he found?
  1. Threw it in the trash.
  2. Went to the nursing home to attempt to find the owner.
  3. Removed the money and spent it.
  4. Took it to school for Show-&-Tell.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.7.1
In 1941, many countries of the world were at war. In Europe, Germany and Italy were fighting together to expand their territories. Germany had already taken over many countries, including the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark and France.

Germany had also been bombing Great Britain. The war in Europe had spilled into Africa, with German and Italian troops fighting British troops in North Africa.
Japan joined an alliance with Germany and Italy. This alliance was called the Axis. Japan wanted to take control of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

The U.S. had not joined the fighting, although it had loaned ships and supplies to Great Britain. Many Americans wanted to join the war to stop the Axis from taking over Europe and Asia. Other Americans were against joining in a far away war that did not concern the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to discourage Japan from invading countries in Asia. In early 1941, he moved the U.S. warships in the Pacific from San Diego, California to Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Japan needed oil. The Dutch East Indies, which is now Indonesia, had a large supply of oil. The Japanese government decided to invade the Dutch East Indies in order to have an oil supply. They also developed a plan to keep the U.S. from interfering with the invasion. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, over 350 Japanese war planes from six aircraft carriers began bombing the U.S. ships at Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack began at 7:48 a.m. The attack was over in 90 minutes. Eight U.S. battleships had been damaged. Four of the battleships had been sunk. Eleven other ships, including cruisers and destroyers had been sunk or damaged, and 300 U.S. planes had been destroyed or damaged.
Over 2,400 U.S. military personnel had been killed, mostly on the USS Arizona, and 1,282 had been injured.

Congress declared war on Japan on December 8 and on Germany and Italy on December 11. The U.S. had entered World War II. In 1945, the U.S., Great Britain and their allies won the war against Japan, Germany and Italy.

Americans were very angry when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. How do you think the attack changed the minds of those who had not wanted to go to war?
  1. Americans thought WWII was a waste of weapons.
  2. A direct attack on the U.S. changed public opinion to support the U.S. entering WWII.
  3. Japan became an enemy to Russia and Australia was furious.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
If a student got 100% on their work, what could you infer?
  1. They listened and studied.
  2. They didn't come to school that day.
  3. They didn't listen in class, they slept.
  4. They copied off of their neighbor and got caught!
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
Authors imply. Readers infer.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RL.7.1
If Sandra baked a lemon meringue pie, then Laurie went skiing for the weekend.

Based on the above statement, which of the following is a valid conclusion?
  1. If Laurie did not go skiing for the weekend, then Sandra baked a lemon meringue pie
  2. Whenever someone goes skiing, Sandra bakes a lemon meringue pie
  3. Every time Sandra bakes, Laurie goes skiing
  4. If Laurie did not go skiing for the weekend, then Sandra did not bake a lemon meringue pie
  5. Laurie never skis when Sandra is baking pie
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RI.7.1

This question is a part of a group with common instructions. View group »

Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn about this passage?
  1. The world is such a noisy place that it damages people's hearing.
  2. Minnesota is a much quieter city than most large cities in other states.
  3. The sounds of breathing and the heart beating are louder then some believe.
  4. People struggle to cope with profound silence because they are not used to it.
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
After you read, you should                 to make sure that you understand what you have read.
  1. take a break
  2. skim
  3. think aloud
  4. re-read
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RL.7.1
Sarah organized her books into categories. One of her bookshelves has only history books, the second shelf has only biographies, and the third shelf has only fiction.

Based on the information above, which of the following statements is a valid conclusion?
  1. Sarah's biggest books are on the bottom shelf
  2. Sarah does not keep her history and biography books on the same shelf
  3. Sarah never reads mysteries
  4. Sarah is always organized
  5. Sarah prefers history books over biography and fiction
Grade 7 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RL.7.1
There will be an abundance of flowers if it rains in April.

Assuming the above statement is true, what MUST be true?
  1. There will not be many flowers if it does not rain in April
  2. If it does not rain in April, there will not be many flowers
  3. If there are not a lot of flowers, then it did rain in April
  4. If there is a abundance of flowers, then it did not rain in April
  5. If there are not a lot of flowers, then it did not rain in April
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