Question

I WILL MEDAL AND FAN
Honors English 10 A

Answer 1

1. Read the following sentences from "The Censors."
Poor Juan! One day they caught him with his guard down before he could realize that what he had taken as a stroke of luck was really one of fate's dirty little tricks.

After reading these sentences the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator

(1 point)
is fearful of "they."
empathizes with Juan's situation.
has had his own share of bad luck.
learned an important lesson from Juan.
2. Read the following sentence from "When Greek Meets Greek."
One morning Ramkilawansingh (after this, we calling this man Ram) was making a study of the noticeboards along Westbourne Grove what does advertise rooms to let.

After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that

(1 point)
Ram is unemployed and looking for a job.
the narrator is on friendly terms with Ram.
the narrator is not a native English speaker.
the story will take place in a congested city.
3. Read the following excerpt from “When Greek Meets Greek.”
Fraser scratch his head. "I know of a landlord up the road who vow that he ain’t ever taking anybody who come from the West Indies. But he don’t mind taking Indians. He wouldn’t know the difference when he see you is a Indian . . . them English people so foolish they believe every Indian come from India."

Which of the following statements is true?

(1 point)
Fraser is from the West Indies.
Ram is from India.
Fraser doesn’t want Ram to get a room.
Ram is from the West Indies.
4. Read the following excerpt from “The Black Sheep.”
The government was a criminal organization that stole from its subjects, and the subjects for their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus life went on smoothly, nobody was rich and nobody was poor.

What system of government is most likely being described?

(1 point)
democratic
dictatorship
socialist
monarchy
5. Which of the following sentences from “Poor Fish” does not support the story's theme of self-loathing and inferiority? (1 point)
"But I looked upon myself as being as fragile as glass, as the thinnest glass, in fact; and that was altogether too much."
"I am small, crooked, rickety, my arms and legs are like sticks, I'm like a spider."
"Well, that was my corner, the corner of the world I had chosen so as not to be conspicuous."
"…the last thing I should have expected was that in that corner, in that very kitchen…somebody should come and catch me by surprise and pluck me like a flower that has been hidden in the grass."
6. Which of the following sentences from “Day of the Butterfly” does not support the story's theme of the struggle, as humans, to belong and have a friend? (1 point)
"Everybody knew of Jimmy Sayla’s shame and at recess...he did not dare go out on the school grounds, where the other little boys, and some bigger ones, were waiting to chase him and corner him against the back fence and thrash him with tree branches."
"Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they would disappear into the teachers’ room and not bother us."
"Then we would walk up to her in formal groups of three or four and at a signal, say together, ‘Hel-lo Myra, Hello Myra!’ and follow up with something like, ‘What do you wash your hair in, Myra, it’s so nice and shiny, My-ra.’ ‘Oh, she washes it in cod-liver oil, don’t you, Myra, she washes it in cod-liver oil, can’t you smell it?’"
"Myra waited, but she did not look at me; she waited in the withdrawn and rigid attitude with which she always met us. Perhaps she thought I was playing a trick on her, perhaps she expected me to run past and throw an empty Cracker Jack box in her face."
7. Read the following lines from the poem "Ten Songs."
Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.

Which word best describes the tone created in these lines?

(1 point)
alarmed
offended
quizzical
troubled
8. Read the following lines from the poem "Sunjata."
She said, "Younger sister,
You are the owner of sons,
If you ask us for baobab leaves, what are we supposed to do?
Your lame son is sitting right there inside the house.
You are alone in your search for baobab leaves.
Why don't you tell your son to get up and walk?"

Which word best describes the tone created in these lines?

(1 point)
indignant
inquisitive
insistent
intrigued
9. Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He sat on the windowsill and waited for the woman. The last time he saw her she had glided past with agitated flutters of her yellow smock. The children stopped what they were doing and stared at her. They had said that she had no shadow. They had said that her feet never touched the ground. As she went past, the children began to throw things at her. She didn't flinch, didn't quicken her pace, and didn't look back.

