TEWWG Chapter 2 Multiple Choice

1.Janie's experience under the pear tree is made vivid through the use of: (pages 10-11)

• similes that compare her experience to every woman's experience

• rhetorical questions that depict her confusion and anxiety

• sensory details that illuminate the beauty of her awakening

• symbols that convey her desire to betray her grandmother

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.What type of diction are paragraphs 2 and 3 ("It was spring...limp and languid" (pg. 10-11) characterized by?

• ornate and exaggerated

• poetic and mystical

• colloquial and informal

• academic and informative

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

3. The sentence "She was sixteen" serves to

• show that Janie is being melodramatic

• reveal that Janie's feelings were atypical

• remind the reader that the scene is a flashback

• explain Janie's perceptions and emotions

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

4.In the fourth paragraph, the last three sentences:

"She searched as much of the world as she could from the top of the front steps and then went on down to the front gate and leaned over to gaze up and down the road. Looking, waiting, breathing short with impatience. Waiting for the world to be made."

highlight the contrast between Janie's

• feelings and circumstances

• emotions and thoughts

• experiences and beliefs

• intelligence and environment

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.In the fifth paragraph (At the bottom of page 11), what does the phrase "former blindness" convey about Janie's character?

• Janie will no longer be able to see Johnny at the gatepost.

• She worries that Johnny may be blind to her interest in him.

• She has changed her perception of how she views Johnny.

• Janie becomes excited about the ideas of marrying Johnny.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.In the final paragraph (on page 12) beginning with "In the last stages...", which word most clearly conveys Nanny's response to the kiss?

• persistent

• whispery

• bolted

• lacerating

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6