Unit I Review 9th grade

Which choice best explains how the author builds suspense in Part 1 of the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

• The author provides detailed descriptions of the setting throughout.

• The author reveals the thoughts and feelings of both characters.

• The author describes Mary's growing sense of unease at her husband's unusual behavior.

• The author has the husband explain through his dialogue what has caused his behavior.

Which detail from "Lamb to the Slaughter" best reveals the changing state of Mary's mind after she kills her husband?

• She knew that there were other policemen in the garden all around the house.

• And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle.

• "Yes, please. But just a small one. It might make me feel better."

• When the sergeant returned the second time, she looked at him with her large, dark, tearful eyes.

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony from "Lamb to the Slaughter"? 

• A police officer is killed.

• We know the police will catch the killer.

• A leg of lamb is the murder weapon.

• We know Mary is the killer and the police don't.

Read the excerpt from the short story "Martha, Martha" Part 1.

‘No, they just didn’t say, they never do. It’s not you, dear, it’s them—people always come here by mistake, it’s not you. It’s two minutes from here. Now, you go back down, turn left, then immediately right, you can see it from there. I’ve got somebody who just did the exact same, but exactly—only vice versa—she’s gone to…’

How does this interaction serve to develop the character of Pam? 

• It shows Pam's constant need to correct others.

• It reveals Pam's bad habit of talking down to people.

• It shows how Pam has a natural concern for others.

• It reveals how Pam is a successful real estate agent.

Read the excerpt from "Martha, Martha" Part I.

Discovering her remote control behind a coffee cup, Pam stopped the CD and then approached, reaching briskly around Martha to close the window. Clearly, the girl blew hot and cold; in the end Pam just needed her name on a contract, nothing more. Even that was not essential—plenty of people take up your whole afternoon and never call again; Pam called them her one-day stands.

Which two details from the excerpt best show that Pam values efficiency and productivity?

• Pam just needed her name on a contract

• Pam called them her one-day stands.

• Pam stopped the CD

• reaching briskly around Martha

Read the excerpt from "Martha, Martha" Part 2.

‘You used to live in one of these big houses?’ Martha asked, with unseemly incredulity, and as she spoke they drove past the very house. For the first time in months Pam resisted the urge to inspect the curtains, the lawn, the little things he’d changed for somebody else.

‘Why’d you go?’

'Circumstances. My circumstances changed. I guess you could say that.’

‘How?’

‘My gosh, you are a nosy parker. I’ll guess I’ll have to tell you my dress size next. ‘ ‘I’m just arksing, you don’t have to answer.’

‘You should be a lawyer or something, it’s like being cross-examined.’ ‘So why’d you go?’ 

What can you infer about Pam based on her reactions to Martha's questions?

• Pam is put off by Martha's lack of interest in her former life.

• Pam is encouraging Martha, who dreams of being a lawyer one day.

• Pam is angry because Martha does not believe she once lived a certain life.

• Pam finds Martha's questions about her former life intrusive and rude.

Which of the following phrases from “The Most Dangerous Game” best adds to the mood of the story?

• Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights.

• But as he forged along, he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building.

• “I’m Sanger Rainsford of New York,” Rainsford began again. “I fell off a yacht. I am hungry.”

What character flaw ultimately contributes to Zaroff's defeat? 

• His fear

• His laziness

• His stupidity

• His arrogance

"Rainsford held his breath. The general's eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree. Rainsford froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring. But the sharp eyes of the hunter stopped before they reached the limb where Rainsford lay; a smile spread over his brown face. Very deliberately he blew a smoke ring into the air; then he turned his back on the tree and walked carelessly away, back along the trail he had come. The swish of the underbrush against his hunting boots grew fainter and fainter."

 

From the excerpt above, what can we infer about Zaroff?

• He was tired so he went home to rest.

• He did not know where Rainsford was and he went home to try again later.

• He knew where Rainsford was, but he wanted to prolong the hunt.

• He underestimated Rainsford's ability and felt defeated.

Which of the following quotes from "Martha, Martha" best characterizes Pam? 

• "Pam felt herself immediately on surer ground and slipped down a gear into patter, ‘Well, as I’m saying, dear, it depends on whether the place has people in it at the moment—but even then, we can turn it around very very quickly."

• "A black T-shirt and cardigan finished the thing off. Pam was a recognized doodlenut when it came to clothes, buying the same things over and over, black and loose, like a fat Zen monk. She didn’t mind. Her moustache was moist and visible—oh, so let ’em stare was how Pam felt about it. Young men did not register with Pam any more."

• Usually Pam would use these minutes in the office to ascertain something about likely wealth, class, all very gently—what kind of house, what kind of taste, what kind of price—but she had been wrong about English accents before, not knowing which were high class, which not. "

• And this she said in such a way that Pam had no doubt that there was such a list, and that renting an apartment today was somewhere on it"