Worksheets1st 6 weeks exam
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
But it's tempting, so tempting, when I see the bounty waiting there before me. And I know that if I don't get it, someone else will. That the Career Tributes who survive the bloodbath will divide up most of these life-sustaining spoils. Something catches my eye. There, resting on a mound of blanket rolls, is a silver sheath of arrows and a bow, already strung, just waiting to be engaged. That's mine, I think. It's meant for me.
1. In the above paragraph taken from “Thanks for the Knife,” what can the reader infer about the narrator?
A. She is unsure of the future
B. She is impulsive by nature
C. She is confident by nature
D. She is scared of the future
But it's tempting, so tempting, when I see the bounty waiting there before me. And I know that if I don't get it, someone else will. That the Career Tributes who survive the bloodbath will divide up most of these life-sustaining spoils. Something catches my eye. There, resting on a mound of blanket rolls, is a silver sheath of arrows and a bow, already strung, just waiting to be engaged. That's mine, I think. It's meant for me.
Based on the paragraph above, what can the reader infer about the narrator’s opinion on the other Tributes?
A. She is terrified of them
B. She easily manipulates them
C. She is intimidated by them
D. She wants to be their friends
I'm fast. I can sprint faster than any of the girls in our school, although a couple can beat me in distance races. But this forty-yard length, this is what I am built for. I know I can get it, I know I can reach it first, but then the question is how quickly can I get out of there? By the time I've scrambled up the packs and grabbed the weapons, others will have reached the horn, and one or two I might be able to pick off, but say there's a dozen, at that close range, they could take me down with the spears and the clubs. Or their own powerful fists. Still, I won't be the only target. I'm betting many of the other tributes would pass up a smaller girl, even one who scored an eleven in training, to take out their more fierce adversaries.
Which sentence best supports the idea that the narrator is self-aware?
A. I know I can get it, I know I can reach it first, but then the question is how quickly can I get out of there?
B. Or their powerful fists.
C. I'm fast.
D. I'm betting many of the other tributes would pass up a smaller girl, even one who scored an eleven in training, to take out their more fierce adversaries.
“(1)Incredibly, it was another four weeks before they saw each other again. (2)As fate would have it her visits to the supermarket never coincided with his schedule to bag. (3)Each time she went to the store, her eyes scanned the checkouts at once, her heart in her mouth. (4)And each hour he worked, the bag boy kept one eye on the door, watching for the red-haired girl with the big orange bow.” -Checkouts by Cynthia Ryland
What is the correct way to write sentence 2?
A. As fate would have it, her visits to the supermarket never coincided with his schedule to bag.
B. As, fate would have it her visits to the supermarket never coincided with his schedule to bag.
C. As fate would have it her visits, to the supermarket never coincided with his schedule to bag.
D. No change
“Then one day the bag boy dropped her jar of mayonnaise and that is how she fell in love” -Checkouts by Cynthia Ryland
What is the correct way to write the sentence above?
A. Then one day, the bag boy dropped her jar of mayonnaise and that is how she fell in love.
B. Then one day the bag boy dropped her jar of mayonnaise, and that is how she fell in love.
C. Then one day, the bag boy dropped her jar of mayonnaise, and that is how she fell in love
D. No change
What is the best evidence of the narrator’s pride in “The Cask of Amontillado”?
A. I must not suffer as a result of taking my revenge.
B. But then I learned that he had laughed at my proud name, Montresor, the name of an old and honored family.
C. Was are a great family, and an old one.
D. ...deep under the walls of my palace.
The author uses foreshadowing in "The Cask of Amontillado" primarily to:
A. Reveal Fortunato's vibrancy and passion for life
B. Indicate how powerful Montresor is
C. Reveal the narrator's plan for Fortunato
D. Create a tone for the story
The author uses figurative language in "The Cask of Amontillado" primarily to
A. Make the story more interesting
B. Create mood and tone in the story
C. Describe the characters better
D. Describe the setting
“"(1)What are you crying for?" asked Daddy, but I couldn't answer. (2) They didn't know that I did it just for myself, that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.
(3)Within a few months, Doodle had learned to walk well. (4) Since, I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk I began to believe in my own infallibility. (5)I decided to teach him to run, to row, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight. (6)Now he, too, believed in me; so, we set a deadline when Doodle could start school.”
-Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
What is the correct way to write sentence 4?
A. Since I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk I began to believe in my own infallibility.
B. Since I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility.
C. Since I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk I began to believe, in my own infallibility.
D. No change
“(1)Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, when the ibis came to the bleeding tree. (2)It's strange that all this is so clear to me, now that time has had its way. (3)But sometimes (like right now) I sit in the cool green parlor, and I remember Doodle.” -Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
What is the correct way to write sentence 1?
A. Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born when the ibis came to the bleeding tree.
