"Unusual Normality" Test A

There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?

• beautiful face

• such a

• There was

• joyful sadness

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

At the conclusion of the essay____

• The author tells his friends about his past.

• The author finally gets into a good school.

• The author explains what he wanted to tell his friends.

• The author's friends invite him to play ball again.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What group helped Ishmael escape Sierra Leone?

• NPR

• The Walking Dead

• Doctor's Without Borders

• UNICEF

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

Beah's great omen, "You're about to have new clothes," came from...

• a man on a subway

• a fortune cookie

• his new mother

• a stewardess on a plane

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.9

The title Unusual Normality is a(n)…

• metaphor

• allusion

• oxymoron

• paradox

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these best describes the purpose of the selection?

• To explain how the past made the author appreciate his new life.

• To explain how the author became such a great paintball player.

• To show how people who think they are tough are really weak.

• To describe how it is impossible for the author to escape his past.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why did Ishmael Beah have trouble enrolling into school?

• he didn't have a visa

• he was too old

• he was an orphan

• he didn't have a report card

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Fill in the blank.

Because of an essay Ishmael wrote and exams he took, he was placed in the ________ grade.

• 9th

• 10th

• 11th

• 12th

Who is the most likely intended audience for this essay?

• School principals and administrators

• Foster parents of war orphans

• Fellow Sierra Leonean child soldiers

• Americans or Westerners in general

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Read these sentences from paragraph 9:

"It was a chance at living again, because all I had come to know, since I was eleven, was how to survive. I didn't know how to live."

The irony of these sentences emphasizes that the author--

• had been forced to become a soldier as as a child.

• had been able to take advantage of certain stereotypes.

• had been forced to grow up quickly in Sierra Leone.

• had been able to succeed as an immigrant to the United States.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4