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Semester 2 Final Exam

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This character says dreams are meaningless

a)

Benvolio

b)

Paris

c)

Mercutio

d)

Romeo

2.

This character is sometimes called “Prince of Cats”

a)

Mercutio

b)

Juliet

c)

Paris

d)

Tybalt

3.

This character saw Romeo on a 5 a.m. walk, but didn’t talk to him

a)

Rosaline

b)

Friar Laurence

c)

Benvolio

d)

Lord Capulet

4.

This character declares Romeo banished

a)

Prince Escalus

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Paris

d)

Juliet

5.

This character is related to Mercutio and the Prince

a)

Friar Laurence

b)

Paris

c)

Rosaline

d)

Romeo

6.

This character believes that dreams are fate’s messengers

a)

Lord Capulet

b)

Tybalt

c)

Mercutio

d)

Romeo

7.

This character ignores Romeo’s loving stares

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Lady Montague

c)

Rosaline

d)

Juliet

8.

This character says that her only love is sprung from her only hate.

a)

Juliet

b)

Mercutio

c)

Rosaline

d)

Paris

9.

This character says that poison and medicine reside in all living things

a)

Romeo

b)

Benvolio

c)

Mercutio

d)

Friar Laurence

10.

This character advances the wedding date

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Romeo

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Tybalt

11.

True or False: Prince Escalus was related to two of the slain people.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: Benvolio and Romeo overhear Lord Capulet talking about the party he plans to throw.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: Friar Laurence will be executed for his role in the deceit.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: Juliet sends the Nurse to find Romeo after she learns that he is banished.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: If Juliet does not marry Paris, Capulet threatens to murder her.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False:The Capulet parents believe Juliet is crying about Tybalt’s death.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: Shakespeare begins only the first two acts of the play with a sonnet.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False: The quarrel between the Montagues and the Capulets was started by Romeo’s grandmother.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: On the morning of her marriage to Paris, Juliet appears to be dead.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: Paris did not kill anyone in the play.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: Paris was a Montague

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Who said this, “My only love sprung from my only hate.

Too early seen unknown and known too late.”

a)

Paris

b)

Romeo

c)

Juliet

d)

Nurse

23.

Who said this, “Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch; marry, ‘tis enough.”

a)

Lord Capulet

b)

Paris

c)

Tybalt

d)

Mercutio

24.

Who said this, “With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No;

I have forgot that name, and that name’s woe.”

a)

Romeo

b)

Paris

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Nurse

25.

Who said this, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell...and thee. Have at thee, coward!”

a)

Benvolio

b)

Tybalt

c)

Mercutio

d)

Romeo

26.

Who said this, “Take this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou of.”

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Nurse

d)

Friar Laurence

27.

Who said this, “Thou wast the prettiest babe that e’er I nursed.And I might live to see thee married once, I have my wish.”

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Rosaline

c)

Nurse

d)

Juliet

28.

Who said this, “Let two more summers wither in their pride Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.”

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Nurse

d)

Friar Laurence

29.

Who said this, “These times of woe afford no time to woo. Madam, good night. Commend me to your daughter.”

a)

Tybalt

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Romeo

d)

Paris

30.

Who said this, “Many a morning hath he there been seen with tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew.”

a)

Benvolio

b)

Lady Montague

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Lord Montague

31.

How does Starr know Kenya?

a)

They met on Tumblr and became friends through social media

b)

They are second cousins

c)

Kenya is a friend from her school Williamson

d)

They share a brother, Seven

32.

Who originally teaches Starr about Tupac’s lyrics “T-H-U-G-L-I-F-E?”

a)

Khalil

b)

Kenya

c)

Natasha

d)

Chris

33.

What is the most significant reason Starr hides the fact that she has a boyfriend from her father?

a)

She’s not allowed to date

b)

Her boyfriend is white

c)

Her father wouldn’t like him

d)

Her boyfriend is a gang member and her father would disapprove

34.

What business does Big Mav, Starr’s father, own and run?

a)

A grocery store

b)

A barber shop

c)

A BBQ restaurant

d)

A liquor store

35.

Who is King?

a)

King is a major gang member and dates Seven’s and Kenya’s mother

b)

King is Starr’s uncle on her mother’s side

c)

King is an ex-boyfriend of Starr’s mother

d)

King is a gang member trying to recruit Starr

36.

What traumatic event did Starr go through when she was younger that is eerily similar to Khalil’s death?

a)

She saw a cop shoot a suspect out of self-defense

b)

She saw a drive-by carried out by one of the local gangs

c)

Her Uncle Carlos, the police officer, sustained a shooting injury while on the job

d)

Her friend Natasha was shot and killed while playing with Starr

37.

