WorksheetsUnit 2 Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Grandpa didn't know that is was going to rain on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.
Using context clues, what does alter mean?
continue
change
help
swim
I tried not to care, but she had hooked me, again.
Which meaning of the word “hooked” best matches this way the word was used in the sentence?
Definition 1
Definition 2
Definition 3
Definition 4
Read this poem and identify the theme.
The petals drop one by one—
from the fragile daisy.
The shriveled, yellowing pieces of flower
blow away, leaving behind a bare stem.
I have to remember to live, to enjoy each petal of my life,
to share and grow and bask
in the sun's sweet light.
Flowers lose petals quickly.
Life is short, so enjoy every day.
It is important to be alone sometimes.
Selfishness doesn't pay.
Which of the following statements might be the theme of a piece of literature?
Natural beauty
Observing nature can change how you view the world.
I stood alone in a field of daisies.
The flowers were pretty.
We can infer the house is...
a ski house
a lake house
a beach house
a townhouse
It is likely that Miles wants to...
leave his parents
go experience life
learn more about Rabelais
seek answers to his parent’s questions
It is most likely that...
Teddy is telling the story
Mom is telling the story
Teddy’s brother or sister is telling the
story
Dad is telling the story
“The big hitch in her brilliant plan
was me.”
This quote tells the reader that the narrator...
wants to avoid her family
is needed by her family
does not agree with the plan
thinks the plan is brilliant
We can infer, in the end, the narrator is...
being difficult and should just listen to
her mother
not listening to her mother because she
is yelling
unhappy with her mother due to the
letter in the mail
contemplating how to convince her
mother to see her side
In the sentences above, the author uses a hyperbole.
What is the purpose of this figurative language?
The hyperbole helps show how impatient Rachel is about flying the kite.
The hyperbole compares the kite to an unlike object to make a point about its size.
The hyperbole describes the sound that the kite makes while it is in the air.
The hyperbole describes the kite with human-like characteristics.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following figurative expression.
Edgar was dead to the world when we got home.
Edgar was asleep when we got home.
Edgar was dead.
Edgar had a head injury and was unconscious.
Edgar was not at home.
The poem uses personification to-
show the causes of strong wind
illustrate the effects of strong wind
explain how trees respond to wind
describe why nature reacts to the wind
Which of the following is a good theme of this poem?
Everything has different talents that should be appreciated.
The squirrel is very good at its job.
Sometimes you can't be the best.
Don't fight something smaller than you.
At the end of the poem, the speaker expresses a feeling of-
indifference
excitement
grief
ignorance
Based on what we learn in stanza 1, where does Lucy live?
in a quiet area with minimal visitors
in an urban area
near a bird garden
close to the ocean
When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range- herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairies with large herds of cattle. There are mountains in west Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The SUMMARY of this passage is-
There are a lot of cows in Texas
Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States
There are many different, varied parts of Texas
There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
Which term means the attitude, or feeling, that the author has about the writing?
flashback
mood
foreshadowing
tone
Which term means the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage?
tone
mood
foreshadowing
flashback
The simmering national issue that pitted southern planter "aristocracy" against northern democracy was quickly coming to a boiling point by the election of 1860. The greatest issue of debate was whether or not slavery would be outlawed in the new westward states. Although the attitude of the nation seemed dualistic, four tickets ran for the election.
In the paragraph above, what is the definition of DUALISTIC?
twofold
angered
agreeable
flight
Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery. They marched to ensure the African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote- even in the face of a segregationist system that wanted to make it impossible. On the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, state troopers and county members violently attacked the marchers, leaving many of them injured and bloodied- and some of them unconscious.
What is the meaning of EXERCISE in the selection?
make use of
to practice or train
a traditional ceremony
worry
