Monday Unit 1 Test Review

When you read the lines from a screenplay or novel, the thoughts you have about the reading could be different from someone else's thoughts because...

• you were not looking at the same text as someone else

• what you think can be different because you speak a different language

• everything is open to multiple interpretations

• you might like or dislike that particular genre more than another person

Why does the movie version of a book often differ from the original text of the novel?

• The screenwriter did not read the same version of the novel that you did.

• A screenwriter's job is to make the movie as different from the novel as possible.

• Everything is open to multiple interpretations.

• Nothing ever looks the same in a movie as it did in the novel

You can consider several different opinions to be true when comparing the text of a novel to its movie version because...

• literature is an exact study, and there is no room for multiple interpretations

• literature is not an exact study, and multiple interpretations are equally valid

• you cannot consider several different opinions to be true unless they actually are true

• in the movies there is a lot more action

Which of the following scenarios does not involve the analysis of multiple interpretations?

• You and a classmate are arguing over who the protagonist is in the novel you are reading. You approach your teacher and ask them to intervene. Your teacher asks both of you why you think you are right.

• The local news stations are covering a story about the state championship football game. You tune to one station and hear that your high school was the winning team. On another station, the report also states that your high school won the game.

• A doctor has diagnosed you with a sprained ankle. You do not want to take the necessary steps to heal it, so you seek a second opinion.

• Your school is holding basketball tryouts. For the first hour, the players are being evaluated by the head coach. For the second hour, the players are being evaluated by last year's graduating seniors.

When you read carefully in order to determine the meaning of a challenging word, you are

• using context clues

• forgetting what you just read

• analyzing interpretations

• comparing and contrasting

Determine the meaning of the underlined word in this sentence:

King Kong straddled the building as he considered whether to jump down and face an angry mob or whether to battle the helicopter flying closer and closer to him.

• climbed steadily up

• sat with one leg on each side

• balanced uncontrollably on

• grabbed ahold of

Determine the meaning of the underlined word in this sentence:

King Kong straddled the side of the building as he deliberated whether to jump down and face an angry mob or whether to battle the helicopter flying closer and closer to him.

• doubted

• designed

• predicted

• considered

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word.

During a quarantine, people are kept apart to avoid the spread of contagion.

• container

• disaster

• infections

• sleepiness

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word.

As the enemies approached our camp, the watchmen thwarted an attack by firing warning shots into the air.

• prepared

• prevented

• caused

• wanted

Here we see King Kong with Jane in his hand, fighting a Pterodactyl.

Which of the following interpretations of the scene do you agree with most?

• Jane is afraid of King Kong but wants to be protected from the dinosaur.

• King Kong is mad the dinosaur is trying to take Jane.

• Jane wants the dinosaur to take her away from King Kong.

• King Kong and the dinosaur are fighting over food.