Semester 1- Cumulative Exam

By studying the suffix of "fallacy," a reader can conclude it means A) "without being false." B) "someone who does something false." C) "the state of being false." D) "having the misfortune of being false."

C) "the state of being false."

Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone. Nancy took a breath and gathered her thoughts. She imagined that passing through the gray-zone door into Level 4 was like a space walk, except that instead of going into outer space, you went into inner space, which was full of the pressure of life trying to get inside your suit. People went into Level 4 areas all the time at the Institute, particularly the civilian animal caretakers. But going into a containment zone to perform a necropsy on an animal that had died of an amplified unknown hot agent was something a little different. This was high-hazard work. The central idea of this excerpt is that working in a containment zone is very dangerous. Which phrases from the excerpt most support the central idea? A) Amplified unknown hot agent; high-hazard work B) like a space walk; trying to get inside your suit C) going into a containment zone; perform a necropsy D) imagined that passing; civilian animal caretakers

A) Amplified unknown hot agent; high-hazard work

Read the lines from "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; Which statement best describes the use of sound devices in the lines? A) Both lines use alliteration as a sound device. B) Both lines use assonance as a sound device. C) The first line contains alliteration, and the second line contains assonance. D) The first line contains assonance, and the second line contains alliteration.

A) Both lines use alliteration as a sound device.

A word's denotation is A) Its literal meaning. B) Its figurative meaning. C) Any associated idea. D) Any associated feeling.

A) Its literal meaning

President Reagan's speech was mainly written to A) Persuade the audience. B) Educate the audience. C) Entertain the audience. D) Inform the audience.

A) Persuade the audience.

A ............ phrase is necessary to the meaning of a sentence. A) Restrictive B) Nonrestrictive C) Relative D) Appositive

A) Restrictive

Read this poem. Feet pound pavement as miles pass,Steady as tides, they approach their shore,Training is tested, strength is stretched—Buoyed by the pack, one mile more. Sweat streaks, muscles tense, eager for the end,Final flags beckon, the crowd grows loud.Tested vessels reach their harbor—Runners hearts beat proud. Which statements describe the poem? Select three options. A) The poem has an abcb rhyme scheme. B) Every line length is the same. C) Each stanza is a quatrain. D) The poem contains two stanzas. E) The meter is fixed throughout the poem.

A) The poem has an abcb rhyme scheme. C) Each stanza is a quatrain D) The poem contains two stanzas

Which is the best definition of "value"? A) a quality or idea that is considered important B) a conclusion made on the basis of evidence C) a story that explains how things came to be D) a location in a story that gives the reader clues

A) a quality or idea that is considered important

Read the excerpt from Free the Children. "School," I had asked him, "would you like to go to school?""What is school? What is it like? What do people do there?""What do you hope for the future?" I said."I will do the same job. I will work to pay the debt. I will work to eat. One day I will take a loan from the owner. My children will have to pay." Why does the author most likely include this interaction? A) to emphasize the generational cycle of debt slavery B) to highlight how Iqbal's work helped people C) to show why Iqbal was targeted for his work D) to illustrate how people escape from debt slavery

A) to emphasize the generational cycle of debt slavery

Which phrase from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech contains the strongest emotional connotations? A) "I am happy to join with you today" B) "seared in the flames of withering injustice" C) "the greatest demonstration for freedom" D) "signed the Emancipation Proclamation"

B) "seared in the flames of withering injustice"

Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." What is the point of this splintered whole? What is the point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur Jewish passengers through the streets of New York—and in which Jewish cabbies chauffeur Arab passengers, too, and yet speak in theory of hatred, one for the other? What is the point of a nation in which one part seems to be always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto Rican and Slovenian? Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities. Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph? A) America's cultural differences have caused it to fracture. B) America is a united country despite its cultural differences. C) America's cultural differences make it impossible to live peacefully. D) America is always on the verge of civil unrest due to its multicultural citizens.

B) America is a united country despite its cultural differences.

A science teacher gives the presentation assignment below. Let's make our families earth-friendly. Consider whether or not your family respects the environment. Discuss your routines and practices with your parents, and determine your family's "footprint." Then, suggest to your peers one earth-friendly effort that every family should make. Which statement best expresses a strong claim for the presentation? A) Families ought to throw away those nasty canned vegetables in their pantries and embrace the new trend of buying local produce. B) Every family should buy local produce because it is more nutritious, it requires less packaging, and it promotes energy conservation. C) Families need to stop driving to super stores ten miles away to buy apples from another coast or oranges from five states south. D) Every family should consider driving or walking to a local farm and selecting produce, such as cucumbers, carrots, and lettuce.