Why don’t Big Mav and Uncle Carlos get along?

a)

They disagree on how Big Mav and Lisa are raising their children

b)

Uncle Carlos doesn’t like seeing his sister with a felon and helped raise Starr while Big Mav was in jail

c)

Big Mav used to date Uncle Carlos’s wife

d)

When growing up, Big Mav and Uncle Carlos belonged to opposing gangs

38.

How does Starr change when she arrives at Williamson Prep for school?

a)

She changes her speech to seem “more black” and fit in with the few black students at school

b)

She just talks about sports to impress her basketball friends

c)

She avoids slang that would make her seem “hood” or like an “angry black girl”

d)

She speaks very formally to make her teachers think she’s really smart

39.

What prevented Ms. Brenda, Khalil’s mother, from being a better parent to her son?

a)

She worked three jobs and was too busy for him

b)

She had younger children to take care of and was more focused on them

c)

She was involved in Garden Heights’s gang activity

d)

She was a drug addict

40.

What happens when Starr goes to give her testimony to the police?

a)

The police focus the questions on her and Khalil, rather than the incident

b)

The police allow Starr to tell her side of the story without interference

c)

The police don’t believe Starr

d)

The police try to explain their colleagues actions rather than listen to Starr

41.

How does Starr start speaking out about Khalil?

a)

She writes a letter to her governor

b)

She starts a Tumblr

c)

She sends anonymous notes to the DA

d)

She starts a Facebook group for people against police brutality

42.

When Starr is preparing to meet with the DA, she and her parents meet with April Ofrah. What does April Ofrah reveal about Khalil?

a)

He had a glock in the car

b)

The police found drugs packaged for sale in the car

c)

The gun was actually the handle of a hairbrush sticking out of the door compartment

d)

The gun was actually a toy that Khalil had to make it look like he was armed

43.

The Carter’s meeting with April Ofrah was interrupted by a phone call. What had happened?

a)

King’s boys had found and beaten DeVante

b)

King’s boys had found and beaten Mr. Lewis

c)

King’s boys vandalized the store after finding out Big Mav had been hiding DeVante

d)

King’s boys left a note threatening Mr. Lewis

44.

1. What is the real reason King wants DeVante?

a)

DeVante refused to join the King Lords, which offended King

b)

DeVante shot another King Lord, going against his own gang

c)

DeVante threatened to tell the authorities about King, unless King paid him

d)

DeVante stole $5000 from King to get his family to safety

45.

What does Starr finally reveal to her father?

a)

She’s dating Chris, a white boy

b)

She doesn’t want to go to college

c)

She is having trouble with her friend Hailey

d)

She doesn’t understand why everyone is risking so much to help DeVante

46.

What issue causes some turmoil between Starr’s parents?

a)

Starr’s mother doesn’t want to help DeVante, but her father insists

b)

Starr’s mother is going for a better job, but her father doesn’t think she’ll get it

c)

Starr’s mother wants to move out of Garden Heights, but her father wants to stay

d)

Starr’s mother thinks Uncle Carlos is a better father to Starr, which hurts her father’s feelings

47.

What does DeVante reveal about Khalil?

a)

Khalil was only selling drugs to pay his mother’s debts, who stole from King

b)

Khalil wasn’t really selling drugs, but he was too embarrassed to admit he was working at a fast food chain

c)

Khalil only dealt drugs because he needed the money to pay for Ms. Rosalie’s cancer treatments

d)

Khalil didn’t want to ask Big Mav for anymore help, so he went to King instead

48.

Who goes on TV to give an interview about One-Fifteen?

a)

Khalil’s family

b)

One-Fifteen’s father

c)

An African American pastor

d)

April Ofrah

49.

What do Maya and Starr agree to do about Hailey?

a)

Challenge her to a game of basketball

b)

Call her out when she says things that are insensitive

c)

Have an intervention for her and her behavior

d)

Tell her parents the way she’s been speaking about minorities

50.

After some time, what does Big Mav say the family is going to do?

a)

They are going to hold a press conference about Khalil

b)

They are going to spend the money to put DeVante on a bus to meet up with his mom

c)

They are going to stop talking to April Ofrah for advice

d)

They are going to move out of Garden Heights

51.