Which pair of words best describes the woman in the yellow smock?

(1 point)
timid and resolute
fearful and guarded
secretive and reliable
mystifying and unwavering
10. Read the following sentences from "First Confession."
Then, to crown my misfortunes, I had to make my first confession and Communion. It was an old woman called Ryan who prepared us for these. She was about the one age with Gran; she was well-to-do, lived in a big house on Montenotte, wore a black cloak and bonnet, and came every day to school at three o' clock when we should have been going home, and talked to us of Hell. She may have mentioned the other place as well, but that could only have been by accident, for Hell had the first place in her heart.

Which pair of words best describes Ryan?

(1 point)
gloomy and unhappy
dark and foreboding
weathered and stingy
prompt and meticulous
11. In the poem “Telephone Conversation,” which of the following best describes the character’s feeling toward the potential landlady? (1 point)
resignation
pity
anger
confusion
12. In "Black Girl," when Madame Pouchet hired Diouana, what was her motive? (1 point)
to help a citizen of Dakar
to have a servant travel with her to France
to have a cook
to have a secretary
13. When the reader knows something that a character or speaker does not, it is called (1 point)
tragic irony.
verbal irony.
dramatic irony.
situational irony.
14. Read the following sentence from "And of Clay Are We Created."
The towns in the valley went about their daily life, deaf to the moaning of the earth, until that fateful Wednesday night in November when a prolonged roar announced the end of the world, and walls of snow broke loose, rolling in an avalanche of clay, stones, and water that descended on the villages and buried them beneath unfathomable meters of telluric vomit.

Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the setting?

(1 point)
angered
cautionary
menacing
negative
15. Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He followed her till they came to a muddied river. She moved as if an invisible force were trying to blow her away. Omovo saw capsized canoes and trailing, waterlogged clothes on the dark water. He saw floating items of sacrifice: loaves of bread in polythene wrappings, gourds of food, Coca-Cola cans. When he looked at the canoes again they had changed into the shapes of swollen dead animals. He saw outdated currencies on the riverbank. He noticed the terrible smell in the air.

Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the setting? (1 point)
gloomy and oppressive
shocking and surprising
mysterious and threatening
frightening and overwhelmed
16. Read the following passage from "First Confession" in which the main character has just entered the confessional.
It must have been then that I noticed the shelf at about one height with my head. It was really a place for grown-up people to rest their elbows, but in my distracted state I thought it was probably the place you were supposed to kneel. Of course, it was on the high side and not very deep, but I was always good at climbing and managed to get up all right. Staying up was the trouble...

"What are you doing up there?" he shouted in an angry voice, and the strain the politeness was putting on my hold of the molding, and the shock of being addressed in such an uncivil tone, were too much for me. I lost my grip, tumbled, hit the door an unmerciful allop before I found myself flat on my back in the middle of the aisle. The people who had been waiting stood with their mouths open. The priest opened the door of the middle box and came out, pushing his biretta back from his forehead; he looked something terrible.

Which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer to create humor in these lines? (1 point)
hyperbole
incongruity
irony
sarcasm
17. Read the following passage from "Forbidden Fruit" in which the main character describes a fictional scene where, despite torture, he stands by his religious principles.
At home, I slipped out of my clothes and into my bed to luxuriate in the contemplation of my sister's apostasy. All kinds of visions rushed through my mind. Here I was, a Red partisan captured by the Whites, who were forcing me to eat pork. They torture me, but I will not touch it. Surprised, the officers shake their heads: What sort of boy is this? As a matter of fact, I'm surprised myself. I just won't eat pork. Kill me, but eat pork I will not.
Which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer to create humor in these lines? (1 point)
hyperbole
incongruity
irony
sarcasm
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18. In the poem “I Will Pronounce Your Name,” the following phrases are examples of what kind of literary element?

