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8th Grade Midterm Part 3

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mrs. Jones’s motive for showing love to Roger is that she thinks he will __________.

a)

repay her

b)

leave her alone

c)

change his ways

d)

become her son

2.

Mrs. Jones takes responsibility for Roger as someone would for __________.

a)

an employee

b)

a son

c)

a student

d)

a neighbor

3.

When the appointment was made, the hardware store was __________.

a)

a grocery store

b)

the police station

c)

a restaurant

d)

the post office

4.

The policeman is able to see the stranger’s facial features because of the __________.

a)

light from the lamppost

b)

light from the match

c)

moonlight

d)

flashlight

5.

Bob finally realizes that the man who has claimed to be Jimmy Wells is really an impostor because

__________.

a)

Jimmy Wells is not as tall as the man who claims to be Jimmy

b)

the man’s voice does not sound familiar

c)

Jimmy Wells has a Roman nose instead of a pug nose

d)

the man does not remember some important details about the past

6.

Who is the narrator in “Half a Gift”?

a)

Nick

b)

Mother

c)

Father

d)

Robert

e)

Joe

7.

The boys earn the money to buy the presents by __________.

a)

helping with the grocery shopping

b)

working as waiters

c)

scrubbing the floor

d)

delivering furniture

8.

The job Mother hates the most is __________.

a)

washing clothes

b)

cooking

c)

keeping wood and coal in the stove

d)

scrubbing and mopping the floor

9.

Bunyan obtained devotional books __________.

a)

with his own money

b)

from his father

c)

from his wife’s dowry

d)

from his mother

10.

During his prison years, Bunyan wrote both Pilgrim’s Progress and __________.

a)

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs

b)

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

c)

A Pilgrim’s Journey

d)

both B and C

11.

What aspect of Bunyan’s book caused it to be popular?

a)

universalized experiences

b)

use of common people’s speech

c)

use of the language of the King James Version

d)

all of the above

12.

The tension in “Seeing Off a Friend” results from __________.

a)

stormy weather

b)

nature

c)

anger between the two friends

d)

the obscurity of the wanderer’s destination

13.

In Li Bai’s poem, the gift of friendship that the remaining friend gives to the wanderer is

__________.

a)

endurance

b)

acceptance

c)

honesty

d)

trust

14.

The two friends in Versos Sencillos are the __________.

a)

long-lost friend and enemy

b)

honest friend and brute

c)

casual friend and brother

d)

friend and neighbor

15.

Uncle Jesse says, “That ain’t no dog” for all the following reasons except that __________.

a)

she is odorless

b)

she cleans herself like a cat

c)

she does not bark

d)

she makes no noise

16.

Jesse says M’Lady can scent game up to _____ yards away.

a)

twenty

b)

forty

c)

sixty

d)

eighty

17.

In “Mama and the Graduation Present,” the boarders’ rent money is used to __________.

a)

buy Katrin a graduation present

b)

buy new furniture

c)

pay Papa’s hospital bills

d)

pay for the family vacation

18.

What is a consequence Anders suffers because of the bitterness between the two brothers?

a)

poverty

b)

freedom

c)

exile

d)

joy

19.

“The Brothers” reflects __________.

a)

German culture

b)

French culture

c)

Norwegian culture

d)

Dutch culture

20.

The conclusion of the folktale “Pleasing All the World” is that __________.

a)

the father and son continue to ride the camel

b)

the father and son carry the camel

c)

the father and son walk beside the camel

d)

the father and son give the camel water during the ride

21.

What does the mother copy by weaving it into the brocade?

a)

a painting

b)

her favorite son

c)

a beautiful bird

d)

the view outside her window

22.

His Majesty’s request of the blacksmith in “The Blacksmith’s Dilemma” is __________.

a)

to close the blacksmith shop

b)

to stop charging money for his services to the farmers and hunters

c)

to make a living man out of the iron given to the blacksmith

d)

to come to the palace and work for the king

23.

“The Blacksmith’s Dilemma” is a/an __________.

a)

Chinese folktale

b)

German folktale

c)

Greek myth

d)

African folktale

24.

In “The Nail” the merchant is eager to __________.

a)

take good care of his horse

b)

make all the money that he can

c)

share his wealth with the stable boy

d)

get to his home before nightfall

25.

What two things remind King Midas of his former golden touch?

a)

the roses in the garden and the water pot

b)

the sands of the river and Marygold’s hair

c)

his glasses and Marygold’s handiwork

d)

the stranger and Marygold

26.

In “The Golden Touch” Midas loves what as much as or more than gold?

a)

his daughter

b)

wisdom

c)

food

d)

pleasure

27.

Christ’s being wounded heals us.

a)

irony

b)

symbol

c)

plot

d)

simile

28.

represents something in addition to itself

a)

irony

b)

symbol

c)

plot

d)

simile

29.

the order of events in a short story

a)

irony

b)

symbol

c)

plot

d)

simile

30.

“All we like sheep...”

a)

irony

b)

symbol

c)

plot

d)

simile

31.

distinguishes one character from another

a)

character trait

b)

foreshadowing

c)

parallelism

d)

symbol

32.

may give clues to a surprise ending

a)

character trait

b)

foreshadowing

c)

parallelism

d)

symbol

33.

a key feature of Hebrew poetry

a)

character trait

b)

foreshadowing

c)

parallelism

d)

symbol

34.

brief but wise saying

a)

proverb

b)

act

c)

theme

d)

concrete imagery

35.

major division in the action of a play

a)

proverb

b)

act

c)

theme

d)

concrete imagery

36.

recurring idea in a play

a)

proverb

b)

act

c)

theme

d)

concrete imagery

37.

descriptive words or phrases that create an impression and that appeal to one or more of the five

senses

a)

proverb

b)

act

c)

theme

d)

concrete imagery

38.

expression of one thing in terms of another

a)

metaphor

b)

myth

c)

character flaw

d)

idiom

39.

story that has at one time been held by a cultural group to be true and that seeks to teach why

things happen the way they do

a)

metaphor

b)

myth

c)

character flaw

d)

idiom

40.

a weakness or failing in a person

a)

metaphor

b)

myth

c)

character flaw

d)

idiom