WorksheetsMiddle School ELA Test 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The narrarator describes his condition where he randomly falls into a death-like trance. This leads to his fear of being buring alive. He emphasies his fear by mentioning several people who have been buried alive. he extracts promises from his friends that they will not bury him prematurely, refuses to leave his home, and builds an elaborate tomb in which Edgar Allan Poe short story?
a)
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
b)
"The Premature Burial"
c)
"The Cask of Amontillado"
d)
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
2.
_____________ is the definite article which means it refers to a specific noun in a group.
a)
The or A
b)
A or An
c)
The
d)
The, A, or An
3.
It is the last complete poem composed by Edgar Allan Poe. It explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. Name this Poe poem in which the narrator, who fell in love with this young lady, when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even the angels are envious, and he retains his love for her even after her death.
a)
"Lenore"
b)
"To Helen"
c)
"Annabel Lee"
d)
"Eulalie"
4.
Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: The handsome prince in the fairy tale meets the beautiful princess.
a)
The handsome prince
b)
meets the beautiful princess
c)
in the fairy tale
d)
The handsome prince in the fairy tale
5.
It draws readers into a wild bus ride winding through the countryside on a journey of self-discovery for Mibs Beaumont and her companions. Identify this Newberry Honor written by Ingrid Law.
a)
"After Tupac and D Foster"
b)
"The Underneath"
c)
"The Graveyard Book"
d)
"Savvy"
6.
Identify the indirect object in the sentence, "Janice, Matt, and Bob fell through the door handing Jacob the squirming baby kittens."
a)
door
b)
Jacob
c)
baby
d)
kittens
7.
It is about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs. Identify this Wilson Rawls' novel about Billy Coleman, Old Dan, and Lile Ann which begins with the line, "When I left my office that beautiful spring day, I had no idea what was in store for me."
a)
Sounder
b)
Big Red
c)
Where the Red Fern Grows
d)
Shiloh
8.
The prefix hyper- as in hypersensitive or hyperactive means _______
a)
over
b)
under
c)
down
d)
beneath
9.
He is known for such short stories as "By the Waters of Babylon" and "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Name this American author best known for his book-length narrative poem John Brown's Body.
a)
Stephen Vincent Benét
b)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
c)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
d)
T. S. Elliot
10.
She knew that sixth grade would be different, but she didn't realize just how different. She had never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida because she and her brother were scholarship students. She becomes the target of Bossy Edna's jealousy when she is partnered with Sunshine Buddy in which 2019 Newbery Medal written by Meg Medina.
a)
The Night Diary
b)
The Book of Boy
c)
Piecing Me Together
d)
Merci Suarez Changes Gear
11.
Him and her are in the __________
a)
singular, 3rd person and objective case
b)
singluar, 2nd person, and objective case
c)
singlary, 1st person and objective case
d)
singular, 3rd person, and subjective case
12.
Which of the following sentences contains a reflexive pronoun?
a)
We ourselves determine whether we are successful or not.
b)
You can protect yourself from harm by taking some precautions.
c)
both a & b
d)
none of the above
13.
Which of the following sentences contains a transitve verb?
a)
Miss Jackson advanced her workers their paycheck.
b)
Josie reads continuously in her room.
c)
both a & b
d)
none of the above
14.
Transitional words and phrases help make writing easy to follow. Which of the following would be used to show cause and effect?
a)
for example, for instance, in addition
b)
also, but, however
c)
as a result, because, therefore
d)
first, last, mainly
15.
In the sentence, "Because the photographs are old, the colors are faded," identify the subordinating conjuction.
a)
because
b)
the
c)
old
d)
are
16.
Sentences are classified according to othe structure. Identify the classifcation of the following sentence, "Polluted water may kill fish and other animals unless we can clean up lakes, rivers, and oceans where pollution occurs."
a)
simple
b)
complex
c)
compound-complex
d)
compound
17.