“fragrance of cinnamon,” “the fresh feel of dew,” “the ‘sugared’ taste of coffee trees,” “the hard clasp of lightning” (1 point)
imagery
simile
alliteration
paradox
19. Read this passage from "Black Girl."
"Samba," said the Monsieur, who had come to the kitchen, "the meal was excellent today. You outdid yourself. Madame is very pleased with you.

The cook's helper stood at attention. Samba, the cook, adjusted his tall white hat and made an effort to smile.

"Thank you very much, Monsieur," he said. "I too am happy, very happy, because Monsieur and Madame are happy. Monsieur very nice. My family big, unhappy. Monsieur leave, me no more work."

"We'll be back, my good man. And then, with your talent you'll soon find another job!"

Samba, the cook, wasn't so sure. The whites were stingy. And in a Dakar filled with country people each claiming to be a master cook, it wouldn't be easy to find a job.

Samba's main conflict is that he is (1 point)
upset that Monsieur is leaving Africa.
afraid of returning home without a job.
worried about how he will support his large family.
ashamed that he is dependent on the white's for a job.
20. Read this sentence from "And of Clay Are We Created" in which the speaker describes the reporter, Rolf Carle.
Nothing could stop him, and I was always amazed at his equanimity in the face of danger and suffering; it seemed as if nothing could shake his fortitude or deter his curiosity.

The word equanimity suggests that Rolf Carle is

(1 point)
composed.
dedicated.
focused.
persistent.
21. Read the following sentences from "The Pig" in which the main character, Kibuka, receives a surprise gift from his grandson.
Kibuka was more delighted than ever. He had never seen so small a pig before, and he spent a good ten minutes marveling at its tiny twinkling eyes, its minute hoofs, and its wisp of a tail. When his grandson drove away, he waved happily from the doorstep, the piglet clutched tenderly to his chest.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between Kibuka and the pig? (1 point)
affectionate
captivated
friendly
indulgent
22. Read the following sentences from "Day of the Butterfly" in which Myra, who is hospitalized, is unwrapping gifts brought to her by her classmates.
She began to unwrap the presents, with an air that not even Gladys could have bettered, folding the tissue paper and the ribbons, and drawing out books and puzzles and cutouts as if they were all prizes she had won. Miss Darling said that maybe she soul say thank you, and the person's name with every gift she opened, to make sure she knew whom it was from, and so Myra said, "Thank you, Mary Louise, thank you, Carol," and when she came to mine she said, "Thank you, Helen."
Which of the following best describes the relationship between Myra and her classmates? (1 point)
admiring
cordial
formal
warm
23. Each of the following lines from "Alone" contain examples of alliteration except (1 point)
"Then something caught: a helping grain of sand."
"The car broke free and scuttled smartly right over the road."
"A post shot up and cracked—a sharp clang."
"I sat back in my seat-belt and saw someone coming."
24. Read the following sentences from "Day of the Butterfly."
Whenever you happened to look at them their heads were slightly bent, their narrow bodies hunched in, quite still. They had long smooth oval faces, melancholy and discreet—dark, oily shining hair. The little boy's was long, clipped at home, and Myra's was worn in heavy braids coiled on top of her head so that she looked, from a distance, as if she was wearing a turban too big for her. Over their dark eyes, the lids were never fully raised; they had a weary look. But it was more than that. They were like children in a medieval painting, they were like small figures carved of wood, for worship or magic, with faces smooth and aged, and meekly, cryptically, uncommunicative.

Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this excerpt?

(1 point)
The children kept to themselves and appeared tired, thin, and homely. They carried an air of gloom that made them seem older than they were.
The children were huddled with haircuts that were clearly done at home. They kept their eyes lowered and they stood there like silent statues.
The children stood closely and silently with oversized hair and faces that were unnaturally worn. They appeared as if from another time, statuesque and silent.
The children kept to themselves and seemed shy. Their thin bodies were often huddled together and their faces and haircuts made them seem older than they were.
25. Read the following sentences from "The Destructors."
Old Misery—whose real name was Thomas—had once been a builder and decorator. He lived alone in the crippled house, doing for himself: once a week you could see him coming back across the common with bread and vegetables, and once as the boys played in the car-park he put his head over the smashed wall of his garden and looked at them.

