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WorksheetsEnglish IV Semester 1 Final
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Where does the story take place?
San Francisco Chinatown
China
Japan
Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Where did they get the chess game from?
Christmas present from church
She found it
Mom bought the chess game
A friend gave it to her brother
Waverly's mother taught her the art of invisible _______?
strength
kindness
love
wind
What conflict arises when the mother and daughter go shopping?
Her mom was showing her off, and Waverly got upset.
Waverly was not listening.
Waverly stole a plum.
Her mom started yelling at her.
When does MeiMei first become interested in chess?
When she found the game in the dark alley.
When she saw the old men in the park playing.
When she went to the Christmas party.
When she saw her brothers playing.
What did Waverly trade to play chess?
Jolly Ranchers
Oreo
Kit Kat
Life Savers Candies
Why is it difficult for Waverly to concentrate at home?
Her mother stands behind her breathing loudly.
Her brothers make too much noise.
She has to help her mother about the house.
She can't concentrate because of the wind.
How does the elder Vladek exercise?
Stationary bicycle
Lifts weights
Roller blading
Goes for a run
Why does Anja go to a Sanitarium?
She is lonely.
She is depressed.
She needs help with money.
She has trouble eating.
In the dream, his visitor told him he would be freed on what day?
Christmas
Parsha’s Truma
New Year’s Eve
His birthday
What did Vladek throw away at the end of the novel?
Artie’s food
Anja’s wedding ring
Artie’s coat
Anja’s diaries
Richieu is ultimately killed:
By a German soldier who enjoys swinging kids against the wall
In the ovens as Auschwitz
By lack of food while they are hiding
By Tosha, the aunt who was hiding him
When Vladek gets drafted, he tells Anja to pack everything, including the small things, and then sends her to Sosnowiec suggests that Vladek:
Knew he would not survive the war
Always does the right thing
Is aware of the reality of the situation and able to think quickly
Does not want Anja to worry because they can buy big replacement items later
Vladek always made Artie finish everything on his plate. This suggests that Vladek:
Is a strict father
Doesn’t like to waste anything
Is affected by his own experiences in the Holocaust
All of the above
“Prisoner on the Hell Planet” is the only present-day representation we see of Anja. In her brief presence, how is her personality similar in both the past and present?
In both, she is dependent on others.
In both, she is resourceful.
In both, she is focused on survival.
In both, she is focused on money.
Which sentence best supports the idea that the Holocaust has impacted Vladek in a way that affects his relationship with his son and Mala?
“My father’s worn out. He’s taking a nap.”
“Please, dad, if you don’t keep your story chronological, I’ll never get it straight.”
“He’s more attached to things than to people.”
“Forget I said anything!”
Which of the following is an example of Character vs. Nature conflict?
Prisoners of War lifting heavy objects
Anja suffering from depression
Artie and Vladek arguing over food
Jewish P.O.Ws sleeping in a tent during winter
Which of the following is not an example of Character vs. Character conflict?
Artie and Vladek arguing throughout the novel
Vladek’s issue with money and his will
The Nazis liquidating the ghetto
Anja not believing Vladek about Lucia
Which of the following from page 65 was not one of the measures the Nazis took over the Jews?
“I must bring Vladek home before curfew.”
“They made us sing prayer while they laughed and beat us.”
“They cut off our beards.”
“She was sick with cancer.”
Why is Vladek’s reference to Walt Disney is an example of dramatic irony?
Vladek did not know who Walt Disney was immediately.
Vladek only knows one cartoonist.
Vladek thinks his son is better than Disney.
Vladek does not know that Walt Disney was rumored to be anti-Semitic.
Which of the following does not provide evidence for the conflict of man vs. self?
“I’m sick of hiding” (122).
“Why are you pulling me, Vladek? Let me alone! I don’t want to live!” (122).
“Why, Artie? Why I ever remarried?” (127).
“Give me your I.D. paper – I’m going to blow your brains out” (118).
The numbers seen on Vladek’s arm represent:
Lasting reminder of his Holocaust experiences
The Nazi attempt to remove his identity
The lack of respect the Nazis had for the Jews
All of the above
Spiegelman draws Anja wearing a pig mask with her tail hanging out to point out that Anja:
Had a very long tail
Lacked confidence in blending in
Had difficulty hiding her Jewish features
Had a bad costume
Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?
“In Hungary we could be free to walk the streets again, like humans” (151).
“ ‘It’s a miracle! How did you manage it? ‘I’m a magician!’” (139).