After Wayne loses his ability to speak in a plane crash, he realizes just how much he hasn't actually said to those who are most important to him in which Karen Harrington book?
a)
Courage for Beginners
b)
Sure Sign of Crazy
c)
Ready to Speak
d)
Mayday
18.
"'Kubla Khan,'" "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and "Christabel" were all written by __________.
a)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
b)
William Faulkner
c)
Henry Wadsworth Longellow
d)
Paul Laurence Dunbar
19.
Starr Carter witnesses the police shooting of her unarmed best childhood friend, Khalil. Khalil is accused of being a thug, a drug dealer, and a gangbanger. Starr gives many interviews trying to clear her firend's name ini which 2018 Coretta Scott King Honor Book by Angie Thomas?
a)
On the Come Up
b)
Dear khalil
c)
The Hate U Give
d)
Stronger
20.
It is often cited as one of the greatest nonsense poems written in the English language. Which Lewis Carroll poem features the line, "The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!"
a)
"Tweedledee and Tweedledum"
b)
"The Walrus and the Carpenter"
c)
"Jabberwocky"
d)
"The Hunting of the Snark"
21.
Identify the number of the predicate noun in the following sentence, "Anna is an intelligent young lady, but will need to learn some study skills."
a)
common
b)
proper
c)
singular
d)
plural
22.
The title of this novel is taken from Shakespeare's Macbeth. Set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, what is this William Faulkner novel that centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation?
a)
As I Lay Dying
b)
The Sound and the Fury
c)
Absalom, Absalom!
d)
Light in August
23.
It tells about the adventures of a tomboy who enjoyed roller skating to school. Identify this 1937 Newberry Medal winnder by Ruth Sawyer in which Lucinda was understood by only one person, Miss Peters.
a)
Roller Skates
b)
The White Stag
c)
Caddie Woodlawn
d)
Thimble Summer
24.
The beginning of this literary genre is normally dated to the publication of Goethe's The Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister. Identify this literary gentre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood or coming-of-age.
a)
anachronism
b)
chansonnier
c)
bildungsroman
d)
hypocrism
25.
His first paid piece, "Pendulum," was published in 1941, and earned $15 for it. Identify this American science fiction author of such works as "The Illustrated Man", "The Martian Chronicles", and "Fahrenheit 451".
a)
Isaac Asimov
b)
Arthur C. Clakre
c)
Jules Verne
d)
Ray Bradbury
26.
She initally wanted to be on the cheerleading squad but didn't make it. Identify this Jerry Spinelli work in which Maisie tries out for the wrestling team to get close to a boy she likes, but soon finds out that she really loves wrestling.
a)
There's a Girl in my Hammerlock
b)
Frindle
c)
Maniac Magee
d)
Crash
27.
It looks back on two years in a New York City neighborhood where life changes for two 11-year olds when a new girl joins their game of Double Dutch. Name this Newbery Honor written by Jacqueline Woodson.
a)
Brown Girl Dreaming
b)
After Tupac & D Foster
c)
Feathers
d)
Show Way
28.
Mama's love is brighter than the sun even on the rainiest of days. On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still asleep, I want to be everywhere Mama is in which 2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book by Cozbi A. Caberra?
a)
Me & Mama
b)
I Love you, Mama
c)
Mamas and Daughters: Best Friends
d)
A Mama's Love Never Ends
29.
This nonfiction work tells of Hitler's rise to power through the first-hand experiences of young followers whose adolescent zeal he so successfully exploited and the more extraordinary few who risked certain death in resisting. Identify this Newbery Honor book written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
a)
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
b)
The Age of Hitler: Days Gone By
c)
Hitler and his Followers
d)
Hitler's Movement: The Real Story
30.
She was the eldest of her sisters who survived into adulthood. She wrote under the pen name Currer Bell. Identify this English novelist best known for writing Jane Eyre.
a)
Jane Bronte
b)
Emily Bronte
c)
Charlotte Bronte
d)
Anne Bronte
31.
