Test Prep-Excerpt One Eyed Cat

Read these words from lines 18-19

"Mr Scully's shades were drawn; the house had a pinched look as though it felt the cold."

The use of the words "pinched look" contributes to the tone of the story by making the house seem

• tense

• angry

• uncertain

• disappointed

Lines 20 through 24 contribute to the development of the plot by

• showing that Ned and mr. Scully are friends

• describing the challenges of dealing with heavy snow

• suggesting that Mr. Scully has been neglecting the cat

• describing weather condition that can be dangerous for the cat

In lines 31 through 36, Ned keeps his distance from the cat because he

• envisions the cat being sick from licking ice or snow

• believes the cat will make him late to school

• imagines the cat will become panicked

• remembers the cat is deaf and unlikely to respond

Lines 37 through 42 in the story reveal that Ned feels

• isolated

• confused

• relieved

• confident

Ned's decision to leave the cat causes

• the cat to become more afraid

• Ned to be left behind by the other children

• the cat to go hungry for the rest of the day

• Ned to be distracted from his work during school

Which quotation best supports a central theme of the story?

• "he ate breakfast hastily, too preoccupied to read the story on the cereal box" (line 11)

• "Twice, his glance passed over the icebox." (line 28)

• "... but try as he might, the image of the unmoving animal on the ragged old quilt persisted." (lines 55 and 56)

• "Ned read the lines several times before copying them down in his copybook." (line 61)

Which quotation from the story best shows how the cat has impacted Ned's life?

• "He was going to be late to school if he didn't get a move on, but he kept looking hard all over the yard as though he could make the cat appear out of snow and gray sky." (lines 26-28)

• "The third time, he saw that the motionless mound on top of it was not only the quilt but the cat, joined into one shape by a dusting of snow." (Lines 29 and 30)

• "It was odd to think that Billy, huffing and puffing, had gone past Mr. Scully''s place, thinking his own thoughts, while he, Ned, only a few yards away, had been searching for the cat. (lines 39-41)

• "It was this that had made his hours in school so hard ever since he and Mr. Scully had seen the cat last autumn, this drawing away of his attention from everything that was going on around him." (lines 62-64

This passage would best be describe as

• nonfiction

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• fable

The following statement would best fit which figurative language?

"which were smooth and glittering and hard, like great jewels" (lines 6 through 7)

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

Which of the following lines did the author provide a description about the cat?

• Lines 5 through 6

• Lines 21 through 22

• Lines 25 through 26

• Lines 33 through 34