When is the best time to start to study for a test?

Daily, starting a week before the test.

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

Ask the teacher to explain them to you.

If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to ________.

Read the questions before the passages.

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, first you should ___.

cross off the choices you know are wrong.

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

Answer the easy questions first.

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1
In a true/false question, every part of the statement must be true for the answer to be true.
True
False
2
When is the best time to start to study for a test?
Daily, starting a week before the test.
On the bus on the way to school.
Skip breakfast and study then.
The night before the test.
3
What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?
Ask the teacher to explain them to you.
Put your head down.
Guess at what they mean and get started.
Reread them six times.
4
If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to ________.
Highlight the main idea.
Read the questions before the passages.
Organize your thoughts in a list.
Read the passages first.
5
Why do you need to pace yourself during the test?
So you finish the whole test.
So you answer only the questions you know.
So you can finish the test before your classmates.
So you remember to write your name on the test.
6
When you're writing an essay for a test, what should you do first?
Leave the essay for last.
Write your thoughts as they come to you.
Make a brief outline.
Read through it for punctuation and grammar errors.
7
When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, first you should ___.
organize your thoughts in a list.
take a guess and move on.
double check all your answers.
cross off the choices you know are wrong.
8
When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?
Write a list of facts that you do know.
Mark it and come back to it.
Take a guess and keep going.
Don't move on until you answer it.
9
What does it mean to prioritize the questions?
Write the essay first.
Read the passages before the questions
Answer the hard questions first.
Answer the easy questions first.
10
Why should you eat breakfast on test day?
So you can think clearly.
So you will not have to study.
So you will not be nervous.
So you will know all the answers.

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