WorksheetsFinal Exam, S1 2025
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which of the following best describes the story “Everyday Use”?
It is the story of a young woman's return home
It is the story of a house that burns down
In “Everyday Use,” how does Maggie look forward to Dee’s visit?
with nervousness and awe
with dread and despair
In “Everyday Use,” why doesn’t Dee bring her friends home?
She is ashamed of her family's poverty
She has no friends.
In “Everyday Use,” why does Dee embrace an African language and choose a new name for herself?
It is the only language she knows.
She wants to be closer to her heritage.
Who keeps the quilts at the end of "Everyday Use"?
Maggie
the narrator
Why does the young woman ask the narrator for stories about her childhood in “Everything Stuck to Him”?
She is unsure about where she grew up.
She wants to learn more about her parents.
What is most likely the reason the narrator in “Everything Stuck to Him” doesn't want to tell a story to the young woman?
He is suspicious of her.
He wants to forget the past.
In “Everything Stuck to Him,” why are the boy and girl awake most of the night before the boy's hunting trip?
Their baby is crying.
The girl is ill.
In “Everything Stuck to Him,” what does the boy's interaction with his baby daughter reveal most clearly about his personality?
He cares about the baby.
He is nervous
What is the young woman's reaction to the narrator's story in “Everything Stuck to Him”?
She is angry
She is interested
In “The Leap,” what does the narrator suggest is the main reason that her mother, now blind from cataracts, can still safely navigate her New Hampshire home?
She was once part of a blindfold trapeze act.
She has lived there a long time.
As explained in “The Leap,” what causes the circus disaster in which Harry Avalon dies?
human error
a lightning bolt
The narrator of “The Leap” describes walking to a gravesite just down the highway when she was growing up. Who is buried in that gravesite?
the unborn daughter whom her mother lost in the circus disaster
the spectators who were lost in the circus disaster
Which statement best expresses the attitude of Annie’s parents attitude toward Frances’s boyfriend in “Housepainting”?
They appreciate him because he respects Chinese traditions
the mistrust him because they do not know him well
Between which characters in “Housepainting” does the painting of the house become a source of conflict?
Between Wei and Frances
Between Frances and Annie
Choose the best definition of theme.
The main events of a literary work presented by the author.
The message or insight that a writer reveals in a text.
Which response contains three common thematic topics (sometimes also called themes) found in literature for adults?
Family, Love, Death
Romance, Horror, Comedy
In the following paragraph, select words that directly state the theme. You can find Nature’s beauty in the strangest places. Deep in the ocean, miles below the surface, groups of giant tube worms attach themselves to the ocean floor. Their feathery red heads wave in the current.
…miles below the surface,...
…find Nature’s beauty in the strangest places.
Which definition best describes an objective point of view?
information that only includes facts about the text
a point of view in which the reader is part of the story
Which definition best describes a subjective point of view?
information that includes opinions or judgments the text
information that only includes facts from the text
Which of the following is NOT a component of a summary?
Include objective details from the text.
Include subjective details from the text.
Identify the relationship between a detail and a main idea:
A detail expands on or proves the main idea.
The main idea illustrates or adds interest to a detail.
An article by Sylvia Andrews with page numbers: which citation is formatted CORRECTLY?
In-text citations are easy to create. (Andrews 4).
In-text citations are easy to create (Andrews p. 4).
In-text citations are easy to create (Andrews, 4).
In-text citations are easy to create (Andrews 4).
Critics are concerned not just about the lack of diversity in tech, but also about how "white interpretations of diversity" shape the industry____________________
Source: "Hacking the Boys' Club" by Anna Wiener, page 13. Published in New Republic May 2016:
(13).
(Wiener 13).
(Anna Wiener 13).
At the beginning of the novel, Coraline watches a television show on "animals, birds, and insects which disguised themselves"_______________ This small detail connects to the book's bigger theme of identity, or what makes us who we are.
Source: Coraline by Neil Gaiman, page 5. Published by HarperCollins, New York 2012:
(Gaiman 5).
(5).
(Neil Gaiman 5).
(Gaiman 7).
Force fields would completely change our lives, letting people erect cities "by simply pressing a button"_________________
Source: Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku, page 4. Published by Anchor Books, New York 2009:
(Kaku 4).
(4).
(Michio Kaku 4).
(Kaku 9).
