Worksheets8th Grade Midterm Part 3
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Mrs. Jones’s motive for showing love to Roger is that she thinks he will __________.
repay her
leave her alone
change his ways
become her son
Mrs. Jones takes responsibility for Roger as someone would for __________.
an employee
a son
a student
a neighbor
When the appointment was made, the hardware store was __________.
a grocery store
the police station
a restaurant
the post office
The policeman is able to see the stranger’s facial features because of the __________.
light from the lamppost
light from the match
moonlight
flashlight
Bob finally realizes that the man who has claimed to be Jimmy Wells is really an impostor because
__________.
Jimmy Wells is not as tall as the man who claims to be Jimmy
the man’s voice does not sound familiar
Jimmy Wells has a Roman nose instead of a pug nose
the man does not remember some important details about the past
Who is the narrator in “Half a Gift”?
Nick
Mother
Father
Robert
Joe
The boys earn the money to buy the presents by __________.
helping with the grocery shopping
working as waiters
scrubbing the floor
delivering furniture
The job Mother hates the most is __________.
washing clothes
cooking
keeping wood and coal in the stove
scrubbing and mopping the floor
Bunyan obtained devotional books __________.
with his own money
from his father
from his wife’s dowry
from his mother
During his prison years, Bunyan wrote both Pilgrim’s Progress and __________.
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
A Pilgrim’s Journey
both B and C
What aspect of Bunyan’s book caused it to be popular?
universalized experiences
use of common people’s speech
use of the language of the King James Version
all of the above
The tension in “Seeing Off a Friend” results from __________.
stormy weather
nature
anger between the two friends
the obscurity of the wanderer’s destination
In Li Bai’s poem, the gift of friendship that the remaining friend gives to the wanderer is
__________.
endurance
acceptance
honesty
trust
The two friends in Versos Sencillos are the __________.
long-lost friend and enemy
honest friend and brute
casual friend and brother
friend and neighbor
Uncle Jesse says, “That ain’t no dog” for all the following reasons except that __________.
she is odorless
she cleans herself like a cat
she does not bark
she makes no noise
Jesse says M’Lady can scent game up to _____ yards away.
twenty
forty
sixty
eighty
In “Mama and the Graduation Present,” the boarders’ rent money is used to __________.
buy Katrin a graduation present
buy new furniture
pay Papa’s hospital bills
pay for the family vacation
What is a consequence Anders suffers because of the bitterness between the two brothers?
poverty
freedom
exile
joy
“The Brothers” reflects __________.
German culture
French culture
Norwegian culture
Dutch culture
The conclusion of the folktale “Pleasing All the World” is that __________.
the father and son continue to ride the camel
the father and son carry the camel
the father and son walk beside the camel
the father and son give the camel water during the ride
What does the mother copy by weaving it into the brocade?
a painting
her favorite son
a beautiful bird
the view outside her window
His Majesty’s request of the blacksmith in “The Blacksmith’s Dilemma” is __________.
to close the blacksmith shop
to stop charging money for his services to the farmers and hunters
to make a living man out of the iron given to the blacksmith
to come to the palace and work for the king
“The Blacksmith’s Dilemma” is a/an __________.
Chinese folktale
German folktale
Greek myth
African folktale
In “The Nail” the merchant is eager to __________.
take good care of his horse
make all the money that he can
share his wealth with the stable boy
get to his home before nightfall
What two things remind King Midas of his former golden touch?
the roses in the garden and the water pot
the sands of the river and Marygold’s hair
his glasses and Marygold’s handiwork
the stranger and Marygold
In “The Golden Touch” Midas loves what as much as or more than gold?
his daughter
wisdom
food
pleasure
Christ’s being wounded heals us.
irony
symbol
plot
simile
represents something in addition to itself
irony
symbol
plot
simile
the order of events in a short story
irony
symbol
plot
simile
“All we like sheep...”
irony
symbol
plot
simile
distinguishes one character from another
character trait
foreshadowing
parallelism
symbol
may give clues to a surprise ending
character trait
foreshadowing
parallelism
symbol
a key feature of Hebrew poetry
character trait
foreshadowing
parallelism
symbol
brief but wise saying
proverb
act
theme
concrete imagery
major division in the action of a play
proverb
act
theme
concrete imagery
recurring idea in a play
proverb
act
theme
concrete imagery
descriptive words or phrases that create an impression and that appeal to one or more of the five
senses
proverb
act
theme
concrete imagery
expression of one thing in terms of another
metaphor
myth
character flaw
idiom
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
metaphor
myth
character flaw
idiom
a weakness or failing in a person
metaphor
myth
character flaw
idiom
