WorksheetsMid-Unit 1 Assessment Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
“For her sake, I tried to sound upbeat about my last days at Yancy Academy. I told her I wasn’t too down about the expulsion. I’d lasted almost the whole year this time.”
What is the root of expulsion?
Expul
Ex
Expulsion
Expo
“When I was young, I nicknamed him Smelly Gabe. I’m sorry, but it’s the truth. The guy reeked like moldy garlic pizza wrapped in gym shorts.”
Which words in this sentence do not help in understanding the meaning of reeked?
Nickname
Smelly
Moldy garlic pizza
Gym shorts
“Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. A blinding flash, and she was simply . . . gone.”
Which words in this sentence do not help in understanding the meaning of dissolved?
Melting into light
Holographic projection
Golden form
Simply gone
Percy's friend Grover is a
Centaur
Hellhound
Naiad
Satyr
“In a flash of lightning, through the mud-spattered rear windshield, I saw a figure lumbering toward us on the shoulder of the road. The sight of it made my skin crawl.”
What type of figurative language is represented by the bolded phrase?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
“As he got closer, I realized he couldn’t be holding a blanket over his head, because his hands—huge, meaty hands—were swinging at his sides. There was no blanket. Meaning the bulky, fuzzy mass that was too big to be his head . . . was his head.”
Which of the following is the meaning of bulky?
Skinny
Bright
Furry
Large
Which god or goddess claimed Percy at the end of Chapter 8?
Zeus
Poseidon
Ares
Artemis
“The pair of cabins at the head of the field, numbers one and two, looked like his-and-hers mausoleums, big white marble boxes with heavy columns in front. Cabin one was the biggest and bulkiest of the twelve. Its polished bronze doors shimmered like a hologram, so that from different angles lightning bolts seemed to streak across them” (84).
Pick the simile(s) from the above quote.
looked like his-and-hers mausoleums
big white marble boxes
polished bronze doors shimmered like a hologram
lightning bolts seemed to streak across them
“[Grover] took the empty glass from me gingerly, as if it were dynamite, and set it back on the table.”
Which word in this excerpt best helps in understanding the meaning of gingerly?
Empty
Glass
Dynamite
Table
Authors often give human characteristics and behaviors to non-human objects. This technique is called personification. Which of the following sentences from chapter 5 demonstrates personification?
“The porch wrapped all the way around the farmhouse.”
“ . . . the valley marched all the way up to the water . . .”
“The landscape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture. . .”
“Canoes glided across a small lake.”
What was Percy's nickname for his stepdad?
Dirty Gabe
Ugly Gabe
Smelly Gabe
Dumb Gabe
In a fictional story, point of view...
Is the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
Shows the opinions or feelings of individuals involved in the situation
Is always false and can never be trusted
Is the way the author allows the reader to "see" and "hear" what's happening
True or false: we know Percy's point of view in the novel through his thoughts as the narrator.
True
False
True or false: Percy's mom referred to the Minotaur as "Hera's son" to avoid using its real name in the fight scene.
True
False
