Unit 1 Test Review

1) Which statement BEST supports the theme of the passage?

• A)Life is full of surprises.

• B) Fishing is great in Greenville.

• C) People should be careful not to say hurtful things to those they love.

• D)It’s never too late to make up for lost time with the people you love.Life is full of surprises.

2) Which MOST CLOSELY identifies a theme in this passage?

• A)Regret is destructive and leads to anger and hostility

• .B)We must learn from our mistakes and make amends for all past errors.

• C)It is better to think about future plans than to focus on past regrets.

• D)It is better to express emotions privately than to communicate them publicly.

3) What is the main idea of the story?

• A)Peter Gudge can no longer support himself and turns to stealing.

• B)A man contemplates theft as a means to survive since he lost his job.

• C)There are still people in the world who will help out someone in dire need.

• D)Peter regrets having made the mistake of stealing the doughnut.

4) What is the main idea of paragraph 10?

• A)There are jobs Peter could get, but he doesn’t qualify for any of them.

• B)Peter is desperately hungry and will do anything to find something to eat.

• C)Peter has no direction and is searching for someone who can help him out of his dilemma.

• D)Peter is proud that he uses his brains rather than his brawn, and he would rather go hungry than settle for a manual labor job.

5) In paragraph 11, which detail BEST supports the main idea of Peter's plight seeming hopeless?

• A)Peter's straw hat had many straws missing.

• B)Peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening.

• C)…his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides.

• D)Why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that Peter was in his own obscure way, a sort of genius?

6) What is a theme of this passage?

• A)The common man is lost in the masses.

• B)The community is central to survival.

• C)The land and the frontier represent salvation.

• D)The American dream is economic freedom.

7) What is the main idea of this selection?

• A)moving to new places

• B)the power of memories

• C)drudgery in gardening

• D)dangers of wild fruits

8) Which quotation from the passage suggests the speaker's fondness for her childhood?

• A)"I showed Grandma my discovery, and she quickly identified them as wild-plums."

• B)"Knowing that they were safe, I ate enough that one afternoon to give me a stomachache that lasted two days."

• C)"In the winter of 1976, when I was only four years old, my family moved into a modest home in a growing Greenville neighborhood."

• D)"As I sat there on the side of the highway, I basked in the tartness of my childhood fruit and in the sweetness of the memory of making jelly with the greatest woman I’ve ever known."

9) Why is Nadia so dedicated to practicing one song on the piano?

• A)She doesn’t want to mess up at the talent show.

• B)She doesn’t know how to play any other songs.

• C)She is practicing her favorite song.

• D)She wants to impress her mother.

10) How did Nadia overcome her stage fright on the night of the performance?

• A)She practiced relentlessly beforehand.

• B)She chose a more complicated piece of music.

• C)She imagined she was at home with Lucky beside her.

• D)She sat down and looked at the black and white keys.