2nd Semester Exam 2019

The setting of the novel excerpt is

• A. a young girl's bedroom.

• B. a shantytown near Shreveport

• C. a city family's Sunday dinner.

• D. a house with the sights and smells of Christmas.

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From what point of view is this novel excerpt narrated?

• A. first-person

• B. third-person, limited to Cassie

• C. third-person, limited to Mr. Morrison

• D. third-person omniscient

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If paragraph 1 were changed to the following, what would be true of the point of view?

The day before Christmas Cassie awoke to the soft murmuring of quiet voices gathered in the midnight blackness of morning. Her father was talking to Mama in the other room. He was glad to be home.

• A. The point of view would be first-person.

• B. The point of view would be third-person, limited to Cassie.

• C. The point of view would be third-person, limited to Mr. Morrison

• D. The point of view would be third-person omniscient.

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All of the characters in this excerpt are

• A. family members.

• B. family or close friends.

• C. family or neighbors

• D. family or new friends

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Which of the following sentences from the excerpt gives a clue to the narrator's point of view?

• A. Big Ma was not beside me, and without a doubt I knew why she was gone.

• B. By the dawn, the house smelled of Sunday: chicken frying, bacon sizzling, and smoke sausages baking.

• C. "...Then talking 'bout eating! We did some kind of good eating."

• D. "Cassie, don't interrupt Mr. Morrison," said Mama, but Mr. Morrison turned from the fire and explained.

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What is the theme of the excerpt in paragraphs 1-11?

• A. Fathers love their families.

• B. Children like hearing true stories.

• C. Christmas is a wonderful time of year.

• D. Memories often make entertaining stories.

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How does the narrator's point of view help to emphasize the central ideas of the excerpt?

• A. The narrator's excitement about Christmas suggests that children are easily distracted from important issues.

• B. The narrator's perspective emphasizes how frightening the adults' stories are for children who do not understand adult problems.

• C. The narrator's love for her family makes the adults' stories even more personal and gives them more emotional impact.

• D. The narrator's age makes her too young to appreciate the adult's stories, which creates confusion in the story.

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Based on paragraphs 7-11, choose the BEST description of the relationship between the adults in the story.

• A. They often interrupt each other instead of waiting for someone to finish talking.

• B. They have shared many life experiences and enjoy spending time together.

• C. They enjoy playing pranks on their neighbors, especially Mr. Ellis.

• D. They used to be closer, so reliving their old memories helps them reconnect.

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What is the theme of the story Mr. Morrison tells in paragraphs 12-22?

• A. People often want to go back to an earlier way of life.

• B. both humorous and tragic stories can be part of a family's history.

• C. African Americans in the South suffered great injustices after the Civil War.

• D. Children can be greatly upset by hearing about cruelty and injustice.

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What classifies this excerpt as a piece of historical fiction?

• A. It is set in the distant past.

• B. It is a novel written before the twentieth century.

• C. It tells the life story of a real person from the past.

• D. It combines real historical events and imaginary characters or events.

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