RLA CBA #1 Review

What does frayed mean in paragraph 1?

Responses

• Detached

• Scorched

• Tangled`

• Unraveled

Werner’s ability to fix the radio shows that he —

• is gifted with mechanics

• is able to accomplish anything

• has previously fixed a radio

• can follow directions well

Select two possible themes from the excerpt.

• We should appreciate the beauty in simplicity.

• Fear of failure can be an obstacle.

• Family is forever.

• Everyone needs an escape from reality.

• One can discover hidden talents in unexpected ways.

30. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• 0. Change unfortunately to likewise.

• 0. Change unfortunately to otherwise.

• 0. Change unfortunately to therefore.

• 0. No change should be made.

Which is the best summary of the excerpt?

• Werner finds a broken radio in the shed, and he stays inside to fix it while other children play.

• Werner finds a broken radio, and weeks later he notices that the longest wire has a break in it.

• Werner finds a broken radio in the shed, so he smuggles it back home and Jutta helps him fix it.

• • 
    Werner finds a broken radio in the shed, so he smuggles it back home and Jutta helps him fix it.  

  • Werner finds a broken radio and fixes it weeks later, which brings joy to him and other children.

Read the dictionary entry for the word filament.

filament \′fîl-ə-mənt\ n 1. a fine or slender thread, wire, or fiber 2. the part of a stamen that supports the anther of a flower; the stalk of a stamen 3. fine wire that is enclosed in the bulb of an incandescent lamp and gives off light when an electric current is passed through it 4. a long structure of relatively cool material in the solar corona

Which definition most closely matches the way the word filament is used in paragraph 7?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Select two sentences from the excerpt that show the author’s use of personification.

• Jutta drags herself closer; she watches her brother with outsize eyes.

• A piano chases the violins.

• The strings sprint, woodwinds fluttering behind.

• He holds the pin as stock-still as he can.

• He blinks; he has to swallow back tears.

30. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

• 0. Change two to too.
     

• 0. Change two to to.
     

• 0. Change two to tue.
     

• 0. No change should be made.

32. What is the BEST way to revise sentence 7?
    

• 32. This robot is designed to idenIfy where microplasIcs are seCling in the ocean, other robots

      can find and clean the areas.

• 0. This robot is designed to idenIfy where microplasIcs are seCling in the ocean and other robots can find and clean the areas.

• 0. This robot is designed to idenIfy where microplasIcs are seCling in the ocean so that other robots can find and clean the areas.

• 0. This robot is designed to idenIfy where microplasIcs are seCling in the ocean, because other robots can find and clean the areas.

32. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• 0. Change Their to There.

• 0. Change Their to Thier.

• 0. Change Their to They’re.

• 0. No change should be made.