B. Summer was dead but autumn had not, yet been born when the ibis came to the bleeding tree.
C. Summer was dead, but autumn had not yet been born when the ibis came to the bleeding tree.
D. No change
“(1)At that moment, the bird began to flutter. (2)It tumbled down through the bleeding tree and landed at our feet with a thud. (3)Its graceful neck jerked twice and then straightened out. (4)The bird was still. (5)It lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and even death could not mar its beauty.”
-Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
What is the correct way to write sentences 3 and 4?
A. Its graceful neck jerked twice and then straightened out, the bird was still.
B. Its graceful neck jerked twice and then straightened out, for the bird was still.
Its graceful neck jerked twice and then straightened out, nor the bird was still.
Its graceful neck jerked twice and then straightened out, and the bird was still.
The researchers believe that more then 75 percent of adults in the United States will be overweight or obese by 2015.
What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence above?
A. Change believe to beleive
B. Change then to than
C. Insert a comma after overweight.
D. No change
Shultz charged the battery. He then discovered the video along with several photos.
The sentences above are choppy and ineffective. What is the best way to revise these sentences?
A. Shultz charged the battery, while then discovering the video along with several photos.
B. After charging the battery, Shultz discovered the video along with several photos.
C. While charging the battery, Shultz then discovered the video along with several photos.
D. Shultz charged the battery because he discovered the video along with several photos.
Read the following dictionary definition of the word lapse.
/laps/
Noun 1. a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment. 2. an interval or passage of time Verb 1. (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, renewed; expire 2. pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
Which definition is being used in the following paragraph?
Once inside the supermarket, her hands firmly around the handle of the cart, she would lapse into a kind of reverie and wheel toward the produce. Like a Tibetan monk in solitary meditation, she calmed to a point of deep, deep happiness; this feeling came to her, reliably, if strangely, only in the supermarket. - Checkouts
A. A temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
B. (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, renewed; expire
C. an interval or passage of time
D. pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
Read the following dictionary definition of the word entrails.
/ˈentrəlz/ Noun A. the internal parts of the trunk of an animal B. the intestines C. the internal parts of anything.
Which definition is being used in the following paragraph?
One morning in July a hurricane came out of the east, tipping over the oaks in the yard and splitting the limbs of the elm trees. That afternoon it roared back out of the west, blew the fallen oaks around, snapping their roots and tearing them out of the earth like a hawk at the entrails of a chicken. Cotton bolls were wrenched from the stalks and lay like green walnuts in the valleys between the rows, while the cornfield leaned over uniformly so that the tassels touched the ground. - The Scarlet Ibis
A. The internal parts of the trunk of the animal
B. The intestines
C. The internal parts of anything
D. None of the above
Read the following short answer from Chloe's paper.
(1)The Odyssey has captured minds for over 2700 years and the story of Odysseus shows his determination to fight and conquer obstacles with and without the help of the Gods. (2) The story dates back before 1000B.c. (The Modern Library, 1950, p.VI) (3) His creative and cunning tactics throughout the story show his determination to reach his homeland of Ithaca. (3) After conquering the Trojan War, Odysseus was told by Poseidon “man is nothing without the gods, and "actions need consequences."
What change, if any, should be made to sentence 1?
A. Add a comma between years and and
B. Change has captured to does capture
C. Change shows to show
D. No change
Read the following short answer from Chloe's paper.
(1)The Odyssey has captured minds for over 2700 years and the story of Odysseus shows his determination to fight and conquer obstacles with and without the help of the Gods. (2) The story dates back before 1000B.c. (The Modern Library, 1950, p.VI) (3) His creative and cunning tactics throughout the story show his determination to reach his homeland of Ithaca. (3) After conquering the Trojan War, Odysseus was told by Poseidon “man is nothing without the gods, and "actions need consequences."
What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?
A. Remove the comma between War and Odysseus
B. Change was told is told
C. Add quotation marks after gods
D. No change
“She believed in fairy tales when she was younger.”
What is the correct way to write the sentence above?
A. She believed in fairy tales, when she was younger.
B. She believed, in fairy tales when she was younger.
C. She believed in fairy tales when, she was younger.
D. No change
“Though my mother says it doesn't matter, I am tall and she is short.”
What is the correct way to write the sentence?
A. Though my mother says it doesn't matter I am tall and she is short.
B. Though my mother says it doesn't matter I am tall, and she is short.
C. Though my mother says it doesn't matter, I am tall, and she is short.
D. No change
“The man was mean because he was lonely but his attitude only made his situation worse.”
What is the correct way to write the sentence?
A. The man was mean because he was lonely, but his attitude only made his situation worse.
B. The man was mean, because he was lonely, but his attitude only made his situation worse.
C. The man was mean, because he was lonely, but his attitude only made his situation worse.
D. No change
