CHAPTER 1: The Reading Act
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The reading act is composed of the following two main parts:
a. visual and tactile aspects.
b. visual and auditory aspects.
c. the reading process and the reading product.
d. None of these
ANS: C PTS: 1
2. The aspects included in the reading process are
a. associational aspects.
b. perceptual aspects.
c. sensory aspects.
d. All of these
ANS: D PTS: 1
3. The term for preexisting clusters of information that people develop about things is
a. sensations.
b. memory traces.
c. schemata.
d. None of these
ANS: C PTS: 1
4. Reading for enjoyment can provide
a. vicarious experiences.
b. relaxation.
c. aesthetic pleasure.
d. All of these
ANS: D PTS: 1
5. All of the following are affective aspects of the reading process except
a. attitude.
b. hearing.
c. self-concept.
d. interest.
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. Word calling, when a teacher asks a student to read aloud while classmates follow,
a. is the chief skill new readers need to acquire.
b. does not necessarily lead to comprehension.
c. has been determined, in recent studies, to be
of little value.
d. None of these
, ANS: B PTS: 1
7. Children are likely to develop positive attitudes toward reading
a. when their peers view reading in a positive
way.
b. when parents read in the home.
c. when parents provide them with reading ma-
terials.
d. in all of these situations.
ANS: D PTS: 1
8. English-Language Learners (ELLs) and students from other cultures
a. comprehend and remember best texts that are
culturally familiar.
b. always do better when they learn to speak
English before reading it.
c. learn reading faster when asked to read aloud
in class.
d. are naturally better students if they come from
bilingual families.
ANS: A PTS: 1
9. The term for reader-based processing of print is
a. interactive.
b. top down.
c. bottom up.
d. None of these
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. Children who have had fewer opportunities for experiential development
a. are not necessarily less able than other stu-
dents.
b. have not had as many direct experiences with
places, things, and processes that make under-
standing of their reading more likely.
c. will benefit from teachers who try to help
these students reach their full potential.
d. All of these
ANS: D PTS: 1
11. Listening, viewing, and reading are
a. expressive phases of language.
b. receptive phases of language.
c. completely unrelated.
d. None of these
ANS: B PTS: 1
, 12. The refinement of a person’s reading skills should
a. end after high school.
b. end after sixth grade.
c. end after third grade.
d. never end.
ANS: D PTS: 1
13. Strategies for teaching ELLs include all of the following except
a. using show-and-tell activities to develop oral
proficiency.
b. providing translations alongside English texts.
c. maintaining an English-only reading en-
vironment.
d. learning together special words in several
languages spoken by classmates.
ANS: C PTS: 1
14. The interactive processing of print means
a. that a reader brings his or her own back-
ground knowledge to the reading experience
to interpret the material.
b. that the reader gains information from exami-
nation of the text.
c. that the reader uses both background know-
ledge and the information from the text to
interpret the material.
d. None of these
ANS: C PTS: 1
15. Speaking, visually presenting, and writing are
a. receptive processes.
b. expressive processes.
c. constructive processes.
d. not alike in any way.
ANS: C PTS: 1
COMPLETION
1. _________ _________ is the ability to see likenesses and differences in forms.
ANS: Visual discrimination
PTS: 1
2. Personal interests are part of the _________ domain.
, ANS: affective
PTS: 1
3. _________ are printed symbols such as letters or letter combinations.
ANS: Graphemes
PTS: 1
4. Kenneth Goodman describes reading as a(n) _________ guessing game.
ANS: psycholinguistic
PTS: 1
5. Asking students to learn to read from materials that are too difficult for them is ensuring _________ for a
large number of them.
ANS: failure
PTS: 1
6. Vicarious experiences are _________ ones.
ANS: indirect
PTS: 1
7. Reading is a skill needed when using _________ _________ websites such as MySpace, Twitter, and
Facebook.
ANS: social networking
PTS: 1
8. _________ strategies include self-questioning, rereading, predicting, and purpose setting.
