End of Semester Test: English 9, Semester A

Read the passage, "A Sovereign Remedy," (34405). Select the correct text in the passage. Which detail in the cyclists' dialogue refines the idea that they might be related?

• (19) "This is confusing," he remarked in a tone of argument. "Let's sit down and have a pipe over it--we shall have to differentiate ourselves before we start out into the world together."...

• (20) "Let's differentiate our names somehow," said the pleasant-voiced one lazily--"Did your godfathers, etc., do anything more for you than Edward--mine didn't."

• (21) The other shook his head. Something in his handsome face had already differentiated itself from the amused curiosity on his companion's.

• (22) "That's awkward--we shall be driven to abbreviations. You shall be Ted, and I Ned--both dentals but philologically uninterchangeable; so they'll do for the present. Well, Ted, since you are twenty-seven and I'm gone twenty-nine, and my father died before I was born, we can't be complicated up as long--lost brothers--can we?"

• (23) Ted turned to him frowning sharply--"No! but--but what put that into your head. I----"

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(34405) Select the correct answer.

Read the excerpt and the dictionary entry.

(4) "It was my fault; I was looking at the view," said one of the two young men candidly. He was a trifle the taller, the broader, and distinctly the better looking; but they were both excellent specimens of clean, wholesome-looking British manhood; curiously alike also, not only in feature, but in resolute adherence to the conventional type.

fault noun
1. something that detracts from perfection
2. a long, extended fracture in a rock
3. the responsibility for a mistake or accident 4. a bad serve in a racket game like tennis

Which definition best represents the meaning of fault as it is used in the excerpt?

• A. definition 1

• B. definition 2

• C. definition 3

• D. definition 4

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

(34332) Select the correct answer.

Read the excerpt from the passage and the dictionary entry.

(5) Such lively experiences, which I often recall in jaded moments, prepare one for a visit or a re-visit to America. . . .

jad·ed (jā′dĭd)

adj.
1. fatigued by overwork
2. having a negative view of life
3. dulled by excess
4. without care or purpose
Which definition shows the meaning of jaded as it is used in the passage?

• A. definition 1

• B. definition 2

• C. definition 3

• D. definition 4

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the passage, "The Restless American," (34332). Select the correct answer. Which sentence provides the best summary of the passage?

• A. A man provides a variety of examples of how technology makes things faster and easier, such as elevators, telephones, railways, and steamers.

• B. A man describes a visit from an unexpected guest, which leads into a lengthy commentary on the differences between English and American habits.

• C. A man describes the differences between a New York man's workday, which begins at half past 6, and an Englishman's day, which includes a long luncheon.

• D. A man becomes confused about the behavior of Elijah K. Higgins, and he spends time trying to understand Americans like him.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Read the passage, "A Sovereign Remedy" (34405). Select the correct answer. How does the author create an element of surprise in the passage?

• A. by placing the main characters in multiple different settings to impact the pacing

• B. by having the boys exclaim their name is Edward Cruttenden almost simultaneously

• C. by comparing the similarities between the boys before describing the boys' differences

• D. by developing the scene where the boys’ bicycles crash into one another as a flashback

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

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CCSS.RL.2.10

Read the passage, "The Restless American," (34332). Select the correct answer. How does the author's use of pacing create a sense of tension in the passage?

• A. by relaying the author's memory of his conversation with his friend about the delay in the accommodation elevator

• B. by having Elijah K. Higgins make an extremely brief and rushed appearance at the start of the story

• C. by recounting the narrator's thoughts as he returned to his office after his conversation with Elijah K. Higgins

• D. by describing the series of visits by Americans to the narrator's office when they are in the country

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

Read the passage, "A Sovereign Remedy," (34405). Select the correct answer. How does the author establish tension at the beginning of the story?

• A. by describing a sequence of events that led to the boys being at Blackborough

• B. by beginning with thorough descriptions comparing how similar the boys look

• C. by using flashbacks to show what each boy was doing before the bicycle crash

• D. by establishing a quick pace with short explanations and a dramatic bicycle crash

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Read the passage, "A Sovereign Remedy," (34405). Select the correct text in the passage. Read the excerpt. Which detail introduces the central idea that the two cyclists might be related?

• (17) It was the other's turn to stare. "The deuce you are! Why!--my name is Edward Cruttenden!"

• (16) "Look here," he said, holding out his hand. "You've made a mistake--that letter belongs to me--I'm Edward Cruttenden."

• (14) "Left nothing behind, I hope," said the other, glancing back. "Hullo! There's a letter tumbled out of somebody's pocket in the stramash--yours or mine?"

• (18) They stood thus staring at each other with a sudden dim sense of their own similarity, until the shorter of the two shook his head whimsically.

• (15) It lay address upwards between them, and the taller of the two with a brief "Mine," picked it up and put it in his pocket. His companion stared at him.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

Read the passage, "The Restless American," (34332). Select the correct answer. What is a theme of this passage?

• A. People should relax and appreciate time instead of rushing through life.

• B. There can be negative consequences when one wastes too much time.

• C. Good time-management skills can help one achieve success in life.

• D. People who rush through the present have no consideration for the past.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the passage, "The Monkey's Paw," (34348). Select the correct answer. How does the author of "New Chicago" transform "The Monkey's Paw" source material?

• A. The author makes Cole wonder if he should make another wish because the consequences could have been worse.

• B. The author has Cole be very specific in his wish that his brother was alive and healed as he was before he fell.

• C. The author has Cole consider getting rid of the monkey's paw so that he would not be tempted to make another wish.

• D. The author makes Cole afraid that if his brother were alive again, he would still be injured and not his normal self.

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