Which of the following sentences is the best paraphrase of this excerpt?

(1 point)
Old Misery, a former builder and decorator, lived a peaceful life in his damaged house and made weekly trips for food. He paid little mind to the boys who played in the car-park.
Old Misery used to be a builder and decorator, but now he lived by himself in his damaged house. His weekly trips for food gave him cause to notice the boys who played in the car-park.
Old Misery had once been a builder and decorator and lived alone in his damaged house. He made weekly trips for food and once watched the boys playing in the car-park.
Old Misery, or Thomas, was a solitary man who had once been a builder and decorator. His house was damaged but he preferred to make weekly trips for food and saw the boys playing in the car-park.
26. Read the following paragraph from "First Confession."
Nora's turn came, and I heard the sound of something slamming, and then her voice as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, and then another slam, and out she came. God, the hypocrisy of women! Her eyes were lowered, her head was bowed, and her hands were joined very low down on her stomach, and she walked up the aisle to the side altar looking like a saint. You never saw such an exhibition of devotion; and I remembered the devilish malice with which she had tormented me all the way from our door, and wondered were all religious people like that, really.

Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of this paragraph?

(1 point)
The speaker is angry with his sister for teasing him.
The speaker is surprised that his sister can act so sweetly.
The speaker is infuriated by his sister's religious pretenses.
The speaker questions the sincerity of his sister's devotion.
27. Each of the following sentences from "Poor Fish" is an example of indirect characterization except (1 point)
"The fair woman looked at us and whispered something to her companion, and they both started laughing."
"You won't believe me...but I should just love to go into that cage and put my head in the lion's mouth too."
"I have a narrow, yellow face, eyes of an indefinite, dirty colour, and a nose that seems to have been made for a face twice as broad as mine..."
"I thought there was some mistake and even tried to free myself, but she whispered to me to stay still: what harm could there be in holding hands?"
28. Read the following passage from "Marriage is a Private Affair."
The old man at once felt the resolution he had built up over so many years falling in. He was telling himself that he must not give in. He tried to steel his heart against all emotional appeals. It was a re-enactment of that other struggle. He leaned against a window and looked out. The sky was overcast with heavy black clouds and a high wind began to blow filling the air with dust and dry leaves. It was one of those rare occasions when even Nature takes a hand in a human fight. Very soon it began to rain, the first rain in the year. It came down in large sharp drops and was accompanied by the lightning and thunder which mark a change of season. Okeke was trying hard not to think of his two grandsons. But he knew he was now fighting a losing battle. He tried to hum a favourite hymn but the pattering of large rain drops on the roof broke up the tune. His mind immediately returned to the children. How could he shut his door against them? By a curious mental process he imagined them standing, sad and forsaken, under the harsh angry weather—shut out from his house.

That night he hardly slept...

According to the passage, what is the most likely reason that Okeke cannot sleep?

(1 point)
He regrets that he has acted so stubbornly and has caused his grandsons to suffer.
He is worried about the damage the storm will cause to his house and property.
He realizes that the season's change has come too early for his crops to grow well.
He is angry with his daughter-in-law for the emotional appeals to see his grandsons.
29. Read the following passage from "In the Shadow of War."
That afternoon three soldiers came to the village. They scattered the goats and chickens. They went to the palm-frond bar and ordered a calabash of palm wine. They drank amidst the flies.

Omovo watched them from the window as he waited for his father to go out. They both listened to the radio. His father had bought the old Grundig cheaply from a family that had to escape the city when the war broke out. He had covered the radio with a white cloth and made it look like a household fetish. They listened to the news of bombings and air raids in the interior of the country. His father combed his hair, parted it carefully, and slapped some after-shave on his unshaven face. Then he struggled into the shabby coat that he had long outgrown.

