Grade 7 | Unit 1 | Quiz | The Legend of the Wandering King

In The Legend of the Wandering King, King Hujr encourages his son, Prince Walid, to organize a poetry contest. What does this suggest about the king’s relationship with the prince?

• The king worries that Walid’s actions will bring shame to the kingdom.

• The king is relieved that Walid’s chance to compete has passed.

• The king supports Walid’s desire to compose beautiful poetry.

• The king is convinced that writing is a wasteful use of Walid’s time.

Read the following sentence from The Legend of the Wandering King.

On the lips of Amir ibn Hammad, the poet’s beloved became much more than a beautiful woman; she came to life.

Which statement BEST summarizes the sentence?

• The speaker’s words make the beloved woman seem real again.

• The poem was written about a woman who is deceased.

• The poem’s effect is different than the poet had intended.

• The poet makes his beloved sound more beautiful than she was.

Which details about Prince Walid MOST STRONGLY suggest that the story’s narrator admires the young man? Choose TWO correct answers.

• The prince handles his palace duties “with a fine and subtle skill.”

• The prince seems “like a ray of light in the starry sky” when on horseback.

• The prince speaks of the poetry contest with “an excited tone.

• The prince has “no doubt that he could win” the poetry contest.

Which detail from the story suggests that the contest between Amir ibn Hammad and Prince Walid was nearly a tie?

• After Hakim recites, “murmurs and comments were heard in the crowd.”

• Prince Walid “smiled as he spoke quietly with the vizier.”

• The contest judges “seemed to take forever” to reach a decision.

• The king’s face is “impassive” and calm as he announces the winner.

Which story details lead readers to infer that poetry is valued and honored in Prince Walid’s culture? Choose TWO correct answers.

• The task of planning a large poetry competition keeps the prince busy.

• Large crowds of people attend the contest in Kinda to hear poetry recited.

• The prince obeys his father when the king refuses to let him compete at Ukaz.

• The finest poems are stitched with gold thread on silk cloth and displayed.

Based on the author’s description of the poetry contest, infer why Amir ibn Hammad wins.

• The judges decide that he recited the finest poem in the best manner.

• The guests are amazed at his youth and give him heartfelt applause.

• The prince works quietly to make sure that the best poet wins.

• The king changes his mind about which poem is most beautiful.

Since the suffix –ity means “the quality of,” you can predict that word simplicity is

• a noun that means “being plain and natural.”

• a verb that means “do something naturally.”

• an adverb that means “plainly.”

• an adjective that means “naturally.”

Read this sentence from The Legend of the Wandering King.

Bring judges from other lands, impartial judges, and offer a generous and tempting prize.

The prefix –im means “not.” What does impartial MOST LIKELY mean in this sentence?

• not fair

• not biased

• not able

• not present

In which sentence do the pronouns agree in person and number?

• We are the only one who have read this legend before.

• Each one of the legends we read had a charm of their own.

• Every country has its legends and its reasons for telling them.

• All the students were asked to read his or her stories to the class.

When my Aunt Nabiya was a young girl, she read every legend about their country and her people that she could find.

Which is the BEST way to correct the error in pronoun agreement in the sentence?

• Change she to they

• Change every to each

• Change their to her

• Change her to their