Excerpt from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Test Prep

Part A – “There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds stepped inside, mighty enough to crush any building in his path.” What kind of figurative language is being used in this excerpt from Paragraph 1?

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

Part B - What does the figurative language from Part A emphasize?

• The lack of a cellar in their home.
• The size of the home.
• The strength of the cyclone.
• The length of the cyclone’s path.

What is the author trying to emphasize by describing everything as gray?

• The sun has bleached everything.
• It is very bleak and dull where Dorothy lives.
• It is cloudy outside.
• It rains a lot.

What is the setting of Paragraphs 1 – 14?

• New York City
• The Colorado Mountains
• The Kansas Prairies
• Miami Beach

Why was Dorothy living with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em?

• They hired her to work on the farm.
• She ran away from home.
• She liked them better than her parents.
• She came to them as an orphan.

What is the “cyclone” Uncle Henry refers to in paragraph 8?

• a tornado
• a hurricane
• a blizzard
• a monsoon

Part C – “He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke.” What does the word, “solemn” mean in this sentence from Paragraph 4?

• happy
• quiet
• formal
• distraught

Part D – What does the excerpt from Part C emphasize?

• Uncle Henry did not work much.
• Uncle Henry was a generous man.
• Uncle Henry was a shy man.
• Uncle Henry was a serious man.

What does the word, “wail” mean from Paragraph 7?

• a loud sound, almost like a cry
• a soft sound
• someone crying
• none of the above

How does Dorothy stay busy?

• She helps Aunt Em clean.
• She plays with Toto.
• She helps Uncle Henry with the livestock.
• She plays with the cats.