Test: There Will Come Soft Rains

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English
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7th Grade
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Easy
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Safiya Reynolds
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8 questions
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1.
CLASSIFICATION QUESTION
3 mins • 8 pts
1. These quotes come from the story. Sort them according to what literary element they demonstrate. / Estas citas proceden de la historia. Clasifícalas según el elemento literario que demuestren.
Groups:
(a) Simile / Símil
,
(b) Personification
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(c) Imagery / Imágenes
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(d) Mood / Estado de ánimo
b. "The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, its bared skeleton cringing from the heat."
a. "The mice hummed out as softly as blown gray leaves in an electrical wind."
h. "The stove was making pancakes, which filled the house with...the scent of maple syrup."
e. "The dog, once huge and fleshy [was] now gone to bone and covered in sores."
c. "At eight-thirty the eggs were shriveled and the toast was like stone."
g. "The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes."
f. "At ten o'clock, the house began to die."
d. And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, would scarcely know that we were gone."
2.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
3 mins • 6 pts
2. Three important symbols in this story are / Tres símbolos importantes son (a) , (b) and (c) .
3.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
3. It is clear that the fire represents ________. / Es evidente que el fuego representa_______.
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 3 pts
4. What evidence from our notes or the story supports the answer to question #3? / ¿Qué pruebas de nuestras notas o de la historia apoyan la respuesta a la pregunta #3?
The fire is very hot and spreads quickly. / El fuego es muy caliente y se propaga rápidamente.
The nuclear bomb, which kills the family, was also a kind of fire / La bomba nuclear, que mata a la familia, era también una especie de fuego
The conflict between the house and the fire is described like a war / El conflicto entre la casa y el fuego se describe como una guerra
The fire burns and buries the house. / El fuego quema y sepulta la casa.
The fire was started by the wind breaking a window / El fuego se inició por el viento rompiendo una ventana
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
5.
MATCH QUESTION
2 mins • 4 pts
5. Imagery played an important role in the plot of the story. Match each TYPE of imagery with WHERE it occurred in the story. / Las imágenes desempeñan un papel importante en la trama de la historia. Empareja cada TIPO de imagen con el LUGAR en el que aparece en la historia.
The Rising Action / La acción ascendente
War Imagery: house vs. fire / Imágenes de guerra: la casa contra el fuego
The Climax / El clímax
Dawn Imagery (a new Beginning) / Imágenes del amanecer (un nuevo comienzo)
The Exposition / La Exposición
Daily Routine Imagery / Imágenes de la rutina diaria
The Resolution / La Resolución
The Evening Routine Imagery / La Rutina de la Tarde Imágenes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
6. Which of the following is NOT a theme of the story? / ¿Cuál de los siguientes NO es un tema de la historia?
Nature will continue long after humans are gone. / La naturaleza seguirá existiendo mucho después de que desaparezcan los humanos.
Humans might one day be the cause of their own destruction. / Los humanos podrían ser algún día la causa de su propia destrucción.
Time keeps moving forward. / El tiempo sigue avanzando.
If you make poor decisions, you might one day regret them. / Si tomas malas decisiones, puede que algún día te arrepientas.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
7. The story describes the children's hour like this: " The walls were glass. They looked out upon color and fantasy. Hidden films clocked through well-oiled sprockets, and the walls lived." A good synonym for the underlined word is probably: / La historia describe así la hora de los niños: "Las paredes eran de cristal. Contemplaban el color y la fantasía. Las películas ocultas cronometraban a través de piñones bien engrasados, y las paredes vivían". Un buen sinónimo de la palabra subrayada es probablemente:
gears / engranajes
timing belt / correa de distribución
dvd player / reproductor de dvd
projector / proyector
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
8. The text describes the dog's behavior: "The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here." The underlined words emphasize that the mood of this passage is: / El texto describe el comportamiento del perro: "El perro corrió escaleras arriba, aullando histéricamente a cada puerta, dándose cuenta al fin, como se dio cuenta la casa, de que aquí sólo había silencio." Las palabras subrayadas enfatizan que el estado de ánimo de este pasaje es:
hopeful / esperanza
abandoned / abandonado
sympathetic / simpático
longing / la nostalgia
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