2019 Keystone MC- Wind Ted Hughes

Keystone- Multiple Choice Practice

Test Set up

​2 Modules

• Each module includes 1 fiction text and 1 nonfiction text.

• For each text, there are 8-10 multiple-choice questions and 1 constructed response.

Types of Multiple-Choice Questions

Keystone Multiple Choice Practice

Today, you will read a passage from Module 1 of the 2019 Literature Keystone. Then, you will answer multiple-choice questions about the passage.

Remember Good Test-Taking Strategies!

• Skim the multiple-choice questions before you begin the reading.

• As you read, annotate anything you think is important or confusing.

• Use all of the resources you are given! Pay attention to footnotes. (HINT: There are footnotes in this passage.)

• If you don't know the meaning of a word, try to use context clues.

• Use the process of elimination with difficult questions.

• NEVER leave questions blank! It is always best to take an educated guess!

You will answer multiple-choice questions about this poem.

You can also open the poem by clicking here.

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Read the poem.

Draw

Re-read and annotate the poem.

Circle anything that you this is important. Underline anything you think is confusing.

Multiple Choice

Which inference about the house is best supported by the first line of the poem?

• The house acts as a source of solace.

• The house is near a body of water.

• The house seems as if it might sink.

• The house has had to endure bad weather.

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for luminous?

• shifting

• glowing

• piercing

• flickering

Multiple Choice

Which lines best show how the poet uses alliteration to evoke a sense of force?

• “. . . then under an orange sky / The hills had new places . . .”

• “. . . Once I looked up— / Through the brunt wind that dented the balls of my eyes”

• “. . . wind flung a magpie away and a black- / Back gull bent like an iron bar slowly . . .”

• “. . . The house / Rang like some fine green goblet . . .”

Multiple Choice

Which line from the poem best supports the generalization that personal safety is an illusion?

• “The woods crashing through darkness, the booming hills,”

• “Winds stampeding the fields under the window”

• “Flexing like the lens of a mad eye.”

• “And feel the roots of the house move, but sit on,”

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the role of the setting within the poem?

• The setting establishes the source of the irony

• The setting provides the central conflict.

• The setting forces the characters to interact.

• The setting reflects the attitude of the speaker.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the effect of the point of view that is used in the poem?

• The point of view encourages the reader to sympathize with the speaker

• The point of view allows the reader to share the experiences of the speaker

• The point of view causes the reader to doubt the speaker’s objectivity about the events.

• The point of view helps the reader to understand the motivations for the speaker’s actions.

Multiple Choice

Which structural element most helps the poet convey the chaotic effects of the wind?

• . slant-rhymed lines

• repetition of sounds in lines

• division into four-line stanzas

• unconventional line breaks

Multiple Choice

Which characteristic of the poem best supports its classification as fiction?

• The poem is a creative interpretation of a natural event.

• The poem is a personal reflection about a well-known person.

• The poem uses plain language to express complex emotions

• The poem uses simple words to convey powerful emotions.

Draw

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