September 24, 2020-Test

The narrator is the _________.

• author of the story

• person telling the story

• person listening to the story

• main character of the story

A _________ narrator can see and describe every character's thoughts and feelings.

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• second person

The science fair will be held in the gymnasium on May 2, and Ms. Garcia's students will be presenting first.

From which POV is the sentence written?

• first person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

• second person

We laughed so hard that milk came out of our noses.

POV?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person limited

• second person

The carousel lurched into life, its jarringly sweet song abruptly sound through the nearly empty park. A flock of birds startled and scattered across the sky. I called out, "Whoops, sorry!" to the few families waiting for a turn. "You've got to be kidding me," one of the other fathers sighed, leading his son away from the creaky ride.

Which detail best indicates the this is told in first person?

• "'You've got to be kidding me'..."

• "I called out, 'Whoops, sorry!'"

• "The carousel lurched into life..."

• "A flock of birds started.."

Which of the following is an example of third person POV?

• You could have worn anything you wanted to this costume party.

• I watched the leaves fall slowly to the ground, swirling in the wind.

• I'm probably the only kid in this class who really understands the tuba.

• He's not the most generous kid, but he is the bravest.

Which of the following sentences is the best example of an omniscient third person POV?

• Karli was anxious about making the cake, but her brother was more confident--he knew things would go well.

• Karli jealously watched her brother frost the cake, certain that he was doing it to annoy her.

• Karli and her brother agreed to make the cake for their father's wedding and set about buying supplies.

• He asked if I would be willing to be in charge of desserts, and I said I couldn't possibly begin to answer that question.

The baby was very clever. It already knew how to crawl into a room without making a sound.

How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used the word "cunning" instead of "clever"?

• The baby would seem sneakier.

• The baby would seem stupider.

• The baby would seem cuter.

• The baby would seem louder.

The hedgehog was ecstatic--she had found a hole to burrow into, and she happily settled beneath the ground, excited to sleep the day away.

Based on the context clues, what is the denotation of the word "ecstatic" in the passage?

• overly intelligent

• extremely happy

• greatly impressed

• often late

My grandmother is thrifty. She never throws out old clothes and saves all her jars to reuse as glasses.

How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used the word "cheap" instead of the word "thrifty"?

• The writer would seem unafraid.

• The writer would seem uncertain.

• The grandmother would seem unknown.

• The grandmother would seem ungenerous.