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Semester Exam Study Material

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The firefighters showed their ______ by reentering the burning building to rescue the child.

a)

obscurity

b)

fortitude

c)

equanimity

d)

sagacious

2.

. “I ________________ all kinds of cruelty to animals!” the animal-rights speaker proclaimed.

a)

pall

b)

patronize

c)

suppress

d)

abhor

3.

to hinder; to get in the way of

a)

antipathy

b)

oppugn

c)

obstruct

d)

counterweight

4.

one who argues in support of something

a)

oppugn

b)

proponent

c)

contradictory

d)

obtrude

5.
9. What are George and Lennie going to do someday?
a)
a. have a little piece of land
b)
b. have some animals and crops
c)
c. live off the fat of the land
d)
d. all of the above
6.
when you are anguished you are...
a)
showing an agonizing physical or mental pain
b)
considered thoughtfully
c)
sadly; depressed or disheartened
d)
glumly; gloomily
7.

Why did George and Lennie have to leave the town of Weed?

a)

George shot a man.

b)

Lennie touched a woman's dress.

c)

Lennie attacked the town sheriff.

d)

George cheated during a poker game.

8.

Which statement best describes Curley’s wife?

a)

She is pretty

b)

The men at the ranch consider her to be a tart

c)

She is flirtatious and has been seen giving Slim and Carlson the eye

d)

All of the above

9.

Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? The stamps in his stamp collection were of great quality _ they were also hard to find.

a)

Colon

b)

Semicolon

10.

Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? When I graduate, I want to go to three places _ Rome, Israel, and Egypt.

a)

Colon

b)

Semicolon

11.
A part of speech that takes a place of a noun is called 
a)
verb
b)
pronoun
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
12.
A part of speech that shows action or state of being is called
a)
pronoun
b)
noun
c)
verb
d)
adverb
13.
A part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea is called 
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
preposition
d)
adjective
14.

The words AND, BUT, YET, SO are called

a)

conjunctions

b)

prepositions

c)

adjectives

d)

adverbs

15.
A part of speech that describes (modifies) a verb, adjective, or adverb is called
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
16.
The words is, was, were, be, will are 
a)
linking verbs
b)
action verbs
c)
adverbs
d)
prepositions
17.
Identify the proper noun. 
Is Erica still planning to go to Morocco this summer? 
a)
planning
b)
go 
c)
Morocco 
d)
summer
18.
Identify the adjective: 
I heard a funny joke yesterday. 
a)
funny
b)
joke
c)
heard
19.
Identify the adverb. 
Brandon slept quietly in class.
a)
quietly
b)
slept
c)
class
20.
"Sam's teacher had a reputation of assigning difficult homework."  
In this sentence, difficult is used as --
a)
a preposition
b)
an adjective
c)
an adverb
d)
a noun
21.
"The farmer usually picked the fattest one."
Which word is used as an adverb?
a)
usually
b)
fattest
c)
farmer
d)
picked
22.
"Vermont is my favorite state."
The word state is an example of a --
a)
verb
b)
preposition
c)
conjunction
d)
noun
23.
"They were going to be wild turkeys."
Which word is used as an pronoun?
a)
they
b)
turkeys
c)
wild
d)
going
24.
"Tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes are natural, but they cause billions of dollars in damage."
Which word is used as a conjunction?
a)
are
b)
but
c)
each
d)
natural
25.
"On the bright side, at least Thanksgiving is in a month."
The word on is an example of a--
a)
pronoun
b)
conjunction
c)
verb
d)
preposition
26.

What object, person, or idea represents the cycle of death and violence passed down from generation to generation?

a)

The Gun

b)

The Monkey Bars

c)

Dani

d)

The "L" (lobby) Button

27.

“And there’s that nighttime

Mom always be talking about.

It’ll snatch your teaching

from you,

put a gun in your hand,

a grumble in your gut,

and some sharp in your teeth.” (p. 249)


What does the nighttime symbolize?

a)

The cycle of violence

b)

Childhood

c)

Anger and fear that can change someone and make them do bad things

d)

Being trapped by a hard choice

28.

What object or person symbolizes the feeling of being trapped in a hard choice?

a)

The Monkey Bars

b)

Childhood

c)

Dani

d)

The Elevator

29.

“The middle drawer was the only thing ever out of place on Shawn’s side of the room, like a random, jagged tooth in a perfect mouth, jammed tight between the top drawer of shirts folded into neat rectangles stacked like project floors, and the bottom drawer of socks and underwear.” (p. 38)


What does the middle drawer symbolize?

a)

The darkness and danger inside of Shawn

b)

The final decision of Will and which direction his life will take

c)

The cycle of death and violence

d)

Regret and loss

30.

“Checked to make sure the L button was lit. Going down too.” (p. 74)


What does the L (Lobby) button symbolize?

a)

The darkness and danger inside of Shawn

b)

The final decision of Will and which direction his life will take

c)

The cycle of death and violence

d)

Regret and loss

31.

“I’m about to do what

I gotta do. What you

woulda done.

I squared.

Follow The Rules.” (p. 95)


What do The Rules in "Long Way Down" signify?

a)

The darkness and danger inside of Shawn

b)

The cycle of death and violence

c)

The way that people often accept and follow ideas taught to them by older generations, even if they don't agree or if they have negative results

d)

Regret and loss

32.
Dani was 
a)
Will's girlfriend
b)
Will's childhood friend
c)
Will's cuzzo
d)
Will's mother
33.

Who taught Will Rule #1?

a)

Shawn

b)

Buck

c)

Frick

d)

Mikey

34.

Choose the type of figurative language represented here.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personifcation

d)

alliteration

35.

Identify the speaker of the following quotation:

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”  

a)

George

b)

Slim

c)

Curley

d)

Curley's Wife

36.

Why does Crooks live separately from theother men?

a)

He likes to be alone, to read.

b)

As he is the stable buck, he needs to be in the barn with the horses.

c)

He is black and so cannot live alongside the white men.

d)

He has been there the longest and so gets some privacy.

37.

Identify which type of figurative language is used in the following quote:

“The middle drawer called to me”

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personfication

d)

Assonance

38.

“A tool/ for RULE No. 3”

a)

Personification

b)

Assonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

39.

Which event does NOT make Will question his knowledge that Carlson Riggs murdered Shawn?

a)

Dani was shot and killed at eight years old when she was at the playground.

b)

Frick does not know Riggs.

c)

Will’s dad shot and killed the wrong guy.

d)

Buck taught The Rules to Shawn, who then taught The Rules to Will.

40.

What purpose does Dani serve?

a)

She represents the end of Will’s innocence.

b)

She represents the tragic consequences of cyclical violence.

c)

She represents Will’s first love.

d)

She represents crime in violent neighborhoods.