What information does Starr reveal in her television interview, against April Ofrah’s advice?

a)

She explains the real reason Khalil was selling drugs

b)

She explains how much money Khalil was making selling drugs

c)

She goes on about how the police are fabricating evidence

d)

She explains that Khalil’s grandmother has cancer

52.

What else does Starr mention that only Uncle Carlos had known?

a)

She explains why Uncle Carlos was on leave

b)

She shares how Uncle Carlos feels about One-Fifteen

c)

She describes how One-Fifteen had pointed the gun at her after killing Khalil

d)

She talks about how One-Fifteen’s father lied in his interview

53.

Why does Chris give Starr the silent treatment at prom?

a)

He is upset that Starr didn’t care enough about prom and got a dress at the last minute

b)

He is jealous of all the time Starr is spending with DeVante

c)

He feels like Starr has been ignoring his texts and calls

d)

He is hurt that she didn’t tell him about Khalil

54.

How do Chris and Starr get through their fight?

a)

Starr and Chris agree to start fresh

b)

Starr finally tells Chris everything about her past that she’s been holding back

c)

They watch an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air together and realize how much they enjoy each other’s company

d)

The bond over their mutual annoyance of Hailey

55.

What good news do Big Mav and Lisa share with their children?

a)

They think they have figured out a way to get King to back off of their family

b)

The found an even safer place for DeVante to stay

c)

Lisa got a new, better job and they are going to buy a new house to move into

d)

They are going to buy Starr a car so she can drive herself to school, Chris’s house, and to court to testify

56.

What are Seven’s plans for after high school?

a)

He is going to go to a prestigious four-year college for pre-med

b)

He is going to intern under his mother at the clinic

c)

He is going to go to a community school so he could stay close to his mom and sisters

d)

He is going to college in another state to get as far away as he can from King

57.

What interrupts the Carter family basketball night?

a)

King comes over and threatens the family

b)

Bullets are fired into their home

c)

Riots break out again and there are more tanks in the street

d)

April Ofrah calls with updates about Khalil’s trial

58.

Who is Goon?

a)

He is King’s right-hand man

b)

He is an old friend of Lisa’s from her high school

c)

He is the leader of the Cedar Grove King Lords

d)

He is one of Uncle Carlos’s colleagues

59.

What happens between Starr and Hailey?

a)

They get into a fight in school

b)

Maya plays peacemaker and forces them to talk things out

c)

Hailey tells Maya that Starr lied about knowing Khalil, and then Hailey and Maya refuse to talk to Starr

d)

Hailey asks Starr if she would consider being friends again if she followed Starr’s Tumblr

60.

Why does Big Mav gather The Garden Disciples and the Cedar Grove King Lords together in his house?

a)

He thinks that together the two gangs can take out King

b)

Big Mav wants both gangs to work together to protect Starr and his family from police retaliation

c)

He wants back into the gang life so he can protect his family, but doesn’t know which one to join

d)

He wants the two gangs to work together to prevent rioting in the neighborhood

61.

Who shows up uninvited to the barbecue for Seven’s graduation and birthday party?

a)

King

b)

Goon

c)

Hailey

d)

Iesha

62.

What does Starr finally tell Kenya toward the end of the barbecue?

a)

She finally tells Kenya that she loves her like a sister

b)

She apologizes to Kenya for not inviting her to hang out with Starr and Maya more

c)

She finally points out that Seven is both of their brother, not just Kenya’s

d)

She apologizes for not spending more time in Garden Heights

63.

Chris offers to help find DeVante, which means he goes where for the first time?

a)

Garden Heights

b)

Starr's new neighborhood

c)

Garden Heights High School

d)

The clinic where Lisa works

64.

How does Iesha help the teens?

a)

She distracts King while they get away with DeVante

b)

She gives them money to catch a bus

c)

She tries to reason with King

d)

She doesn’t; she doesn’t even see them because she is too busy partying

65.

What causes the neighborhood to break into riots again?

a)

Cops arrest a Garden Heights citizen

b)

Starr incites a protest that goes badly

c)

People see Chris, a white boy, in their neighborhood

d)

The Grand Jury’s decision not to indict One-Fifteen is announced

66.

During a protest, what does Starr throw back at the police?

a)

Tear gas

b)

Handcuffs

c)

A can of mace

d)

A megaphone

67.

Who picks up Starr, Chris, DeVante, and Seven after the protest turns

into chaos?

a)

Kenya

b)

Layla

c)

Iesha

d)

Goon

68.

What happens to Big Mav’s store?

a)

King burns it down

b)

The police blow it up

c)

Looters smash the windows and take almost everything

d)

The King Lords ransack and vandalize it

69.

