English 8 - Exam #3- Foreshadowing, Irony, "The Gift of the Magi,"

We named our St. Bernard "Mouse".

• True
• False

All's well that ends well.

• True
• False

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

• True
• False

What a great day; I crashed my bike and failed a test.

• True
• False

Jake's mother watched him play video games and said "I'm glad you're doing your homework."

• True
• False

Bea parked her new car in two spaces at the mall so it wouldn't get dings. Because she was illegally parked, her car was towed and the tow truck was in an accident on the way to the tow yard. Her car was totaled.

• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• verbal irony

Louisa had just had her hair done for the prom. As she arrives home, it begins to rain. She covers her head with her raincoat. She can't see anything, but she knows her way around her own home! As she enters her backyard to go in using the side door, she trips over the lawn furniture and falls into the swimming pool.

• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• verbal irony

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.
• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.
• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.
• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

What is the foreshadowing in this passage? It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.
• That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.
• They were about to eat breakfast.
• That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

Which detail from the story is an example of foreshadowing from "The Gift of the Magi"?

• "Della knew her hair was more beautiful than any queen's jewels and gifts."
• "It reached below her knee."
• "She looked wonderfully like a schoolboy."
• "My hair will grow again."