Exam Key for Year 7
Year 7 Term 1
Bible and Spiritual Formation
1. What makes Jesus so different? OR
Was Jesus "Lord, liar, or lunatic?" Explain why this matters. OR Explain a couple of ways the Eyewitness Evidence of Jesus' biographers can be tested. Does the evidence pass or fail? (More Than a Carpenter ch 1 or 2, or Case for Christ, ch 2)
2. "Take your son, your only son, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah." Tell the story, OR What were Pharaoh's dreams and what was Joseph's interpretation? Tell the whole story. (Genesis 22 or 41)
3. How did Jesus respond to the devil's three temptations? OR "The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath." Explain the meaning. (Luke 4:1-13 or Luke 6:5)
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
"Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere:
'Hast thou perform'd my mission which I gave?
What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?'
And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere:
'I heard the ripple washing in the reeds,
And the wild water lapping on the crag.'" (Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur)
Composition/Literature
1. Tell the story of Fingal or Beowulf. (History of English Literature, ch 5 or 11)
2. Write eight lines in verse about the tournament in Ivanhoe. (Ivanhoe ch 7-8)
3. Describe a scene from Watership Down.
English Grammar
1. Write sentences that give examples of three kinds of (a), pronouns, and, (b), adjectives.
2. Write two sentences using a possessive noun. (Bill's coat)
3. Choose "is" or "are." The lake and its lovely water lilies __ an image of loveliness. (is)
4. Parse the italicized words (or identify which part of speech?): "With that Sir Arthur turned with his knights, and smote behind and before, and ever Sir Arthur was in the foremost press till his horse was slain under him."
Answers - turned: verb; his: adjective; behind: adverb; foremost: adjective; horse: noun
World History
1. How did Alfred set about to educate his people, and from where did he get help? Explain how he created English literature. (The Birth of Britain ch 1-9/The Life of King Alfred by Asser)
2. What two principles guided Alfred as Lawgiver? Discuss the way in which he followed both. (The Birth of Britain ch 1-9/The Life of King Alfred by Asser)
3. Write a short account of the Arthurian legend.
4. What do you know about Roman Camps and Roman Roads in Britain? (The Birth of Britain ch 1-9)
5. Why are English people described as Anglo-Saxons? (The Birth of Britain ch 1-9)
Geography
1. What made St. Brendan's account doubtful? (The Brendan Voyage ch 1, 2)
2. Show St. Brendan's voyage on a map. (The Brendan Voyage map pg 18/ch 2)
3. Describe Saint MacDara's Island or the Sheep Islands/Faroes. (The Brendan Voyage ch 5 or 7)
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a second question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Explain Newton's Three Laws of Motion. (Secrets of the Universe ch 5 or Boy Scientist ch 3)
4. Draw and label the parts of a seed. (First Studies in Plant Life, ch 1, 2)
5. Tell something of Ptolemy. (Great Astronomers)
Citizenship
1. Choose a Year 7-10 Question from this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. What do you know about the Government of Mansoul? How do Hunger and Thirst behave? How can they change and work against us? (Ourselves pg 1-17)
3. "The Natural Law system grows out of the two fundamental laws taught by all religions." What are those laws? (Penny Candy pg 99)
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. -5 - (-7) = __ (2)
2. A car lot stocks 6 red cars for every 2 green cars. If there are 8 green cars at the lot, how many red cars are there? (24)
3. Paul made 9 baskets out of 12 attempts in basketball practice. What percentage of the shot attempts did Paul make? (75 percent)
4. The difference of two numbers is 3. Their sum is 13. What are the numbers? (5, 8)
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, write three sentences about yourself.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 7 Term 2
Bible and Spiritual Formation
1. Are the Biblical records reliable? Explain. OR How can we be sure the apostles' testimony was true? OR Discuss two historical events that confirm Biblical accounts about Jesus. (More Than a Carpenter ch 4 or 5, or Case for Christ, ch 5)
2. WDescribe the institution of the Passover and its meaning. (Exodus 12)
3. "And who is my neighbor?" Tell the story. Or, Explain the parable of the rich fool. (Luke 10:25-37; 12:13-21)
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
The story calls up to us a strange picture. There stands the great monastery, all its rooms empty. Along its stone-flagged passages the footsteps of the man and boy echo strangely. They reach the chapel vast and dim, and there, before the great altar with its gleaming lights, the Abbot in his robes chants the services, but where the voices of choir and people were wont to join, there sounds only the clear high voice of one little boy. (from History of English Literature ch 14)
Composition
1. Tell one of the stories about how Bede got his name. (History of English Literature ch 14)
2. Write a conversation in the style of T.H. White (The Once and Future King) between two worker ants, or give an account of Wart's conversation with the badger. (ch 13 or 21)
