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Tears of a Tiger, Pgs. 79-102

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

Students deal with many educational challenges in school.

a)

academic

b)

glistening

c)

luscious

d)

traumatic

e)

gender

2.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

Because of his love for animals, he was provoked to speak up when he saw the horse being abused.

a)

implants

b)

motivated

c)

verbalize

d)

academic

e)

glistening

3.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

She savored the taste as she bit into the delicious peach.

a)

luscious

b)

traumatic

c)

gender

d)

implants

e)

motivated

4.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

A good teacher firmly fixes high ideals in children.

a)

motivated

b)

verbalize

c)

academic

d)

glistening

e)

implants

5.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

It is unlawful to discriminate against a person because of color, race, or sex.

a)

luscious

b)

traumatic

c)

gender

d)

implants

e)

motivated

6.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

Sometimes it is difficult to give voice to your feelings.

a)

verbalize

b)

academic

c)

glistening

d)

luscious

e)

traumatic

7.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

Losing someone you love is a(n) emotionally painful experience.

a)

academic

b)

glistening

c)

luscious

d)

traumatic

e)

gender

8.

Choose the correct answer to replace each underlined word or phrase in the following sentence.

The ice-covered branches of the trees looked beautiful shining in the moonlight.

a)

luscious

b)

implants

c)

glistening

d)

motivated

e)

academic

9.

What evidence shows that Andy is doing well in one part of his life?

a)

It is clear from the morning announcements that Andy is doing well in basketball. As captain, he led his team to victory in their last game.

b)

Andy becomes hypnotized by the cars as he looks at oncoming traffic from a freeway overpass, and he has the urge to jump to end the emotional pain that he now experiences.

c)

Dr. Carrothers asks Andy to write a letter to Rob or Rob’s parents to vent some emotion and pain as an alternative to suicide.

d)

While Andy can see Monty as a doctor or lawyer and Keisha as “the first black woman somethin’ or other,” he doesn’t see a future for himself.

e)

Andy takes Monty up on his offer to sleep with Rocketman after he has a nightmare in which Rob asks him to kill himself.

10.

How does the view of oncoming traffic from the freeway overpass affect Andy?

a)

It is clear from the morning announcements that Andy is doing well in basketball. As captain, he led his team to victory in their last game.

b)

Andy becomes hypnotized by the cars as he looks at oncoming traffic from a freeway overpass, and he has the urge to jump to end the emotional pain that he now experiences.

c)

Dr. Carrothers asks Andy to write a letter to Rob or Rob’s parents to vent some emotion and pain as an alternative to suicide.

d)

While Andy can see Monty as a doctor or lawyer and Keisha as “the first black woman somethin’ or other,” he doesn’t see a future for himself.

e)

Andy takes Monty up on his offer to sleep with Rocketman after he has a nightmare in which Rob asks him to kill himself.

11.

Why does Dr. Carrothers ask Andy to write a letter to Rob or Rob’s parents?

a)

It is clear from the morning announcements that Andy is doing well in basketball. As captain, he led his team to victory in their last game.

b)

Andy becomes hypnotized by the cars as he looks at oncoming traffic from a freeway overpass, and he has the urge to jump to end the emotional pain that he now experiences.

c)

Dr. Carrothers asks Andy to write a letter to Rob or Rob’s parents to vent some emotion and pain as an alternative to suicide.

d)

While Andy can see Monty as a doctor or lawyer and Keisha as “the first black woman somethin’ or other,” he doesn’t see a future for himself.

e)

Andy takes Monty up on his offer to sleep with Rocketman after he has a nightmare in which Rob asks him to kill himself.

12.

How do Andy’s visions of the future for Monty and Keisha differ from those he has for

himself?

a)

It is clear from the morning announcements that Andy is doing well in basketball. As captain, he led his team to victory in their last game.

b)

Andy becomes hypnotized by the cars as he looks at oncoming traffic from a freeway overpass, and he has the urge to jump to end the emotional pain that he now experiences.

c)

Dr. Carrothers asks Andy to write a letter to Rob or Rob’s parents to vent some emotion and pain as an alternative to suicide.

d)

While Andy can see Monty as a doctor or lawyer and Keisha as “the first black woman somethin’ or other,” he doesn’t see a future for himself.

e)

Andy takes Monty up on his offer to sleep with Rocketman after he has a nightmare in which Rob asks him to kill himself.

13.

Why is Andy willing to sleep with his brother Monty’s Rocketman action figure?

a)

It is clear from the morning announcements that Andy is doing well in basketball. As captain, he led his team to victory in their last game.

b)

Andy becomes hypnotized by the cars as he looks at oncoming traffic from a freeway overpass, and he has the urge to jump to end the emotional pain that he now experiences.

c)

Dr. Carrothers asks Andy to write a letter to Rob or Rob’s parents to vent some emotion and pain as an alternative to suicide.

d)

While Andy can see Monty as a doctor or lawyer and Keisha as “the first black woman somethin’ or other,” he doesn’t see a future for himself.

e)

Andy takes Monty up on his offer to sleep with Rocketman after he has a nightmare in which Rob asks him to kill himself.

14.

Literary Devices: Identify the following sentence.

I’m a rose in the snow—the bright spot in your dark, seems-like-it’s-always-depressed life.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Symbol

d)

Imagery

15.

Literary Devices: Identify the following sentence.

. . . she’s [Ms. Blackwell is] a fire-breathin’ dragon.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Symbol

d)

Personification

16.

Literary Devices: Identify the following sentence.

All of us at one time or another feel like a cinder among the snowflakes.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Symbol

d)

Allusion

17.

Literary Devices: A symbol in literature is a person, object, or event that represents an idea or set of ideas.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Literary Devices: An allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Literary Devices: Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of (a future event).

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Literary Devices: Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. It includes the five senses.

a)

True

b)

False