“‘He’ll join us on the train – Don’t worry! ’But, of course, we did worry” (155).
“Wrapped in foil, I kept it hidden there…it was my last treasure” (156).
Which of the following ideas is most prevalent during “Prisoner on the Hell
bribery
guilt
familial issues
selfishness
Which of the following provides evidence of one of the key themes in the novel?
“He may be an informer. The safest thing would be to kill him” (113).
“What had we to do? We took pity on him”(113).
“It wasn’t any more families. It was everybody to take care for himself” (114).
“Anja and I saw her father at the window. He was tearing his hair and crying” (115).
Which of the following is the most prevalent theme in Maus?
It is possible to survive against overwhelming odds with perseverance.
Money can always get individuals out of any difficult situation.
When people go hungry, businesses become difficult to carry on.
Bribery is the key component to surviving injustice.
Vladek ensures that Artie will return his phone call by leaving a message to the effect that
he [Vladek] has found a few stray pages of Anja’s diary.
Mala has left him and taken all of his money.
he has suffered a heart attack.
he is desperately eager to finish telling Artie his story.
Which Nazi concentration camp did Vladek not enter?
Auschwitz
Dachau
Gross-Rosen
Warsaw
Artie ends up drawing Francois as a:
Frog
Deer
Mouse
Pig
“Zyklon B” is
the name of the crew assigned to “black work” in Auschwitz.
the nickname of Anja’s cruel and spiteful kapo.
the name of the gas used in the chambers at Auschwitz
the name of Vladek's block of barracks in Auschwitz
What job does Vladek never have at Auschwitz I?
Tinsmith
Shoemaker
Blackwork
Carpenter
What is an explanation Vladek gives for Mandelbaum’s disappearance?
Nazis tossed his hat and shot him.
Mendelbaum escaped into the woods.
Nazis burned him in a pit.
Mandelbaum was sent to Dachau.
On numerous occasions, Vladek is able to trade his knowledge of ________ for small favors from those in power.
engineering
English
weaponry
French
Francoise is disgusted by Vladek’s
prejudice against a black hitchhiker.
prejudice against his Catholic neighbors.
contempt for those too weak to survive the camps.
suggestion that Mala is overweight.
In Dachau, Vladek contracts
tuberculosis.
polio
malaria
typhus
The Poles who betrayed Vladek after offering to smuggle him into Hungary end up
in Auschwitz.
paying Vladek for language lessons.
as Vladek’s kapos.
as prisoners of the Allies when the war ends.
In Auschwitz, Mandelbaum prays for
a quick death.
a bite of sausage.
a piece of string and a shoe that fits.
the lives of his sons.
Spiegelman writes, “Vladek started working as a tinman in Auschwitz in the spring of 1944…I started working on this page at the very end of February 1987.” What is the technical term for the kind of sentence structure he uses?
metaphor
parallelism
mixed metaphor
allegory
When Vladek first sees Anja at Birkenau after their long separation, he rebukes her for
wasting scraps of food on her friends.
allowing her muscles to atrophy by not exercising.
going into too much personal detail in her letters.
continuing to dwell on Richieu’s death.
When Vladek was saving up to buy Anja a place in the new barracks in Auschwitz I, what did he have to pay with?
Cigarettes and vodka
Bread and cheese
Cigarettes and bread
Bread and vodka
Vladek refers to the process of procuring food by making underground deals and exchanges as ___________ food.
“manipulating”
“organizing”
“orchestrating”
“fabricating”
In Maus II, Spiegelman portrays himself as
a mouse in a pig mask.
a mouse in a prison uniform.
a man in a mouse mask.
a man in a prison uniform.
At Auschwitz, “black work” is the name for
shoveling coal into the ovens.
emptying ash from the ovens.
hard physical labor performed outdoors.
cleaning out the toilets in the barracks.
The technical term for understating something to emphasize it is
juxtaposition
paradox
metaphor
litotes
Prisoners at Dachau are denied soup if
they are deemed strong enough to survive without it.
their clothes contain lice.
they are not fully and neatly dressed.
they complain of the cold.
Where, according to Vladek, did his “troubles” begin?
in Dachau
in the cattle car
in the town of his birth
in Rego Park after Anja’s suicide
After the war, Vladek learns that ________ are killing Jews in Sosnowiec
Nazis
German civilians
Polish civilians
Hungarians
The scattered family photographs are symbols for
the scattering of the Jewish community after the Holocaust.
scattered leaves.
scattering mice.
the scattering of the Nazis who escaped punishment after the war.