3. Tell the story of Owain and the Countess of the Fountain. (Age of Chivalry Book I ch 3, The Lady of the Fountain)
English Grammar
1. Write a sentence using three adjectives.
2. Choose "him" or "he." The winner of the election is __. (he)
3. Write sentences showing correct use of "threw" and "through."
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words: He went accordingly to the banquet, of which we have already mentioned the principal events. Immediately upon retiring from the castle, the Saxon thanes, with their attendants, took horse; and it was during the bustle which attended their doing so, that Cedric, for the first time, cast his eyes upon the deserter Gurth. (Ivanhoe ch 18) ANSWERS - went: verb; to: preposition; which: pronoun; principal: adjective; thanes: noun; and: conjunction; the: article (adjective is also correct)
History
1. Give an account of the civil war between Stephen and Maud. (Birth of Britain ch 11)
2. Give some account of the causes that led to the quarrel between Henry II and Thomas A Becket. (Birth of Britain ch 12)
3. Tell all you know about Richard Coeur de Lion. (Birth of Britain ch 14)
4. Tell all you know about the Magna Carta. (Birth of Britain ch 15)
5. "Edward I was the last great figure in the formative period of English law." Explain. (Birth of Britain ch 18)
6. What do you know about William Wallace or Robert Bruce and Scotland? (In Freedom's Cause)
Geography
1. What do you know about Greenland? (Brendan Voyage ch 10)
2. What are floes? (Brendan Voyage ch 11)
3. Describe Newfoundland. (Brendan Voyage ch 13)
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a second question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Explain Pascal's Law and hydrodynamics, or how Bernoulli's Principle helps airplanes fly. (Secrets of the Universe ch 10 or 12 or Boy Scientist ch 6)
4. Explain the first law of thermodynamics -- the Law of Conservation of Matter. (Secrets of the Universe, ch 9 or Boy Scientist ch 9)
5. What causes roots to grow downwards? (First Studies in Plant Life, ch 5)
Citizenship
1. Choose a Year 7-10 Question from this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. Why is it good to have little things to put up with? (Ourselves pg 28)
3. How does Imagination help Intellect? (Ourselves pg 37-38)
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. If -4x =12, what is the value of x? (-3)
2. If a $180 bicycle is 20 percent off, what is the sale price? ($144)
3. A bag contains 15 dark chocolates and 12 white chocolates. What is the probability of randomly taking a white chocolate from the bag? (4/9)
4. Seven bridesmaids dresses were a total of $315. What was the price of each dress? ($45)
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, write three sentences describing a walk around your neighborhood.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.
Year 7 Term 3
Bible and Spiritual Formation
1. Can you give some evidence for the Resurrection? OR What are some credentials that support Jesus' claims to being the Messiah? OR Was Jesus crazy when He claimed to be the Son of God? Explain your answer. (More Than a Carpenter ch 8 or 9, or Case for Christ ch 8)
2. "He had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." Tell the story. OR "Nadab and Abihu . . . offered strange fire before the Lord." Tell the story. OR describe what happens on the Day of Atonement/Cleansing. (Exodus 32, Leviticus 10:1 or Leviticus 23)
3. "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner." Explain the meaning. (Luke 20:17)
Writing/Penmanship
Write 8-10 lines of poetry from memory.
