Article: Knowing the type of test you're going to take gives you a better idea of how to study. In addition to the types of questions you'll be asked, you also need to know whether the test will include speaking and listening components or be completely written. If you're taking the test for a French class in school, ask your instructor the types of questions that will be on the test and the approximate number of questions you'll have. You also want to find out if you'll have the whole class period to take the test or only a portion of it. Language proficiency exams and placement tests tend to be more global, addressing your understanding of French in general rather than specific skills and grammar. A test for school, on the other hand, will more likely focus only on the things you've covered in class since your last test. Repetition is important to help you learn any language. You'll retain more if you study for a shorter amount of time every day for a month or longer before the test than if you try to cram it all in the night before the test. For example, if you have a language proficiency exam coming up in 3 months, you might set aside 30 minutes a day to study French for the first month, an hour a day for the second month, and then 30 minutes a day for the third month, up until the day before the test. If you're studying for a test for school, you'll have to balance your French studies with your other classes. However, if you don't have any other tests coming up, try to focus the bulk of your study time on your French test. The more you focus solely on French, the more you'll retain. Search online for free grammar exercises and worksheets that you can use to practice grammar skills, such as conjugation and subject-verb agreement. You can also make your own drills and flashcards for grammar and vocabulary. If you're studying for 30 minutes a day, dedicate 10 to 15 minutes of your time to doing grammar drills or vocabulary flashcards. Divide your study sessions so that you're only working on one skill each day. You risk confusing yourself if you try to work on multiple grammar skills at a time. Take a longer French passage and translate it into your native language, then set it aside for a couple of days. When you come back to it, start with the English translation you made and translate it back into French. Compare your French translation to the original French text. Where your French differs from the original, dig into it and try to understand why. Based on this exercise, you can determine areas where you might need more practice. This exercise can also help you plan what parts of the language you're going to focus on for your studies. For example, if you find that you had a hard time conjugating irregular verbs, you might focus on that during your studies the following week. The night before the test, do something relaxing to prepare for the test especially if you're taking it first thing in the morning. If you try to cram, you'll only stress yourself out. You also run the risk of confusing skills that you previously knew. If you still want to do something French-related, watch a French movie or listen to French music. The night before the test, your primary focus should be relaxing and calming your mind.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Find out the structure and format of the test. Set aside time to study each day. Drill yourself on grammar. Try your hand at translation. Avoid last-minute cramming.

Pick your snake up by the middle of the body and support it with both hands. When holding your snake, hold it away from your face. Pet it in the way the scales go; they don't like it the other way around. Do not handle a snake after it's eaten for 48 hours. Wash your hands after handling your snake. When your snake's eyes glass over it's time for it to shed. Your snake should not be handled at this stage; as they may resort to self-defense, wait until after the shed. Corn snakes do not require misting or a humid hide to have a good shed. However, if they get stuck shed or they don't shed in one piece it's best to mist and provide a humid hide then. After a few days, your snake's eyes will return to normal and a few days after that the shed will happen. You may want to measure and laminate the shed as a record.
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Handle your snake with care. Know when snakes shed.