Worksheets8th Grade Fall Semester Exam modified
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Select True or False. In “The Whistle” Chatita buys a whistle because she wants to restore her relationship with Abuelita.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
2. Select True or False. In “The Whistle” Abuelita is wrong to refuse to speak to Chatita after Chatita apologizes.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
3. “The Whistle” is told from which point of view?
a)
first-person
b)
second-person
c)
third-person
4.
4. Which event is the crisis and the climax of “The Whistle”?
a)
Chatita makes coffee for her brothers.
b)
Chatita buys a whistle for her grandmother.
c)
Chatita discovers that her grandmother has been locked in the shed all afternoon.
5.
5. Which of the following describes the resolution to the external conflict in “The Whistle”?
a)
After asking repeatedly for a goat, Chatita finally receives one from her parents.
b)
After being scolded about a mistake, Chatita leaves the family to live on her own.
c)
After hearing the whistle, Chatita responds by opening the shed for her grandmother.
6.
6. Select the appropriate literary element for the clue provided.
Scrooge gives generously to the charity workers.
a)
climax
b)
falling action
c)
resolution
7.
7. Select the appropriate literary element for the clue provided.
Scrooge revisits the Christmas when his fiancée breaks their engagement.
a)
exposition
b)
inciting incident
c)
rising action
8.
8. Select the appropriate literary element for the clue provided.
Scrooge learns to keep Christmas well.
a)
climax
b)
falling action
c)
resolution
9.
9. Select the appropriate literary element for the clue provided.
Scrooge’s nephew invites Scrooge over for Christmas dinner.
a)
exposition
b)
inciting incident
c)
rising action
10.
10. Select the appropriate literary element for the clue provided.
Scrooge sees his name on the tombstone and promises to keep Christmas every day
a)
climax
b)
falling action
c)
resolution
11.
11. Select the appropriate literary element for the clue provided.
Marley’s ghost appears to Scrooge to tell him of the visits of three spirits.
a)
exposition
b)
inciting incident
c)
rising action
12.
12. Select True or False. Dialogue is one of the elements of drama.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
13. Select True or False. In A Christmas Carol, one way that Scrooge shows Bob Cratchit that he has truly changed is by telling Cratchit to buy more coal and warm up the offices.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
14. Select True or False. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge goes to Fred’s house for Christmas dinner.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
15. Which word best illustrates a main theme of A Christmas Carol?
a)
death
b)
generosity
c)
ghosts
16.
16. How does Scrooge feel after visiting Fezziwig’s Christmas party in A Christmas Carol?
a)
satisfied that he treats Bob Cratchit better than Fezziwig treats his clerks
b)
regretful for his treatment of Bob Cratchit
c)
satisfied that he and Fezziwig both treat their clerks the same way
17.
17. Which two character types describe Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
a)
developing and round
b)
static and flat
c)
static and round
18.
18. In A Christmas Carol, Marley says, “I am as dead as a doornail.” This statement is an example of which literary device?
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
19.
19. In A Christmas Carol, what can the reader infer from these lines?
PRESENT: This is the home of your employee, Mr. Scrooge. Don’t you know it?
SCROOGE: Do you mean Cratchit, Spirit? Do you mean this is Cratchit’s home?
a)
Scrooge has a very poor memory.
b)
Scrooge has never bothered to learn his employee’s name.
c)
Scrooge has never bothered to visit his employee’s home.
20.
20. In A Christmas Carol, what does Scrooge’s fiancée mean when she says to him, “Another idol has displaced me”?
a)
She is going into business to make money for herself.
b)
She loves money more than she loves Scrooge.
c)
Scrooge loves money more than he loves her.
21.
21. In A Christmas Carol, what does Marley’s chain symbolize?
a)
It symbolizes the difficulties of poverty because he gave so generously to others in life.
b)
It symbolizes how he and Scrooge were bound together as partners in life.
c)
It symbolizes the things he found important in life with which he bound himself.
