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WorksheetsSemester Exam Study Material
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The firefighters showed their ______ by reentering the burning building to rescue the child.
obscurity
fortitude
equanimity
sagacious
. “I ________________ all kinds of cruelty to animals!” the animal-rights speaker proclaimed.
pall
patronize
suppress
abhor
to hinder; to get in the way of
antipathy
oppugn
obstruct
counterweight
one who argues in support of something
oppugn
proponent
contradictory
obtrude
Why did George and Lennie have to leave the town of Weed?
George shot a man.
Lennie touched a woman's dress.
Lennie attacked the town sheriff.
George cheated during a poker game.
Which statement best describes Curley’s wife?
She is pretty
The men at the ranch consider her to be a tart
She is flirtatious and has been seen giving Slim and Carlson the eye
All of the above
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.
Colon
Semicolon
Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? When I graduate, I want to go to three places _ Rome, Israel, and Egypt.
Colon
Semicolon
The words AND, BUT, YET, SO are called
conjunctions
prepositions
adjectives
adverbs
Is Erica still planning to go to Morocco this summer?
I heard a funny joke yesterday.
Brandon slept quietly in class.
In this sentence, difficult is used as --
Which word is used as an adverb?
The word state is an example of a --
Which word is used as an pronoun?
Which word is used as a conjunction?
The word on is an example of a--
What object, person, or idea represents the cycle of death and violence passed down from generation to generation?
The Gun
The Monkey Bars
Dani
The "L" (lobby) Button
“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?
The cycle of violence
Childhood
Anger and fear that can change someone and make them do bad things
Being trapped by a hard choice
What object or person symbolizes the feeling of being trapped in a hard choice?
The Monkey Bars
Childhood
Dani
The Elevator
“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?
The darkness and danger inside of Shawn
The final decision of Will and which direction his life will take
The cycle of death and violence
Regret and loss
“Checked to make sure the L button was lit. Going down too.” (p. 74)
What does the L (Lobby) button symbolize?
The darkness and danger inside of Shawn
The final decision of Will and which direction his life will take
The cycle of death and violence
Regret and loss
“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?
The darkness and danger inside of Shawn
The cycle of death and violence
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
Regret and loss
Who taught Will Rule #1?
Shawn
Buck
Frick
Mikey
Choose the type of figurative language represented here.
simile
metaphor
personifcation
alliteration
Identify the speaker of the following quotation:
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”
George
Slim
Curley
Curley's Wife
Why does Crooks live separately from theother men?
He likes to be alone, to read.
As he is the stable buck, he needs to be in the barn with the horses.
He is black and so cannot live alongside the white men.
He has been there the longest and so gets some privacy.
Identify which type of figurative language is used in the following quote:
“The middle drawer called to me”
Simile
Metaphor
Personfication
Assonance
“A tool/ for RULE No. 3”
Personification
Assonance
Alliteration
Metaphor
Which event does NOT make Will question his knowledge that Carlson Riggs murdered Shawn?
Dani was shot and killed at eight years old when she was at the playground.
Frick does not know Riggs.
Will’s dad shot and killed the wrong guy.
Buck taught The Rules to Shawn, who then taught The Rules to Will.
What purpose does Dani serve?
She represents the end of Will’s innocence.
She represents the tragic consequences of cyclical violence.
She represents Will’s first love.
She represents crime in violent neighborhoods.