What happens to King at the end of the novel?

a)

He runs to avoid charges and leaves Garden Heights forever

b)

Iesha has him charged with assault

c)

Police book him for arson and later drug charges

d)

Big Mav forces him to promise to leave the King Lords and leave Garden Heights alone

70.

What does Mr. Lewis do at the end of the novel?

a)

He announces that he going to cut hair at an expensive salon in the city

b)

He announces that he is going to retire and give Big Mav his store

c)

He announces that he is going to take his insurance money and build a really nice salon that Garden Heights can be proud of

d)

He announces that he is going to donate his insurance money to a charity in Khalil’s name

71.

Which of the following is the 1st step in reading a poem?

a)

Read the poem all the way through.

b)

Identify the narrator

c)

Notice shifts or changes

d)

Read the poem again, out loud if possible, and think about what new message I see in the poem

e)

Show no fear

72.

Which of the following is the 2nd step in reading a poem?

a)

Read the poem all the way through.

b)

Read the title, then stop.

c)

Annotate

d)

Read the poem again, out loud if possible, and think about what new message I see in the poem

e)

Show no fear

73.

Which of the following is the 3rd step in reading a poem?

a)

Read the poem all the way through.

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Annotate

d)

Read the poem again, out loud if possible, and think about what new message I see in the poem

e)

Notice shifts or changes

74.

Which of the following is the 4th step in reading a poem?

a)

Notice shifts or changes

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Annotate

d)

Figure out the structure of the poem

e)

Identify the narrator

75.

Which of the following is the 5th step in reading a poem?

a)

Notice shifts or changes

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Annotate

d)

Figure out the structure of the poem

e)

Identify the narrator

76.

Which of the following is the 6th step in reading a poem?

a)

Notice shifts or changes

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Read the title, then stop

d)

Figure out the structure of the poem

e)

Identify the narrator

77.

Which of the following is the 7th step in reading a poem?

a)

Notice shifts or changes

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Read the title, then stop

d)

Figure out the structure of the poem

e)

Identify the narrator

78.

Which of the following is the 8th step in reading a poem?

a)

Read the poem all the way through, out loud if possible, and think about what new messages you see in the poem

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Read the title, then stop

d)

Figure out the structure of the poem

e)

Identify the narrator

79.

Which of the following is the last step in reading a poem?

a)

Read the poem all the way through, out loud if possible, and think about what new messages you see in the poem

b)

Use a dictionary to look up any words you don't know

c)

Read the title, then stop

d)

Figure out the structure of the poem

e)

Identify the narrator

80.

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Enjambment

d)

Assonance

81.

Poetry that doesn't rhyme or have a measurable meter is called

a)

Simile

b)

Sonnet

c)

Ballad

d)

Free Verse

82.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at

the beginning of adjacent or closely connected

words is called

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Consonance

d)

Enjambment

83.

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art is called

a)

Alliteration

b)

Ballad

c)

Meter

d)

Allusion

84.

A single line of poetry is called

a)

Metaphor

b)

Rhythm

c)

Verse

d)

Stanza

85.

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

Meter

86.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Tone

d)

Ballad

87.

A story/narrative in poetic form is called

a)

Free Verse

b)

Sonnet

c)

Ballad

d)

Stanza

88.

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

a)

Stanza

b)

Verse

c)

Meter

d)

Tone

89.

A word that sounds like what it means (Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle) is called

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

90.

The repetition of consonant sounds,but not vowels, in a chunk of text is called

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Tone

91.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

92.

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Diction

93.

The author’s specific word choice is called

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Diction

94.

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

a)

Theme

b)

Rhythm

c)

Symbol

d)

Meter

95.

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line is called

a)

Tone

b)

Diction

c)

Rhythm

d)

Meter

96.

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc is called

a)

Tone

b)

Diction

c)

Rhythm

d)

Meter

97.

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth is called

a)

Tone

b)

Diction

c)

Rhythm

d)

Meter

98.

This type of poem is made up of 14 lines with a very strict rhyme structure and was popularized by William Shakespeare

a)

Limerick

b)

Sonnet

c)

Ballad

d)

Haiku

99.

Rhyme where the sounds are similar but not exactly the same, sometimes also called slant rhyme is called

a)

Exact Rhyme

b)

Simile

c)

Approximate rhyme

d)

Onomatopoeia

100.

When rhyme repeats the exact same vowel sound and consonant sounds it is called

a)

Exact Rhyme

b)

Simile

c)

Approximate rhyme

d)

Onomatopoeia