It takes place from spring to autumn 1922 during the Roaring Twenties. Regarded as a "Great American Novel," what is this Fitzgerald work featuring such characters as Nick Carraway who returns home to begin a career and Tom and Daisy Buchanan who live across the bay in the more fashionable East Egg?
a)
This Side of Paradise
b)
The Great Gatsby
c)
Tender is the Night
d)
The Last Tycoon
32.
It was poplarized by film director Alfred Hitchcock. Identify this plot device wherin a character pursues an object though the object's actual nature is not important to the story, and another object would work just as well if the characters treated it with the same importance.
a)
red herring
b)
plot voucher
c)
deathtrap
d)
MacGuffin
33.
There are many hard-to-spell words lists. Which of the following is MISSPELLED?
a)
abbyss
b)
accumulate
c)
admittance
d)
agnosticism
34.
Clandestine means
a)
secret
b)
clear, sharp, direct
c)
separate and narrow-minded
d)
stubbornly established by habit
35.
The idiom to make a mountain out of a molehill means
a)
to give up
b)
to treat a minor problem as a major one
c)
to hold firmly one's beliefs
d)
to make a new start
36.
Give the meaning of the Latin prefixes extra- and extro- as found in such words as extramural and extrovert.
a)
beyond, outside
b)
not, opposing
c)
within, inside
d)
many, much
37.
Give the meaning of the roots -grad and -gress as found in words such as gradual and progression.
a)
wander
b)
change
c)
step, go
d)
warn
38.
It is the most controversial and perhaps the least popular of the author's major novels. Which Jane Austen work centers around Fanny Price, a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram?
a)
Mansfield Park
b)
Sense and Sensibility
c)
Northanger Abbey
d)
Sanditon
39.
Which Willa Cather novel concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop, Jean Marie Latour, and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory?
a)
The Song of the Lark
b)
O Pioneers!
c)
One of Ours
d)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
40.
She is characterized as a voluptuously large woman who wears a long dress and dances in the mas. According to Trinidad and Tobago folklore, who is this Carnival character that liberated slaves to recreate with elaborate costumes.
a)
Dame Lorraine
b)
Crone
c)
The Spinning Woman
d)
Molly Macguire
41.
Lines of poetry can be written in various poetic feet. A tetrameter is a line of poetry having how many poetic feet?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
42.
She wrote such works as The Last Man, Lodore, and Falkner. She edited and promoted the works of her poet husband, Percy. Name the English author of Frankenstein.
a)
Mary Ann Evans
b)
Mary Shelley
c)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
d)
Virginia Woolf
43.
Who, what, whose, which, and that are all examples of ______ pronouns.
a)
demonstrative
b)
relative
c)
indefinite
d)
intensive
44.
The British term draughts refers to ________.
a)
marbles
b)
jump rope
c)
checkers
d)
chess
45.
This author befriended two servants at an early age who told him short stories he later used as material in his books. Name this author whose book Nights with Uncle Remus recounts many of those stries.
a)
Joel Chandler Harris
b)
Frances Temple
c)
Theodoroe Taylor
d)
Alice Walker
46.
There are different types characters. Give the term referring to a character who undergoes permanent change and is constantly developing.
a)
dynamic
b)
static
c)
stock
d)
flat
47.
It takes place is 1757 during the French and Indian War when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. It is the second book chronologically of the Leatherstocking Tales. Identify James Fenimore Cooper's best-known novel in which Natty Bumppo is named Uncas after a well-known Mohegan head chief.
a)
The Pathfider
b)
The Deerslayer
c)
The Last of the Mohicans
d)
The Pioneers
48.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved-- I do not expect the house to fall-- but I do expect it will cease to be divided" are lines from the speech "A House Divided" by _________.
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
Abe Lincoln
49.
Identify the epart of speech used by the verbal in the following sentence, "Waiting for his grades drove his mom crazy."
a)
adjective
b)
adverb
c)
noun
d)
verb
50.
Identify the number of prepositional phrases in the following sentence," Did you see Danny and Tommy under the staircase at school?"
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
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