Omovo stared out of the window, irritated with his father. At that hour, for the past seven days, a strange woman with a black veil over her head had been going past the house. She went up the village paths, crossed the Express road, and disappeared into the forest. Omovo waited for her to appear.

According to the passage, what is the most likely reason Omovo is irritated with his father?

(1 point)
Omovo knows that his father plans to go drinking with the soldiers.
Omovo does not like to be left alone in the house while his father is away.
Omovo believes his father is secretly working with the woman in the black veil.
Omovo is upset because the radio does not work well when it is covered with cloth.
30. Each of the following lines from "Sunjata" contains an element of epic poetry except (1 point)
"Through sorcery they stretched the tendons of his two feet."
"Mother, I will walk today."
"He embraced a baobab tree...uprooted it...put it on his shoulder"
"The chick destined to be a rooster will eventually crow"
Matching

Match the letter of the vocabulary word with the appropriate definition. You may use answers once, more than once, or not at all.
personification
sound device
stage direction
author’s purpose
conflict
Use the word bank to answer the question.
31. ways to use sounds in poetry to achieve certain effects (1 point)

Use the word bank to answer the question.
32. giving human qualities to non-human subjects (1 point)

Use the word bank to answer the question.
33. identified as physical movements of characters in a play (1 point)

Use the word bank to answer the question.
34. reason a writer writes about a topic (1 point)

35. Choose the word or group of words that belongs in the place of the vocabulary word.

For the following sentence, which word best replaces the word in italics?

In “No Witchcraft for Sale,” the scientist made his point in a perfunctory way. (1 point)
cursory
bold
enthusiastic
angry
36. Choose the word or group of words that belongs in the place of the vocabulary word.

Tom was cowering on the ledge. Cowering means that he was (1 point)
holding on.
cringing.
standing.
moving very carefully.
37. Which statement is spoken in a colloquial manner? (1 point)
“And I'm going to show you that it ain’t no trouble when you pack double.”
“You ask for what you want, and you pay for what you get.”
“God helps those who help themselves.”
“Life is going to give you just what you put in it.”
38. Which of the following words is not an adverb? (1 point)
more
perhaps
too
two
39. Identify the underlined part of speech.

Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth United States president, is one of history’s many interesting women. (1 point)
pronoun
adjective
adverb
interjection
40. Identify the underlined part of speech.

The dynamic wife of James Madison became the unofficial first lady during Jefferson’s eight years as president. (1 point)
pronoun
verb
adverb
preposition
41. Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb? (1 point)
Eduardo looked in the basement, but the puppy wasn’t there.
Sakkom hung wind chimes because she loves the sound.
Roger has never performed a solo in his life.
The leader of the troop took the scouts to the lake.
42. In the following sentence, “famous” is the complement. What kind of complement is it?

In 1975, Margaret Thatcher became famous as the first woman leader of the British Conservative Party. (1 point)
predicate adjective
direct object
predicate nominative
indirect object
43. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.

The ice fields of the north are still relatively barren. (1 point)
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
44. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.

The grain of the western prairies is a major source of income. (1 point)
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
45. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.

Western Canada also gives us the art of the Kwakiutl Indians. (1 point)
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
46. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “to play basketball?”

Porpoises have been trained to play basketball. (1 point)
prepositional
participial
infinitive
gerund
47. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “to the library?”

I will be going to the library soon. (1 point)
prepositional
participial
infinitive
gerund
48. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “Moving away?”

Moving away made my little cousin sad. (1 point)
prepositional
gerund
infinitive
participial
49. What is the tense of the underlined verb in the following sentence?

I will be studying his painting techniques this summer. (1 point)
present emphatic
present perfect progressive
future progressive
present progressive
50. What is the verb mood of the sentence below?

Wear your coat when you are in the snow. (1 point)
indicative mood
imperative mood
infinitive mood
subjunctive mood

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