Multiple-choice Test: The Ambitious Guest

What is the best theme?

• A. Both life and death cannot be changed.

• B. Both life and death can be cheated.

• C. Both life and death cannot be planned.

• D. All of the above.

Pick the best quote that supports the theme on how "one cannot change life or death." Look back at the text.

• A. Paragraph 12

• B. Paragraph 15

• C. Paragraph 39

• D. Paragraph 44

How does the family welcome the young man?

• A. They ask him to leave but change their mind.

• B. They welcome him and laugh at what he says.

• C. They welcome him and discuss what he says.

• D. They argue with him and laugh at what he says

How do paragraphs 14-15 reveal the difference between the young man and the family's eldest daughter?

• A. They reveal the young man believes in moving up the social ladder, but the daughter does not believe in it.

• B. They reveal the young man displays a cold heart, and the girl has a warm heart.

• C. They reveal that the young man wants more from life, but the daughter is satified with life.

• D. They reveal that the young man wants to marry the girl, but she does not like him.

How does the setting contribute to the theme and central idea of the text?

• A. The contrast between the description of the fire and the mountain symbolizes the hope the family has.

• B. The contrast between a warm and happy home with the threat of the mountain foreshadows the danger to come.

• C. The contrast between the young man's ambition and the family's satifictions shows why it is important to travel.

• D. The contrast between the young boy's innocence humor and grandmother's superstition reveals how life experiences shape you.

What does the author use the setting and character develope irony in the story?

• A. The family feels in danger every day from the snow but want to stay for the gold deep in the mountain.

• B. The family believes the house is in a place of sanctuary, yet they choose to run when they feel they are in danger

• C. The family feels like the young man is a nice person but he wants to steal their gold.

• D. The family believes the young man needs to stay with them but the young man wants to get away from them.

What is the best irony of the mountain?

• A. There is lots of snow in the winter and grass in the spring.

• B. There is lots of gold to find and snow that covers it.

• C. There is lots of unstability and yet a good place to live.

• D. There is lots of peace and not many people.

In parargraph 28, what does the word "repress" mean about the oldest daughter?

• A. The word suggest that the young man wants to marry the girl even if she says no.

• B. The word suggests that the girl wants to find gold to buy many evening gowns.

• C. The word suggests that she does not want others around her to know how she feels.

• D. A and C

What does the word "inclemency" mean in paragraph 1?

• A. wonderful weather

• B. bad weather

• C. isolated location

• D. extreme sunshine

Infer what the phrase "cataract of ruin" reveal about what happened to the mountain in paragraph 42.

• A. The phrase reveals that the whole side of the mountain stayed intact and everything remained the same.

• B. The phase reveals that the family wanted the home to get destroyed since they felt trapped in life.

• C. A and B

• D. The phrase reveals that the whole side of the mountain fell violently and everything got destroyed.