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Worksheets1st Term Review Test
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
In “A Simple Act,” how do Laura and Maurice first meet?
Maurice is begging on the street.
Maurice is playing music on a corner.
Maurice is running and bumps into Laura.
Maurice lives on the same block as Laura.
What is the “invisible thread” mentioned in “A Simple Act”?
an important family tie
the course of a person’s life
an adult’s responsibility to a child
the connection between two people
In “A Simple Act,” who at first seems to be the only other person besides Laura who believes
that Maurice can better himself?
his mother
his teacher
a panhandler
Laura’s sister
In “A Simple Act,” what happens after Laura’s friends suggest that she write a book about her
experiences with Maurice?
She writes the book right away.
She eventually writes a best seller.
She writes a magazine article instead.
She writes the book but does not publish it.
In “A Simple Act,” what does Maurice’s time with Laura most clearly add to his life? Choose
three (3) options.
hope
security
friendship
obedience
new experiences
Which of the following is the best definition for connects?
meets at a preselected time and place
speaks to an unknown person
establishes a relationship
removes a covering
What usually happens when two people influence each other?
They affect each other.
They ignore each other
They make fun of each other.
They compete with each other.
In “A Simple Act,” what does sharing food most likely represent to Maurice?
wealth and privilege
being pitied by others
an accepting family bond
exchanging unusual ideas
Which statement best describes Laura’s relationship with the grown Maurice and his
family, according to “A Simple Act”?
They have drifted apart and rarely speak.
She has become like one of his relatives.
They have started a business partnership.
She still serves as an inspirational example.
Why has Laura become like one of Maurice's relatives? Site evidence from the text.
A. It was only two blocks away from Laura’s home, but it might as well have been different
planet.
Gradually, Laura became the young boy’s first role model.
It was 10 years before she began writing—and another three years before she found a co-
writer and started seriously getting down to business.
He has a family of his own, and his children are all very fond of their “Aunt Laurie.”
"The boy lived in a single room in a welfare hotel with his mother and numerous other relatives.
It was only two blocks away from Laura’s home, but it might as well have been a different planet.
As they talked over their lunch, Laura learned about the boy’s life. She herself had not had an
easy childhood, but what she heard shocked her.…"
What commentary does the writer Tyler Jackson make about the boy’s situation?
He thinks the boy’s living conditions is extremely bad.
He considers the boy’s relatives unsupportive.
He thinks living in the boy’s hotel would be exciting.
He considers the boy’s situation ordinary.
Which word in this sentence is an adverb?
Entire communities sometimes participate in efforts to help homeless people.
entire
sometimes
in
homeless
What question does the adverb in this sentence answer?
The community recently built a soup kitchen, or free cafeteria, for needy people.
How?
When?
Where?
How often?
At the opening of the selection from An Invisible Thread, Maurice makes a toast to Laura.
Which statement best describes Maurice and Laura on that occasion?
Maurice is still a young boy, and Laura is a young working woman.
Maurice has just gotten married, and Laura is attending the wedding.
Maurice is a grown man, and Laura is celebrating her fiftieth birthday.
Maurice and Laura have reunited after many years to recall their youth.
According to the selection from An Invisible Thread, what did Maurice ask Laura for on the day
they met?
food
work
money
friendship
According to the selection from An Invisible Thread, what did Laura do for Maurice on the day
they first met?
She gave him a change.
She invited him home for a meal.
She introduced him to her family
She makes lunch for him and put it in a brown bag.
Which of these statements best portrays Maurice and Laura’s relationship as presented in the
selection from An Invisible Thread?
Maurice benefited from the relationship much more than Laura did.
Laura benefited from the relationship much more than Maurice did.
Laura and Maurice both benefited enormously from the relationship.
Neither Laura nor Maurice benefited very much from the relationship.
How does someone behave if she shows resilience in the face of a problem?
He completely ignores the problem.
He is able to recover from the problem.
He feels helpless about the problem.
He blames someone else for the problem.
What kind of person most clearly displays perseverance?
a lazy person
an impatient person
a hard-working person
an old-fashioned person
Which of these people most clearly displays generosity?
someone who says one thing but does the opposite
someone who displays many different skills and talents
someone who bores others with endless talk on a topic
someone who donates a lot of time and money to charity
Which of these characteristics of the selection from An Invisible Thread specifically show that it
is written from the first-person point of view? Choose two options.
The author uses the pronoun I to refer to herself.
The author gives thoughts and feelings of more than one person.
The author uses the pronoun he to refer to Maurice.
The author recounts events that happened some time ago.
In the selection from An Invisible Thread, what is one main difference in the points of view that
Laura and Maurice express?
Laura focuses primarily on the past, but Maurice focuses primarily on the present.
Maurice focuses on the importance of her birthday, but Laura focuses on their
relationship.
Maurice thinks he should be grateful to Laura, but Laura thinks she should be grateful to
Maurice.
Maurice has warm feelings for everyone attending the dinner, but Laura feels awkward
among those people.
Which word in this sentence is an adjective, and which word does it modify?
The grateful man warmly thanked the woman who had helped him.
The adjective is helped. It modifies him.
The adjective is who. It modifies woman.
The adjective is grateful. It modifies man.
The adjective is warmly. It modifies thanked.
What does the selection from An Invisible Thread show that “A Simple Act” is unable to show
because of the difference in point of view?
Laura’s actual feelings
Maurice as a grown man
Laura’s first meeting with Maurice
Maurice’s relationship with his wife
According to “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks,” why do the young tutors
sometimes wear special glasses?
to protect their eyes from the glaring light in retirement homes
to ease the eye strain that comes from working long hours on computers
to help them better understand the vision problems that many seniors face
to help them read large-print computer screens used by their elderly pupils
Which result of the tutoring programs is explained in “Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech
Tricks”?
Many senior pupils have become incredibly skilled on computers.
Companies have started to develop more senior-friendly computers.
Some teen tutors have developed friendships with their senior pupils.
Some senior pupils have begun teaching computer skills to other seniors.
In which sentence is a coordinating conjunction underlined?
When they are working at the computer with an elder, teens need to be very patient.
The senior was having trouble with her computer, so she asked her teenage neighbor for
help.
The grandfather gained much respect for his granddaughter after he observed her skill at
the computer.
One senior signed up for a TECH class because she wanted to communicate better with
family members.
What is the most likely meaning of the word frustrated in the following sentence?
Makayla was frustrated because she could not see the play from the back of the theater.
pleased
annoyed
confused
surprised
