Lorraine Hansberry

9th Literature Test - II Partial

20% Total

Time: 60 min

On Summer

3 min per question

Multiple Choice

At the end of the essay, how has the author’s attitude toward summer changed?

• from dislike to hatred

• from dislike to respect

• from hope to despair

• from confidence to doubt

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea, or central message, in Lorraine Hansberry’s “On

Summer”?

• No one wants to die in summer.

• Life is often unfair.

• Everyone should live life to the fullest.

• Most children have strange ideas.

Multiple Choice

Where did Lorraine Hansberry’s mother take her one summer to visit her grandmother?

• Indiana

• Nebraska

• Tennessee

• Georgia

Multiple Choice

How does Lorraine Hansberry support her main idea in “On Summer”?

• with many facts and statistics

• with quotations from famous people

• with quotations from family members

• with a series of anecdotes, or brief stories

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Hansberry’s tone, or attitude toward her audience?

• critical

• sympathetic

• informal

• distant

Multiple Choice

How did Lorraine Hansberry’s family spend steamy summer nights in Chicago?

• They stayed up all night.

• They camped out in the basement.

• They slept outdoors in the park.

• They listened to music.

Multiple Choice

What is Lorraine Hansberry’s earliest memory of summer?

• waking up from a nap and feeling hot

• swimming in a lake

• eating at a cookout with neighbors

• eating a delicious ice cream cone

Multiple Choice

What is Lorraine Hansberry’s earliest memory of summer?

• waking up from a nap and feeling hot

• swimming in a lake

• eating at a cookout with neighbors

• eating a delicious ice cream cone

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes aloofness

• impatience

• emotional distance

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes Melancholy

• happy

• sad

Single Room, Earth View

3 min per question

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea in "Single Room, Earth View"?

• Space exploration advances human progress.

• Space travel provides a unique perspective on Earth.

• Astronauts are highly trained scientific observers

• Air and water pollution are endangering Earth.

Multiple Choice

The description of "ominous hurricane clouds expanding and rising like biscuits in the oven of the Caribbean" is an example of

• Imagery

• Simile

• Irony

Multiple Choice

What is one effect Sally Ride mentions of the space shuttle's completing an orbit of Earth every 90 minutes?

• It is easy to identify land masses.

• It is easy to identify cities

• Half of the time Earth is in darkness

• It is hard to get used to the bright light.

Multiple Choice

In the essay, what cause explains why the author easily loses track of the part of Earth she is viewing

?

• The space shuttle flies at high altitudes.

• Landforms are indistinct from space.

• The sun's brightness blocks her view.

• The space shuttle is moving very fast.

Multiple Choice

In the essay, what cause explains why the author easily loses track of the part of Earth she is viewing

?

• The space shuttle flies at high altitudes.

• Landforms are indistinct from space.

• The sun's brightness blocks her view.

• The space shuttle is moving very fast.

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes

Surreal

• weak

• strange

• diffuse

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes

Extrapolating

• intense

• inexperience

• inferring

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes

Novice

• easy expression

• strange

• inexperienced

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes

Diffused

• spread out

• strange

• weaker

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes

Articulate

• weaker

• easy expression

• inexperienced