ANS: Metacognitive
PTS: 1
9. The communication of thoughts and emotions by a writer to a reader is the _________ of the reading act.
ANS: product
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The reading act is composed of the following two main parts:
a. visual and tactile aspects.
b. visual and auditory aspects.
c. the reading process and the reading product.
d. None of these
ANS: C PTS: 1
2. The aspects included in the reading process are
a. associational aspects.
b. perceptual aspects.
c. sensory aspects.
d. All of these
ANS: D PTS: 1
3. The term for preexisting clusters of information that people develop about things is
a. sensations.
b. memory traces.
c. schemata.
d. None of these
ANS: C PTS: 1
4. Reading for enjoyment can provide
a. vicarious experiences.
b. relaxation.
c. aesthetic pleasure.
d. All of these
ANS: D PTS: 1
5. All of the following are affective aspects of the reading process except
a. attitude.
b. hearing.
c. self-concept.
d. interest.
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. Word calling, when a teacher asks a student to read aloud while classmates follow,
a. is the chief skill new readers need to acquire.
b. does not necessarily lead to comprehension.
c. has been determined, in recent studies, to be
of little value.
d. None of these
, ANS: B PTS: 1
7. Children are likely to develop positive attitudes toward reading
a. when their peers view reading in a positive
way.
b. when parents read in the home.
c. when parents provide them with reading ma-
terials.
d. in all of these situations.
ANS: D PTS: 1
8. English-Language Learners (ELLs) and students from other cultures
a. comprehend and remember best texts that are
culturally familiar.
b. always do better when they learn to speak
English before reading it.
c. learn reading faster when asked to read aloud
in class.
d. are naturally better students if they come from
bilingual families.
ANS: A PTS: 1
9. The term for reader-based processing of print is
a. interactive.
b. top down.
c. bottom up.
d. None of these
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. Children who have had fewer opportunities for experiential development
a. are not necessarily less able than other stu-
dents.
b. have not had as many direct experiences with
places, things, and processes that make under-
standing of their reading more likely.
c. will benefit from teachers who try to help
these students reach their full potential.
d. All of these
ANS: D PTS: 1
11. Listening, viewing, and reading are
a. expressive phases of language.
b. receptive phases of language.
c. completely unrelated.
d. None of these
ANS: B PTS: 1
, 12. The refinement of a person’s reading skills should
a. end after high school.
b. end after sixth grade.
c. end after third grade.
d. never end.
ANS: D PTS: 1
13. Strategies for teaching ELLs include all of the following except
a. using show-and-tell activities to develop oral
proficiency.
b. providing translations alongside English texts.
c. maintaining an English-only reading en-
vironment.
d. learning together special words in several
languages spoken by classmates.
ANS: C PTS: 1
14. The interactive processing of print means
a. that a reader brings his or her own back-
ground knowledge to the reading experience
to interpret the material.
b. that the reader gains information from exami-
nation of the text.
c. that the reader uses both background know-
ledge and the information from the text to
interpret the material.
d. None of these
ANS: C PTS: 1
15. Speaking, visually presenting, and writing are
a. receptive processes.
b. expressive processes.
c. constructive processes.
d. not alike in any way.
ANS: C PTS: 1
COMPLETION
1. _________ _________ is the ability to see likenesses and differences in forms.
ANS: Visual discrimination
PTS: 1
2. Personal interests are part of the _________ domain.
, ANS: affective
PTS: 1
3. _________ are printed symbols such as letters or letter combinations.
ANS: Graphemes
PTS: 1
4. Kenneth Goodman describes reading as a(n) _________ guessing game.
ANS: psycholinguistic
PTS: 1
5. Asking students to learn to read from materials that are too difficult for them is ensuring _________ for a
large number of them.
ANS: failure
PTS: 1
6. Vicarious experiences are _________ ones.
ANS: indirect
PTS: 1
7. Reading is a skill needed when using _________ _________ websites such as MySpace, Twitter, and
Facebook.
ANS: social networking
PTS: 1
8. _________ strategies include self-questioning, rereading, predicting, and purpose setting.
ANS: Metacognitive
PTS: 1
9. The communication of thoughts and emotions by a writer to a reader is the _________ of the reading act.
ANS: product
