8th Grade Unit 4 Test Review

Test Question #1: What is the author’s purpose for writing Passage 1?

•   to illustrate how intelligent Union soldiers were

•   to share the story of a brave hero from America’s past

•   to entertain readers with a fictional account of the Civil War

•   to explain how most enslaved people escaped from the Confederacy

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Test Question #10: Read this excerpt from paragraph 3 of Passage 2.

“Why, not a cruel man, exactly, but a man of leather,—a man alive to nothing but trade and profit,—cool, and unhesitating, and unrelenting, as death and the grave.”

The simile describing Haley shows he is—

•   determined to do whatever is necessary to make money

•   admired for his smart business decisions

•   misunderstood by many people

• not in good health

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Test Question #12: Read this excerpt from paragraph 11 of Passage 2.

No tear dropped over that pillow; in such straits as these, the heart has no tears to give; it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.

What does this figure of speech mean?

•   Eliza views crying as a sign of weakness.

•   Eliza’s heart could have problems if she cried.

•   Eliza does not want to break the silence with sounds of crying.

•   Eliza’s situation is so desperate that she cannot take the time to cry.

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Test Question #17: Read lines 5–8 from Passage 1.

What is the significance of the allusion to the African country of Ethiopia in line 5?

• Ethiopia is symbolic of the sorrow of Douglass’s mother.

• Many freedom fighters were born and raised in Ethiopia.

• Many enslaved people were from noble families in Ethiopia.

• Ethiopia represents Douglass’s ancestral homeland.

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Test Question #18: Read lines 15–16 from Passage 1.

For her the strong bow of his power he strung,
     And sent his arrows to the very den

How does the poet use the image of a bow and arrows in these lines?

•   as a clue to a theme about winning battles

•   as an allusion to a major battle of the Civil War

•   as a flashback to Douglass’s time on the battlefield

•   as a metaphor for Douglass’s battle against slavery

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Test Question #19 (Part A): Read lines 13–18 from Passage 1.

Which literary device does the poet use in these lines?

• allusion

• foreshadowing

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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Test Question #20: Read lines 29–30 of Passage 1.

He dared the lightning in the lightning’s track,
And answered thunder with his thunder back.

Which statement describes the effect of the repetition of lightning and thunder in
these lines?

•   It demonstrates the drive to win no matter the cost.

•   It expresses a desire to understand the enemy’s viewpoint.

•   It suggests the power to respond to injustice with equal force.

•   It shows the will to keep moving forward even when it’s difficult.

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Test Question #21 (Part A): Read lines 55–62 from Passage 1.

What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt?

•   It gives insight into the acts that defined Douglass’s life.

•   It emphasizes how Douglass’s message continues to reach people.

•   It provides a creative comparison of the different ways to see Douglass.

•   It creates rhythm that helps strengthen the impact of the poet’s message.

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Test Question #22 (Part A): What is the theme of Passage 1?

•   Douglass’s love for his home country and his people fueled his passions.

•   Douglass’s courage enabled him to conquer all enemies who opposed him.

•   Douglass’s spirit will inspire others to oppose injustice even after his death.

•   Douglass’s honesty provided strength during times of great strife for his people.

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Test Question #24: Which sentence best demonstrates the cause-and-effect structure of paragraph 1 of
Passage 2?

• I was a favorite with Mr. B, and young as I was, I had served as his foreman on the float stage, at calking.

• He was very much pleased; he took the money, commended me, and told me I might have done the same thing the week before.

• My object, therefore, in working steadily, was to remove suspicion, and in this I succeeded admirably.

• I told him I would, for one of the uses to which I meant to put it, was to pay my fare on the underground railroad.

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