Unit 1 Adventures on the Mississippi

Unit 1 Adventures on the Mississippi

By Teacher P.P (Thanakorn Threerapraparat

Reading Comprehension

​Post-Reading Exercise

A: Mark each statement as

true (T), false (F), or inferred (I) according to the passage.

​อนุมาน, สรุป

Multiple Choice

1. Mark Twain was not the name this writer was born with.

• True (T)

• False (F)

• Inferred (I)

Multiple Choice

2. Mark Twain did not own slaves.

• True (T)

• False (F)

• Inferred (I)

Multiple Choice

3. Mark Twain used many of his own experiences in his novels.

• True (T)

• False (F)

• Inferred (I)

Multiple Choice

4. Mark Twain was familiar with the way people naturally spoke.

• True (T)

• False (F)

• Inferred (I)

Multiple Choice

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not Twain’s most famous book.

• True (T)

• False (F)

• Inferred (I)

B: Choose the best answer.

Multiple Choice

1. According to the passage, all of the following are true of the character of Huckleberry Finn EXCEPT

• (A) He has been noted for his dynamic character.

• (B) He did not have a good relationship with his family.

• (C) He has been seen as a way for Twain to voice his own opinions on slavery.

• (D) His relationship with Jim was typical of young people at that time.

Multiple Choice

2. Which of the following did Huckleberry Finn struggle most with?

• (A) How he should act and feel toward Jim

• (B) What to buy with his inheritance

• (C) Where to live after he left his hometown

• (D) Who would take care of his father after he left

Multiple Choice

3. Why did some people not approve of the language used in the novel?

• (A) Twain did not use the proper spelling of words.

• (B) Twain included a word that many people did not like.

• (C) Twain put states where slavery was legal in a bad light.

• (D) Twain used too many words that people did not understand.

C: write the main idea of the passage in one or two sentences. Use your own words.

Open Ended

Write the main idea of the passage in one or two sentences. Use your own words.

Vocabulary Review

​Post-Reading Exercise

A: Choose the correct definition of the word in bold.

Multiple Choice

1. Huckleberry’s experiences and internal struggles represent Twain’s own struggles with the practice of slavery.

• (A) long and difficult fights

• (B) ways to move ahead slowly

• (C) attempts to escape from danger

Multiple Choice

2. Throughout the story, Huckleberry struggles to reconcile the views he has been raised with and what he knows is actually right.

• (A) become friendly again with

• (B) make both acceptable

• (C) understand more deeply

Multiple Choice

3. Huckleberry can be seen as one of the most dynamic characters in American literature.

• (A) changing

• (B) having energy or power

• (C) relating to sound or volume

B: Choose the best word to fill in the blanks.

Multiple Choice

1. He was surprised to learn that he had __________ a farm from his uncle who had died.

• (A) escaped

• (B) inherited

• (C) reconciled

• (D) represented

Multiple Choice

2. She needed __________ advice, so she went to see a lawyer.

• (A) dynamic

• (B) fictional

• (C) legal

• (D) original

Multiple Choice

3. The movie made the president look bad, so the government tried to __________ it.

• (A) approve

• (B) ban

• (C) inherit

• (D) publish

Multiple Choice

4. The teacher asked us to write an essay using __________ ideas.

• (A) criminal

• (B) banned

• (C) internal

• (D) original

Multiple Choice

5. We can learn a lot from hearing about the __________ of others.

• (A) critics

• (B) results

• (C) slaves

• (D) experiences

A: Choose the correct form of the word to fill in the blanks.

Multiple Choice

1. Few of the __________ who reviewed the movie gave it a good rating.

• (A) critical

• (B) critically

• (C) criticized

• (D) critics

Multiple Choice

2. She has a hard time explaining to others many of the things she __________ while abroad.

• (A) experienced

• (B) experience

• (C) experiencing

• (D) experiential

Multiple Choice

3. The three children each __________ one-third of the money from their mother’s fortune.

• (A) inheritance

• (B) inherited

• (C) inheriting

• (D) to inherit

Multiple Choice

4. I don’t believe that what the company did was __________.

• (A) legal

• (B) legalism

• (C) legalize

• (D) legally

Multiple Choice

5. My mother often says she feels like she spends half of her life __________ away in the kitchen.

• (A) slave

• (B) slavery

• (C) slaving

• (C) slavish

B: Underline the correct word or phrase in parentheses.

Multiple Choice

1. Criminals could not (escape from / escape with) the prison because it was on an island.

• escape from

• escape with

Multiple Choice

2. In his job, my father has to (deal out / deal with) difficult legal problems quite often.

• deal out

• deal with

Multiple Choice

3. Few people can (throw off / throw up) the cultural practices they were raised with.

• throw off

• throw up

Multiple Choice

4. The book (starts out / starts up) as a love story, but it quickly turns into a funny adventure story.

• starts out

• starts up

Multiple Choice

5. I am (torn apart / torn between) studying math and studying music in university.

• torn apart

• torn between