WorksheetsEntwined Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Read paragraph 50 of the selection.
“There are connections in our lives that we’re often not aware of. We’re entwined. We intersect, like chains, or strands of DNA.”
Which theme does this quote help develop?
People cannot escape the ways in which they are all linked.
People should become more aware of their connections.
People’s interconnections can create obstacles in their lives.
People’s differences are not as significant as their similarities.
What can the reader infer about the narrator, based on what he says in the first section of the story?
He had few friends in school.
He was a star baseball player.
The accident ruined his business plans.
The accident instilled in him a fear of driving.
Which quote from the story best supports the answer to question 2?
With a start, I realized I knew Chris; I had played baseball against him.
“A freshman. Apparently some pathetic loser.”
. . . I did not renew it, nor have I ever driven a car again after that day I killed Professor G.
In my early twenties I aimlessly worked boring, dead-end jobs.
Daria’s decision to call the narrator advances the plot by —
giving Daria an opportunity to confess the truth about her father’s crimes
leading the narrator to learn that Chris pushed his father in front of the car
giving the narrator an opportunity to talk about memories that weigh on his mind
leading Daria to learn about the demons that haunted her brother for many years
Which small lie does the narrator tell the police following the car accident?
That Russell jumped in front of his car
That he was traveling at 35 miles per hour
That Chris pushed Russell in front of his car
That he tried but failed to swerve out of the way
Choose the phrase that correctly punctuates the underlined section in the sentences below.
Sometimes people think they know a person, but they actually don’t. Russell Gramercy: was a serial murderer, not a great man.
actually don’t. Russell Gramercy was: a
actually don’t: Russell Gramercy was a
actually: don’t. Russell Gramercy was a
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Read the dictionary entry.
boilerplate \boil′ər-plat′\ n 1. steel in the form of flat plates used in making steam boilers 2. journalistic material, such as syndicated features, made available by agencies in a form that is already typeset, originally in plate form, for easy incorporation into publications such as newspapers 3. hackneyed or conventional language, usually expressing a generally accepted viewpoint 4. standardized or set language that is meant to be used repeatedly, often in organizational publications or legal documents
Based on context clues in the surrounding text, which definition best matches the meaning of boilerplate as it is used in paragraph 48?
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Which excerpt from the selection best supports the inference that the narrator is a music fan?
A song I loved, Pearl Jam’s “Alive,” came on the radio, and I took my hand off the two positions of the ten-and-two driving stance I had so recently been taught in driver’s ed.
There was a faint whiff of something burnt—my tires on the asphalt—and Pearl Jam was still playing on the radio.
Hymns were sung. Speakers came up to a makeshift stage and talked about Russ or Professor G.
There was laughter around the table, and my questioner added, quoting Johnny Cash, “When you shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die?”
Read paragraph 80 of the selection.
“I wanted to,” I repeated, protesting too much. Then I blurted out, “Actually, that’s not accurate. I was dreading the visit; there was nothing I wanted to do less. When my father told me we couldn’t, it was like I had gotten a reprieve.”
What does this paragraph tell the reader about the narrator’s personality?
He’s fearful.
He’s honest.
He’s talkative.
He's intelligent.
Which significant detail does the narrator learn after discovering the tape of Barry playing soccer?
Chris Gramercy shoved his father in front of the car.
Video footage can be manipulated by computer software.
The internet is an incredible resource for finding people and information.
Irving Beckstein is a forensic video analyst who worked for the Defense Department.