Dictation (unprepared)
The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and a graceful horn of pearl. He stepped daintily over the heather, scarcely seeming to press it with his airy trot, and the wind made waves in his long mane, which had been freshly combed. The glorious thing about him was his eyes. (The Once and Future King, Book II ch 7)
Composition
1. Tell the story of The Thistle and the Rose. (History of English Literature ch 30)
2. In your own words, tell one story from Chaucer's Canturbury Tales.
3. "Athelstane, arrayed in the garments of the grave, stood before them, pale, haggard . . ." Tell the story. (Ivanhoe, ch 42)
English Grammar
1. Write a sentence using three adverbs.
2. Write a sentence using a possessive pronoun. (His/her/my coat...)
3. Choose "is" or "are." The yellowed book with hundreds of pages __ faded beyond recognition. (is)
4. Identify parts of speech for the italicized words: The herald communicated the words of the Grand Master to Rebecca, who bowed her head submissively, folded her arms, and, looking up towards heaven, seemed to expect that aid from above which she could scarce promise herself from man. (Ivanhoe ch 43) ANSWERS - communicated: verb; who: pronoun; submissively: adverb; arms: noun; to expect: infinitive (verb is also correct); scarce: adverb; man: noun
History
1. Tell what you know about King Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, or the Battle of Crecy. (Birth of Britain ch 21)
2. Give an account of the Black Death. (Birth of Britain ch 22)
3. Give an account of Richard II's usurpation by Henry Bolingbroke. (Birth of Britain ch 24)
4. Tell what you know about Henry V's wars with France. (Birth of Britain ch 25)
5. What do you know about Joan of Arc? (Birth of Britain ch 26)
6. Tell what you know about the War of the Roses. (Birth of Britain ch 27/28)
Geography
1. Describe the place you would most like to visit from How the Heather Looks.
2. What do you know about Nottingham? (How the Heather Looks ch 10)
3. What is the Lake District like? (How the Heather Looks, ch 11)
Natural History and General Science
1. Choose a question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
2. Choose a second question matched to your term's science subject from here or from your science program.
3. Describe the web of a Labyrinth spider. (Life of the Spider, ch 15)
4. Tell the different parts of plant roots, and what the root does. (First Studies of Plant Life, ch 9)
5. Discuss Einstein's Theory of Relativity, or Explain the Conservation of Mass/Energy, or tell 3 things you learned about electricity. (Secrets of the Universe ch 19 or 21, or Boy Scientist ch 10 or 12)
Citizenship
1. Choose a Year 7-10 Question from this term's Plutarch from this page.
2. Discuss the two demons of Imagination: self and sin. (Ourselves pg 49-53)
3. "Reason has no right to speak the last word on most subjects." Why not? (Ourselves pg 64)
Arithmetic/Geometry (Questions from your math program may be substituted.)
1. If x - 5 = -30, what is x? (-25)
2. Write "eight less than the square of a number, x" as a mathematical equation. (x(2) - 8)
3. Cara worked for 12 hours on Saturday. If this was 3 times as long as she worked on Thursday, how many hours did Cara work on Thursday? (4 hours)
4. A baker baked 210 pies in 5 days. How many pies did the baker bake each day? (42)
Foreign Language
1. In your foreign language, describe a person in your family, using complete sentences.
2. Describe a picture in your language book, using your foreign language.
Picture Study
1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.
Recitation
Father should choose a poem, two Bible verses and/or a scene from Shakespeare learned this term for student to recite.
Music (such as playing an instrument)
Parent or instructor should assess child's progress.
Music Appreciation
1. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.
2. Question to be taken from this term's Composer Study here
Singing
Sing your favorite folksong and hymn from this term.
Handicrafts
Show some work in handicrafts from this term to someone outside your family.