Week 14 Quiz - English 1 CP

Which of the following examples correctly integrates a quote?

• In "The Landlady," Billy Weaver thinks to himself, "the old girl is slightly dotty" (Dahl 3).

• The story says, "the old girl is slightly dotty." (Dahl 3).

• In "The Landlady," Billy Weaver thinks to himself, "the old girl is slightly dotty" (Dahl page 3).

• The quote is "the old girl is slightly dotty" (Dahl, 3).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Match the terms with their correct definitions.

• using analysis or logical reasoning

• simulate

• movement requiring great skill and care

• maneuver

• productive with minimum wasted effort

• efficient

• to imitate/copy something

• assess

• to test or evaluate

• analytical

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

When writing a TDA, what should the first sentence (the bread) be?

• a direct response to the prompt

• evidence

• a quote

• a summary of the story

Which of the following should NEVER be seen in a TDA.

• "I think"

• page numbers

• details and descriptions

• an opinion

How do you identify the author's tone in a story?

• word choice

• characters

• music

• pictures

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence from the introduction includes foreshadowing that something bad will happen to Billy?

• But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.

• By the time he got to Bath it was about nine o’clock in the evening and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance.

• “Excuse me,” he said, “but is there a fairly cheap hotel not too far away from here?”

• Billy thanked him and picked up his suitcase and set out to walk the quarter-mile to The Bell and Dragon.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

At first, Billy thinks the landlady is ----

• very strange and suspicious.

• slightly dotty or crazy, but harmless.

• lots of fun.

• old and boring.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which detail most suggests to the reader that the landlady has used her taxidermy skills on more than just her pets?

• “He guessed that she had probably lost a son in the war, or something like that, and had never got over it.”

• “‘Left?’ she said, arching her brows. ‘But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr Temple is also here.’”

• “he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell... he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of. Pickled walnuts? New leather? Or was it the corridors of a hospital?”

• “‘if I happen to forget what you were called, then I can always come down here and look it up. I still do that almost every day with Mr Mulholland and Mr... Mr...’”

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word best describes the mood of this story?

• joyful

• suspenseful

• angry

• comical

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

There is a recurring theme throughout the story, "Things aren't what they seem." Which statement best illustrates this theme?

• There were no other hats or coats in the hall. There were no umbrellas, no walking sticks— nothing.

• On the second-floor landing she said to him, “This floor is mine.”

• She seemed terribly nice. She looked exactly like the mother of one’s best school friend welcoming one into the house to stay for the Christmas holidays.

• “Oh, I am, my dear, I am, of course I am. But the trouble is that I’m inclined to be just a teeny weeny bit choosy and particular—if you see what I mean.”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9