Chapters 4 & 5 Exam: Narratives

Select all the correct answers.

Based on this synopsis of a novel, what are the two most likely purposes for writing it?

The novel is a fictional account of Neil Armstrong’s flight to the moon.

• to persuade

• to entertain

• to argue

• to inform

What is a hook in narrative writing?

• an interesting line or idea at the beginning of the story

• the author’s perspective on a particular issue

• the main idea that is developed in the story

• the moral of the story, which is provided in the conclusion

Read the passage.

Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott (excerpt)

"Meg, I wish you'd go and see the Hummels. You know Mother told us not to forget them," said Beth, ten days after Mrs. March's departure.

"I'm too tired to go this afternoon," replied Meg, rocking comfortably as she sewed.

"Can't you, Jo?" asked Beth.

"Why don't you go yourself?" asked Meg.

"I have been every day, but the baby is sick, and I don't know what to do for it. Mrs. Hummel goes away to work, and Lottchen takes care of it. But it gets sicker and sicker, and I think you or Hannah ought to go."

Beth spoke earnestly, and Meg promised she would go tomorrow.

"Ask Hannah for some nice little mess, and take it round, Beth, the air will do you good," said Jo, adding apologetically, "I'd go but I want to finish my writing."

"My head aches and I'm tired, so I thought maybe some of you would go," said Beth.

"Amy will be in presently, and she will run down for us," suggested Meg.

So Beth lay down on the sofa, the others returned to their work, and the Hummels were forgotten. An hour passed. Amy did not come, Meg went to her room to try on a new dress, Jo was absorbed in her story, and Hannah was sound asleep before the kitchen fire, when Beth quietly put on her hood, filled her basket with odds and ends for the poor children, and went out into the chilly air with a heavy head and a grieved look in her patient eyes.

Which sentence best describes Beth?

• Beth enjoys helping poor people.

• Beth is skilled at treating sick people.

• Beth is more dutiful than her sisters.

• Beth is kind, but her sisters are cruel.

Which words best complete this sentence?

He realized he was in a(n) _________ when he saw that the road was completely _________ with snow.

• predicament, enveloped

• nucleus, maneuvered

• ascent, precipitated

• descent, perpendicular

Which spelling of the missing word is correct?

Darby was _______ about the weekend because she was going to see a new movie in her favorite series.

• excited

• exited

• ecsited

• egcited

Which transition word best completes the sentence?

Remy was lively and imaginative, ______ her sister, Reggie, was quiet and practical.

• after

• for

• but

• therefore

The protagonist of a story is

• the character that opposes the main character

• the character that supports the other characters

• the main character of the story who faces the problem

Who is the antagonist in a story?

• the main character

• the character who is a stand-in for the audience

• a supporting character who develops the main character

• a character who acts in opposition to the main character

Which sentence relates to the setting of the story?

• Mrs. Rachel Lynde was one of those capable creatures who can manage their own concerns and those of other folks into the bargain.

• Since Avonlea occupied a little triangular peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence with water on two sides of it, anybody who went out of it or into it had to pass over that hill road and so run the unseen gauntlet of Mrs. Rachel's all-seeing eye.

• Mrs. Rachel knew that he ought because she had heard him tell Peter Morrison the evening before in William J. Blair's store over at Carmody that he meant to sow his turnip seed the next afternoon.

Which THREE words from the excerpt BEST demonstrate sensory words?

The pathway was narrow, dry, and deserted. A row of towering Laburnums sheltered it from prying eyes. There were no other trees. Wild flowers intertwined with the posts of the fence that ran along the path. The ground was damp beneath the shady canopy.

• pathway, Laburnums, wild

• Laburnums, damp, pathway

• towering, narrow, damp

• Wild, damp, pathway