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ARW2 - Final Exam

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Next, you will be assessed on the contents of the course.

This written exam focuses on Reading Comprehension and Writing.

You will only have one opportunity to take the test.

You will have 50 minutes to complete the test.

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Submitted Jan 26 at 6:41pm

Section I: Reading Comprehension

To identify main ideas, details, specific information,

inferences

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Question 1 25 / 25 pts

Read the following text and answer the questions.

Toys by the truckload: Ashley helps kids in need

When you’re little, toys are a big deal. Ashlee Smith, a 13-year-
old from Reno, Nevada, understands this – that’s why she started
Ashlee’s Toy Closet, an organization that collects toys and donates
them to kids who have been affected by natural disasters, house
fires or tough economic times. Ashlee knows from experience what
it’s like to lose a favorite toy. When she was just five years old, her
family’s home burned down and she lost all of her possessions,
including her fave stuffed animal.

When a large fire hit South Lake Tahoe, California, in 2007, she
saw the devastation and wanted to help the kids affected. “I
basically knew how they felt because they didn’t have any toys and
neither did I [after our house fire],” Ashlee explains. She held a toy
drive that was a huge success. She collected a semi-truck trailer full
of toys for kids in need!

Since then, Ashlee’s Toy Closet has given out more than 175,000
toys. More than that, Ashlee has seen how her service has a
positive effect on the kids she helps. She tells the story of her first
drive. There was a little girl who was really shy and wouldn’t talk to
anyone. Ashlee asked the little girl if she liked Strawberry
Shortcake, because that’s what Ashlee liked when she was
five. The girl said yes, so Ashlee grabbed a $5 Target Strawberry
Shortcake puzzle for her, not thinking it would be a big deal. But it
was. The toy was actually the exact same as one she had lost, and
had been one of her favorite toys. “She spoke to me for the rest of
the day,” Ashlee says.

At 13, Ashlee’s already accomplished so much. For the work

she’s done with Ashlee’s Toy Closet, she was named a National
Honoree at the Prudential Spirit of Community awards, a yearly

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program that recognizes middle level and high school students for
outstanding community service. Being recognized as a National
Honoree makes her one of America’s Top 10 Youth Volunteers for
2012. But Ashlee wants to keep going and do even more. She
hopes to take her organization nationwide, or even help kids in
Africa.

No matter what, Ashlee knows that any act of kindness, big or

small, counts. “You don’t really have to make a huge impact to help
somebody. Anybody can do it,” she says. What’s her advice for
other girls who want to lend a hand? Find a cause you’re
passionate about. She explains, “You just have to have a motive.
You have to have a reason behind your organization of why you
want to do it.”

Volunteer Service by Young People From High School Through

Early Adulthood

Authors: Mike Planty Michael Regnier Education Statistics Services

Institute

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004365.pdf

Questions:

1. What is the main idea of the article? [ Select ]

2. In paragraph 3, what can we infer from Ashlee’s giving a puzzle to

the little girl? [ Select ]

3. When did a fire destroy Ashlee’s house and her toys?

[ Select ]

4. This was not a reason for receiving the Prudential Spirit of

Community award. [ Select ]

5. In paragraph 5, when she says: “You don’t really have to make a

huge impact to help somebody. Anybody can do it,” she means...
[ Select ]

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Answer 1:

Anybody can make a difference.

Answer 2:

It was very important for the girl.

Answer 3:

When Ashlee was five.

Answer 4:

She helped kids in Africa with her organization.

Answer 5:

it doesn’t matter if the action is small, it helps.

Section II: Organizing information

Question 2 25 / 25 pts

According to this graphic organizer, think of 3 strong arguments

you will use to support your PERSONAL opinion on one of the
following topics:

A: "Organizing Mandatory Volunteering Programs to Help Nursing

Homes in Peru"

B: "Creating an Organization to Give Toys to Children Affected by

Natural Disasters"

Then, think of two COUNTERARGUMENTS.

Arguments Counterarguments
a) d)

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b) e)
c)

In the answer box below, list the letters (a), (b), (c), etc, and then
write your answers.

Your Answer:

B: "Creating an Organization to Give toys to childreen Affected by

natural Disaster"

a) To give a light for children who are orphans

b) Helping people to get a new job

c) It would improve children's mental health

d) People lose their jobs

e) People can misinterpret the volunteeringgoal by thinking that

theNGO willgive away presents only on December 25th

Section III: Written Expression

Question 3 45 / 50 pts

Write a persuasive essay about the topic you chose in Section II.

A: "Organizing Mandatory Volunteering Programs to Help Nursing

Homes in Peru"

B: "Creating an Organization to Give Toys to Children Affected by

Natural Disasters"

Remember your essay must include an introduction, two body

paragraphs and a concluding paragraph. Convince your reader to
agree with your position and refute possible counterarguments.
You may include any relevant examples from your own knowledge
or experience.

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Your Answer:

A natural disaster destroys many lifes in just few minutes. New

homeless people manage to obtain a new home in order to assure their
family a place to feel safe. I strongly agree with the idea of creating an
organization for affected children because of natural disasters. Even
though parents can planificate their life, spontaneous moments come to
change their plans. Let me list 2 main reasons, which I assert that
creating an NGO is viable.

"Covering the natural disaster expenses is about 3 millions of dollars"

Martin Terry. In this situation, plenty of people lose both their jobs and
houses. Hence the new organization can provide job opportunities for
these unfortunated ones. Although a great many of workers have to
drive a lot of miles away, tehre are many some others to whom the job
place is near to their houses. They feel, confident and satisfied with the
kind of life they are living. Nonetheless, the natural disaster can
diminish those feeling in seconds.

Though people can misinterpret the volunteering goal, the NGO can
explain the most important ideas by instagram and Twiter , What's
more, theu think that the NGO is not real. Nonethlees, in the proyect
there is always a person who is in charge of the social media. Brunella
Horna is the most succesful influencer and I'm completely sure that if
she writes a post about the volunteering, a lot of people would
understand that the main goal of the proyect is to take care of the
children's mental health can take advantage by improving personal
development.

Being capable to diagnosis a natural disaster is almost impossible.

However, overcoming the obstacles to have good stories to tell in the
future it would be your award.

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