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- 1. Multiple Choice
The word pruning in paragraph 3 means:
Connecting
Overproducing
Growing
Eliminating
- 2. Multiple Choice
What idea does the evidence in paragraph 9 support?
The adolescent brain is highly efficient in completing simple tasks.
The adolescent brain is wired to seek safety.
Adolescents do not want to leave home if all of their needs are met.
Adolescents are more sensitive to rewards than children or adults.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the author’s main purpose in “The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain”?
To entertain
To persuade
To inform or explain
To express thoughts or feelings
- 4. Multiple Choice
The title of the selection highlights the idea that —
We would be okay without an extended adolescent period to develop our brains
Homo sapiens would die out if they didn’t have their adolescent brains
Brain growth during adolescence correlates to our intelligence as adults
Our brain’s development during adolescence has positive effects on us as adults
- 5. Multiple Choice
The comparison between most mammals and humans in paragraph 2 helps the reader understand that —
Most mammals have a period of adolescence similar to that of other animals
Humans reproduce later in life than most mammals
Humans have a unique period of adolescence compared to most mammals
Most mammals are not protected by their families
- 6. Multiple Choice
Read the dictionary definition:
Streamline \strēm’līn’\ n 1. a contour designed for decreased air resistance 2. a path of a particle flowing
without turbulence past an object v 3. to make something more efficient or simple 4. to modernize something
Which definition best fits how the word is used in Paragraph 4?
Definition #1
Definition #2
Definition #3
Definition #4
- 7. Multiple Choice
The organizational pattern of the section Brain Under Construction allows the author to —
Highlight examples that explain why Neanderthals died out
Explain the effects of gray matter on the adolescent brain
Describe the makeup and composition of the adult brain
Compare and contrast human development with Neanderthals
- 8. Multiple Choice
Read the thesaurus entry.
Insulate v: wrap, cushion, isolate, detach
Which synonym best fits how insulating is used in paragraph 4?
Wrap
Cushion
Isolate
Detach
- 9. Multiple Choice
The organization of the section Moving On from Childhood helps the author emphasize that —
Teenage brains are wired for risk-taking to propel them out of their homes
The brains of children are fundamentally different from those of teenagers
Teenage desire for peer approval can lead to destructive risk-taking
Manipulating the desire for rewards can alter teenage behavior
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which two phrases describe how the organizational structure in the section ‘Moving On from Childhood’ supports the author’s thesis?
Comparing the brains of adolescents to the brains of adults
Giving an ordered timeline of important adolescent brain studies
Naming the effects of rewards on the adolescent brain
Presenting the problems associated with the adolescent brain
Describing the positive effects of rewards on the adolescent brain
- 11. Multiple Choice
The author includes the information in the section Stone Age Impulses in the Modern World most likely to —
Compare the success of modern teens against their ancestors
Explain the benefits of risk-taking for teenage development
Caution teens and their parents about the dangers of risk-taking
Provide scientific evidence that the teenage brain is unique
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which quotation from the selection best explains how teenagers can benefit from their developing brains?
“There needs to be some push-pull tension in evolution to get you to leave that home.”
“As long as it’s not lethal—as in the case of foolish risk taking—it can lead to innovation and creativity.”
"But the price we pay is that, as myelin is laid down, flexibility diminishes."
“. . . even adolescent rodents tend to hang out with same-aged peers and tend to have more fights with their parents.”
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