Fall Final Exam 2024

How is the word agreeable related to the word petulant?

The petulant customer was not agreeable to any help offered by the store clerk.

• It is a synonym.

• It is an antonym.

• It is a cognate.

• It is an analogy.

Which hint is most useful in determining the meaning of the word despondent?

Louis was despondent after not winning the football scholarship.

• A cognate for the term is the Spanish word desalentado.

• The word despondence is part of this word’s family.

• Despondent is a noun.

• An antonym for the term is enthusiastic.

Which answer best completes the analogy?

leaf : tree ::

• joke : laughter

• joy : awe

• drop of water : ocean

• life : death

Which answer best identifies the adjective phrase and the word it modifies in the sentence?

Tomatoes from the garden make the best salsa.

• tomatoes; modifies garden

• from the garden; modifies tomatoes

• make; modifies tomatoes

• the best salsa; modifies make

In "The Necklace" how does Mathilde feel about her financial circumstances?

• She feels grateful for what her husband can provide for her.

• She feels superior to people who have less money than she has.

• She feels that if she works hard she can gain the wealth she hopes for.

• She feels ashamed that she is not wealthier.

Read the excerpt from “Charles.”

With the third week of kindergarten Charles was an institution in our family; the baby was being a Charles when she cried all afternoon; Laurie did a Charles when he filled his wagon full of mud and pulled it through the kitchen; even my husband, when he caught his elbow in the telephone cord and pulled telephone, ashtray, and a bowl of flowers off the table, said, after the first minute, “Looks like Charles.”

What does the phrase “Charles was an institution in our family” imply about Charles?

• The personalities of Laurie’s family members are just as difficult as Charles’.

• Charles has begun spending a great deal of time with Laurie’s family.

• Charles has become a very big part of the family’s day-to-day life.

• Charles’ influence has caused the family to act in ways that are disruptive or destructive.

Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

• The granola bar had a shiny wrapper that she ate.

• It was thunder that scared the dog.

• I am studying for the test that I will take tomorrow.

• The sunset that she saw yesterday was full of reds and yellows.

Which sentence uses the word dialogue correctly?

• I am going to dialogue my room after school.

• That story had funny dialogue between the mother and daughter.

• I want to add a bit of dialogue to my sculpture.

• Can you dialogue the speech later tonight?

Which sentence contains an inappropriate shift in verb tense?

• Medicine made remarkable advances in the 20^th century, as technology entered the operating theater, and new antibiotics became available.

• Medicine makes remarkable advances in the 20^th century, as technology entered the operating theater and new antibiotics become available.

• Medicine continues to make remarkable advances as technology enters the operating theater and new antibiotics become available.

• Medicine continued to make remarkable advances in the 20th century, as technology entered the operating theater and new antibiotics became available.

Read the stanza from the poem "The Highwayman."

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

And the highwayman came riding—

Riding—riding—

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

How does the repetition of the word "riding" within the stanza affect the poem?

• It adds humor to the poem as readers wonder where the highwayman is going.

• It builds up anticipation about what will happen when the highwayman arrives.

• It slows the pace of the poem down to purposefully confuse the reader.

• It helps to establish the setting of the town and the countryside.