22.
22. In the excerpt from Little Women, which of the following is an example of dialect?
a)
“‘You don’t have half such a hard time as I do,’ said Jo.
b)
“We make fun for ourselves, and are a pretty jolly set, as Jo would say” (Meg).
c)
“Some poor creeter come a-beggin’, and your ma went straight off to see what was needed” (Hannah).
23.
23. In the excerpt from Little Women, what can the reader infer about Mr. March from Meg’s statement:
“I think it was so splendid in father to go as a chaplain when he was too old to be draughted, and not strong enough for a soldier”?
a)
Mr. March is extremely healthy.
b)
Mr. March is required to complete military service.
c)
Mr. March believes in serving his country.
24.
24. In the excerpt from Little Women, why do Amy and Jo quarrel with each other so easily?
a)
They are completely different.
b)
They are very similar.
c)
They do not quarrel with each other.
25.
26. For many years Chandra felt a ___ to hoard her money.
a)
benevolence
b)
compulsion
c)
liberality
26.
27. One day, she read a book that discussed how God chose to __ His riches on poor sinners.
a)
bestow
b)
wane
c)
whet
27.
28. Chandra found encouragement knowing that she could __ God for forgiveness for her sin.
a)
beseech
b)
intercede
c)
wane
28.
29. Choose the synonym for modified:
a)
altered
b)
prim
c)
uncanny
29.
30. Choose the synonym for neat:
a)
altered
b)
prim
c)
uncanny
30.
31. The largest mountains in Europe are the Alps.
a)
imperative
b)
exclamatory
c)
declarative
31.
32. Wow! They are huge!
a)
interrogative
b)
exclamatory
c)
declarative
32.
33. Is that the mountain range that begins near the Mediterranean Sea?
a)
interrogative
b)
imperative
c)
exclamatory
33.
34. Look at all of the snowcapped peaks.
a)
interrogative
b)
imperative
c)
declarative
34.
35. Identify the complete subject. The Rocky Mountains form the largest mountain range in North America.
a)
The Rocky Mountains
b)
mountain range
c)
North America
35.
36. Identify the complete predicate. The southern half of the Rockies includes mountains that were once volcanoes.
a)
The southern half of the Rockies
b)
southern half
c)
includes mountains that were once volcanoes.
36.
37. Identify the simple subject. In Sanskrit, Himalaya means "House of Snow."
a)
Himalaya
b)
means
c)
"House of Snow"
37.
38. Identify the simple predicate. Tigers, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants, and yaks live in the Himalaya Mountains.
a)
Tigers, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants, and yaks
b)
live
c)
Himalaya Mountains
38.
39. The Andes Mountains, the longest chain of mountains above sea level in the world.
a)
fragment
b)
fused sentence
c)
comma splice
39.
40. The Andes are located along the western coast of South America they are five thousand miles long.
a)
fragment
b)
fused sentence
c)
comma splice
40.
41. The word Andes comes from the word anti, this is the Quechuan word for copper.
a)
fragment
b)
fused sentence
c)
comma splice
41.
the family servant, not afraid to speak her mind but shows kindness by her actions
a)
Mrs. March
b)
Hannah
c)
Amy
d)
Meg
42.
cheerful, wise, and hardworking; known for being generous to the less fortunate
a)
Mrs. March
b)
Hannah
c)
Amy
d)
Meg
43.
the oldest of the four siblings, vain, somewhat bossy, enjoys acting
a)
Beth
b)
Jo
c)
Amy
d)
Meg
44.
the youngest child, self-important, artistic, ashamed of the family's poverty
a)
Beth
b)
Jo
c)
Amy
d)
Meg
45.
the family tomboy, enjoys reading and writing, wishes to fight in the war
a)
Beth
b)
Jo
c)
Amy
d)
Meg
46.
shy and timid, the family peacemaker, enjoys playing piano
a)
Beth
b)
Jo
c)
Amy
d)
Meg
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