Collection 3 Pretest Review

Collection 3 Pretest

Show what you know!

Directions:

Read “A Firsthand Account of Inauguration Day 2009” and “A Secondhand Account of Inauguration Day 2009” and answer the following questions.

Multiple Choice

How is Inauguration Day viewed differently in the firsthand account and the secondhand account?

• The email focused on why the day meant so much to the author and why it was important for the author’s daughter. The article focused on what happened that day and why it was historical.

• The email describes the day as historic because Barack Obama was the first African American president. The article describes the crowd that came to see him, that they were different races and ages.

• The author’s perspective in the email is unbiased. The author’s perspective in the article shows favoritism towards Barack Obama.

• The email only describes facts. The article only describes the emotions the author felt from viewing the inauguration.

Multiple Choice

In the email, which sentence best demonstrates the author’s perspective on attending the inauguration?

• The crowd was full of people expressing a renewed hope in our country and the entire political process.

• Thank you, Mom, for raising me to believe in equality for all! You are the best!

• I have a renewed pride and excitement about the future and am so glad I got to be there to see it with my own eyes.

• We were surrounded by people of all races, creeds, and colors that all came together to honor progress and freedom.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best shows why Barack Obama’s race was so important to the author of the email?

• He was popular with people of all different ages and backgrounds.

• He represents a future full of possibilities for the daughter.

• He symbolizes equality for all people in America.

• He exhibits a change for people of different races and colors.

Multiple Choice

In both accounts the authors describe the crowd as “being overcome with emotion”. What word best describes what the crowd was feeling?

• free

• hopeful

• joyful

• loving

Directions:

Read “To Manga, My Hamster” and answer the following questions.

Multiple Choice

How do the stanzas work together to convey the narrator’s tone?

• The narrator feels angry that the hamster is not a good pet.

• The narrator feels sorrow since the hamster got lost.

• The narrator feels satisfied as a pet owner.

• The narrator feels guilty for the hamsters lack of freedom.

Multiple Choice

Which line from the poem shows that the speaker is not worried about Manga’s behavior upsetting her mother and sister?

• That was an amazing day.

• My mother screamed.

• I wish that could be your life.

• Please forgive me.

Multiple Choice

How can the narration of the poem best be described?

• First person, told from the hamster’s point of view.

• First person, told from the pet owner’s point of view.

• Third person, told from the hamster’s point of view.

• Third person, told from the pet owner’s point of view.

Multiple Choice

How does the author’s choice of point of view impact how events are described?

• The point of view reveals the thoughts of the hamster.

• The point of view only reveals the thoughts and feelings of the pet owner.

• The point of view only reveals the thoughts of the mom.

• The point of view reveals the thoughts and feelings of the pet owner and the hamster.

Multiple Choice

Why is the narrator asking for forgiveness?

• Why is the narrator asking for forgiveness?

• The narrator is asking the hamster for forgiveness because the hamster is confined.

• The narrator is asking the hamster for forgiveness because the hamster is confined.

• The narrator is asking the hamster for forgiveness because the hamster escaped.