Vladek is reluctant to move to America after the war because
he is afraid to try new things.
he has built up an impressive business in Sweden.
many Germans whose homes were bombed are also moving to America.
he believes the move will be bad for Anja’s fragile physical and mental health.
According to the elderly Vladek, the food one was officially given at Auschwitz was
surprisingly sufficient if one was not accustomed to overindulging.
more satisfying than the food Mala cooks for him now.
more nutritious than the food most Americans eat today.
just enough to make one die more slowly.
Which of the following is an example of ironic behavior?
Vladek and Anja hugging just after Richieu is born.
Vladek calling up Artie about his heart attack.
Vladek being prejudiced against African-Americans.
Vladek obtaining scraps of food for Anja in Auschwitz.
Where do Click Clacks come from?
The dark
Under the bed
Outside
The closet
What do Click Clacks look like?
Huge spiders
Vampires
What you aren’t expecting
TV monsters
Who is the author of Click-Clack the Rattlebag?
Shirley Temple
Neil Gaiman
Art Spiegelman
Elie Wiesel
What do Click Clacks do to you?
They eat you
They trap you in cages
They drink you
They invite you over to play board games
What kind of ending does this story have?
Cliffhanger
Happy
Depressing
Confusing
One of the central themes of the story could be best described by what sentence below?
Looks can be deceiving
Never offer to babysit for your girlfriend
Monsters are always obvious in their appearance
We should trust those around us blindly
What is the most significant effect of not giving any of the characters names?
It was easier to write
It makes it easier to talk about
It means the story could happen anywhere to anyone
It demonstrates the narrator's ability to make up stories
Who is the narrator of this story?
The girl’s boyfriend
The girl
The “little boy”
This story is told via 3rd person narration
Where is the narrator when he is telling this story, how does this story end?
The narrator is a 3rd person narration so the story is being told by an unseen force and thus could be anywhere
The narrator is back at home after escaping from the monster and is explaining to someone what happened to him
The narrator is being pulled into the attic by the monster
The narrator is telling the story about something that could happen to him in the future
What evidence does the story give to indicate that the narrator is likely a man in young adulthood?
It states that his girlfriend is bringing home wine to drink
The story says that this is the first night that he is spending with his girlfriend and that he isn’t quite sure yet that he loves her, thus indicating this is one of his first relationships
The story states that he has not yet established a career for himself and he is just starting out in life
All of the options indicate that the narrator is likely in early adulthood.
What was the original cause of the feud between Ulrich's and Georg's families?
A land dispute between the two families
One of the families owe the other money
The families used to be friends until the war broke out
One of the families murdered a member of the other family
What is an "interloper?"
An enemy
A trespasser
A dangerous human
A fake friend
What is the conflict of the story?
The hunters found the same deer
George cut down a tree in his enemy's property
Gradwitz's gun runs out of ammo
Two hunters feud over property boundaries
What was the setting of the story?
George's house
Western prairie lands
A forest
The Ohio River Valley
What happens at the resolution of the story?
The hunters are rescued by Ulrich's men
The hunters are eaten by wolves
The hunters duel and end up killing each other
The hunters end up becoming friends and help each other
Why do the men go out hunting?
to hunt bears
for the shooting competition
to hunt and kill each other
to hunt deer
Why do the men value the disputed property so much despite its low-quality hunting?
Reputation & Pride
Great Potential to Grow Crops
The Trees can be used to build houses
They were both born on the property
How long has this conflict been going on between the two families?
A few months
A hundred years
Three generations
Since the beginning of time
What is one of the central themes of this story?
You should fight for what is yours
You should lay aside feuds or arguments because they could lead down the path of destruction.
You should always pack an extra gun if you are in the woods
Mother nature has no say when it comes to men fighting
Who is the author of this short story?
Boom
James Adam Shelley
Saki
Stephen King
In "The Scarlet Ibis," why does the narrator rename his brother Doodle?
People expect too much of someone named William Armstrong.
The little boy does not like to be called William Armstrong.
The little boy crawls backward like a doodle-bug
Doodle is an old family nickname.
Why is the narrator's brother three months old before he is named?
His parents cannot agree on a name.
It is traditional to wait three months before naming a baby.
Everybody thinks the baby will die.
The baby first has to be baptized.
The story suggests that Doodle's main reason for trying to become "normal" is to
Please his brother
Please his parents
Prove the doctor wrong
Fulfill a need in himself
What did Brother force Doodle to do in order to leave the barn loft?
