R+ Standard 5A: Examing Text Structure Lesson 2

R+ Standard 5A: Examining Text Structure Lesson 2

Intermediate

Multiple Choice

Each boy in the class had fixed his mind on two objects: the calendar and the clock. On the calendar, JUNE 20 stood out in big black lettering. The clock pointed to the hour of three. Exactly 60 minutes stood between us and summer vacation. It was the day of our dreams. It was the last day of school! We had thought of this day far back when snow still covered the ground. We were eager for it. We lived in hope of it. Tomorrow the school bell would be silent.

The setting of this paragraph can best be described as a

• A. classroom on the last day of school.

• B. loud and crowded school playground.

• C. quiet corner of a school library.

• D. nearly empty school cafeteria.

Multiple Choice

Each boy in the class had fixed his mind on two objects: the calendar and the clock. On the calendar, JUNE 20 stood out in big black lettering. The clock pointed to the hour of three. Exactly 60 minutes stood between us and summer vacation. It was the day of our dreams. It was the last day of school! We had thought of this day far back when snow still covered the ground. We were eager for it. We lived in hope of it. Tomorrow the school bell would be silent.

Which statement about the narrator is correct?

• A. He is not a character in the text.

• B. He is the teacher of the class.

• C. He is a student in the class.

• D. He is outside the school looking in.

Multiple Choice

For more than six weeks, no rain had fallen along the southwest side of the Adirondacks, mountains in northeastern New York. The ground was parched. In every direction from Seabury Settlement, a logging town, fires had been burning through the forest. As yet, the nearby valley escaped the fire. But one night, a careless man threw a burning match into a pile of brush. When morning came, the west wind was blowing up the valley. It was filled with ash. It was warm with the fire that was coming eastward toward the settlement in a line a mile wide.

This paragraph can best be described as the beginning part of the plot because it

• A. shows how the main problem was fixed.

• B. gives an ending to the text.

• C. describes the setting and the main problem.

• D. lists the main characters.

Multiple Choice

For more than six weeks, no rain had fallen along the southwest side of the Adirondacks, mountains in northeastern New York. The ground was parched. In every direction from Seabury Settlement, a logging town, fires had been burning through the forest. As yet, the nearby valley escaped the fire. But one night, a careless man threw a burning match into a pile of brush. When morning came, the west wind was blowing up the valley. It was filled with ash. It was warm with the fire that was coming eastward toward the settlement in a line a mile wide.

The setting of this paragraph creates a mood that can best be described as

• exciting

• funny

• comfortable

• dangerous

Multiple Choice

The morning after my teacher came, she led me into her room. She gave me a doll. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it. But I did not know this until afterward. When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word “d-o-l-l.” I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly, I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride.

The narrator of this text is also a character in the text. Which clue supports this?

• A. the use of quotation marks around “d-o-l-l”

• B. the use of the personal pronouns “me” and “I”

• C. the use of the name “Miss Sullivan”

• D. the use of the name “Perkins Institution”

Multiple Choice

Animals and birds were getting ready for winter. The Native Americans were getting ready too, for they left their homes in the winter. When snow and ice covered the ground, it was very hard to find food. In winter, Native Americans had to head south in search of things to eat. Every person in the tribe was hard at work getting ready to leave. Every person but one, that is! “I will not leave,” young Shingebis said as he sat down on a rock. “But you must come with us,” the other people said. “Soon Big Chief North Wind will come blowing across the land, and you will freeze if you stay here. You cannot face the might of Big Chief North Wind. He can blow the biggest trees over, and he will fill the rivers and lakes with ice. Things will get very bad for you.”

Shingebis said, “I will not leave.” What do his words say about his character?

• A. He had his own ideas and was determined to follow them.

• B. He thought he would be safer if he stayed with the tribe.

• C. He was worried that others would think he was afraid.

• D. He felt sad and lonely that the tribe would not stay with him.

Multiple Choice

Animals and birds were getting ready for winter. The Native Americans were getting ready too, for they left their homes in the winter. When snow and ice covered the ground, it was very hard to find food. In winter, Native Americans had to head south in search of things to eat. Every person in the tribe was hard at work getting ready to leave. Every person but one, that is! “I will not leave,” young Shingebis said as he sat down on a rock. “But you must come with us,” the other people said. “Soon Big Chief North Wind will come blowing across the land, and you will freeze if you stay here. You cannot face the might of Big Chief North Wind. He can blow the biggest trees over, and he will fill the rivers and lakes with ice. Things will get very bad for you.”

Which statement about the narrator is correct?

• A. The narrator is Shingebis.

• B. The narrator is not a character in the text.

• C. The narrator is a member of the tribe.

• D. The narrator is Big Chief North Wind.