Touch the coffin
Jump into a pile of hay
Lick the poison
Climb the blood tree
Why does Doodle bury the scarlet ibis?
Dad tells him to do it.
The narrator makes him do it.
He can't eat cobbler until the bird is buried.
He feels compassion towards the bird.
The scarlet ibis symbolizes Doodle in that both the child and the bird are...
Able to move very quickly
Trying to learn to fly
Rare, beautiful and fragile
Very fond of being outside
What words does Doodle say to the narrator multiple times in the story?
"Help me, brother!"
"Leave me alone, brother!"
"Don't leave me, brother!"
"I can't, brother!"
The quote, "Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone" is an example of
Mood
Suspense
Internal Conflict
Foreshadowing
The storm that brings in the scarlet ibis represents
Increasing conflict to come later in the story.
The bad weather in North Carolina, where the story takes place.
That hurricane season is quickly approaching.
How exotic birds often flock according to the seasons.
One of the central themes that can be learned from this story is:
Pride can get in the way of love.
We should push people beyond their physical limits
You should never accept someone for who they are and instead should be judgmental of them.
People with physical disabilities cannot accomplish anything without help.
From whose point of view is this story told?
Yummy
Roger
Shavon
Monster
How does Yummy get his nickname?
His mom gives it to him when he is born.
He gets it because he is so sweet.
He gets it because he enjoys eating candy and sweets.
His grandma gives him this nickname because he always wanted to eat brownies for dinner.
Who are the Black Disciples?
They are a gang that runs the neighborhood Yummy lives in.
They are a group of kids that hang out and harass the neighborhood.
They are a gang that started in California and spread across the United States.
This is just what Roger and his friends call themselves at their school.
Why do gangs like the Black Disciples allow young children like Yummy to join?
They are just always looking for new members.
They don’t—Yummy is not allowed to join and is only perpetrating violence to prove himself.
They let young people join because they cannot be convicted of felonies, so they can do more for the gang.
They allow young children to join because they believe in community outreach.
How does Yummy get scars and burns on his body?
He was in a fire when he was an infant.
He was abused by his mother and father.
This was part of his initiation into the Black Disciples.
He scarred his own body to appear to be more tough.
Why does Yummy live with his grandmother?
Yummy always got along better with his grandmother than his birth mother.
His parents are both dead.
His grandmother enjoys children, so she chooses to raise all her grandchildren.
His father is in prison and his mother had her children taken away due to drug abuse and prostitution charges as well as child abuse.
Yummy is picked on while in juvenile detention; how does he react?
Yummy cries and tells on the people who pick on him.
Yummy fights and becomes more violent as a result of bullying.
Yummy doesn’t react at all and just pretends nothing is wrong.
Yummy runs away from the detention center when no one is looking.
How many felonies does Yummy have by the time he is eleven years old?
6
14
23
35
Who does Yummy call for help at the end of the story?
Roger.
Monster.
His grandmother.
The police.
Why do the Black Disciples kill Yummy?
Yummy was doing a bad job in their gang so he was no longer useful to them.
Yummy was bringing too much attention from the police and was going to possibly snitch so they decided to kill him themselves.
Yummy decides to go to the police so they kill him before they can reach the station.
It isn’t the Black Disciples that kill Yummy—it is the police.
Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock themselves in an abbey?
to pray in seclusion
to celebrate his birthday
to escape an invading army
to escape the Red Death
What do the red windows in the last chamber symbolize in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
blood and death
love and hope
jealousy and fear
elegance and wealth
In "The Masque of the Red Death," what does the uninvited guest symbolize?
anger
wealth
celebration
death
How do Prince Prospero's guests react to the black room?
They fear it and do not want to enter it.
They find it to be exciting and interesting.
They avoid it because it is too dark.
They are awed by its incredible beauty.
In "The Masque of the Red Death," the location of the black chamber at the western end of the suite
Suggests the end of daylight and life.
Indicates a fascination with the bizarre.
Minimizes the presence of natural light.
Suggests a mood of exploration and excitement.
Prince Prospero objects to the masked stranger because he
Arrives uninvited.
Is costumed as a victim of the Red Death.
Interrupts the musicians.
Might contaminate the abbey with the plague.
How does Prince Prospero die?
He is stabbed with a dagger.
He is stricken by the Red Death and falls over dead from the plague.
He is injured in a fall.
He is hanged from the battlements.
Who is the author of this story?
Edgar Allen Poe
G. Neri
Frank Warren
Shirley Jackson