B) Every family should buy local produce because it is more nutritious, it requires less packaging, and it promotes energy conservation.

A fact is true and can be proven, while a(n) device ..................... is someone's belief or idea. A) Device B) Opinion C) Reason D) Fallacy

B) Opinion

Which clue best helps readers know that the first two paragraphs of My Story are structured chronologically? A) The author writes from the first-person point of view. B) The author includes the years events happened. C) The author discusses why black people were angry. D) The author shares information about bus drivers.

B) The author includes the years events happened.

Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal. The reality is often quite different, a great national striving consisting frequently of failure. Many of the oft-told stories of the most pluralistic nation on earth are stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry. Slavery and sweatshops, the burning of crosses and the ostracism of the other. Children learn in social-studies class and in the news of the lynching of blacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay men. It is difficult to know how to convince them that this amounts to "crown thy good with brotherhood," that amid all the failures is something spectacularly successful. Perhaps they understand it at this moment [in the aftermath of 9/11], when enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings. Which statement best traces the development of a central idea from one paragraph to the next? A) The first paragraph discusses the aspects of American culture that unify Americans. The second paragraph discusses the aspects of American culture that tear Americans apart and cause friction. B) The first paragraph discusses the idea that Americans are united as one despite their differences. The second paragraph discusses the idea that acts of intolerance make it difficult to believe that Americans are united as one. C) The first paragraph discusses possible benefits to living in a society like America. The second paragraph discusses the disadvantages of living in a society like America. D) The first paragraph discusses the diversity of American society and its role in history. The second paragraph discusses the uniformity of American society and its role in history.

B) The first paragraph discusses the idea that Americans are united as one despite their differences. The second paragraph discusses the idea that acts of intolerance make it difficult to believe that Americans are united as one.

Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed, but stopped at the door like a group of frightened baby chicks. We saw Iqbal's knees scrape on the stones on the ground, his arm bang against the edge of the well. The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it slowly open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, jerking Iqbal after him. Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep: the grate of the Tomb as it was raised and then bang! as it fell closed. The sound echoed in the heavy heat of the courtyard. Which details from the excerpt best indicate that the tomb is a frightening place? Select 3 options. A) We saw Iqbal's knees scrape on the stones on the ground, B) The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it open on rasping hinges. C) We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, D) Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep E) The sound echoed in the heavy heat of the courtyard.

B) The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it open on rasping hinges. C) We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, D) Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep

An author has successfully created a suspenseful sequence of events when the reader asks which question? A) Who are the important characters? B) What will happen next? C)Where is the setting located? D)What is the background information?

B)What will happen text?

Look at the frames from Iqbal. Read the excerpt from Free the Children. "He was crying and he was confused," said the translator.I knew it could not have been all that Liaqat had said, but we had no way of probing further."Then what happened?" I asked."They were taken to the police station. They put their thumbs on a blank sheet of paper and were told to leave." Which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt? A) Both persuade the reader that Faryad and Liaqat were responsible for Iqbal's death. B) Both entertain the reader with a story of a miscommunication between Faryad and Liaqat and the police officers. C) Both inform the reader that Faryad and Liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station. D)Both convince the reader to investigate what Faryad and Liaqat were prevented from saying.

C) Both inform the reader that Faryad and Liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station.

To indicate that one's purpose for writing is to inform, an author would include clues such as ........... A) Opinions B) Suspense C) Facts D) Encouragement

C) Facts

One similarity between the Maori and Haida creation myths is that they both describe the creation of the A)Moon B)Sky C)Stars D)Sun

C) Stars

A teacher assigns the following prompt to a student and then directs the student to create a presentation. Research the current proposal for a baseball park in downtown Huntington. Use news releases and county documents. Determine the benefits and drawbacks of the proposal and take a position on the issue. Convince your classmates whether it should be constructed or not. What will be the purpose of this presentation? A) to demonstrate B) to entertain C) to persuade D) to inform

C) to persuade

Read the sentence. While we could never prove it, we suspected him of duplicity, so we were never able to fully trust him despite his numerous good deeds. What is the most likely definition of "duplicity"? A) Counterfeiting B) Cunning C) Determination D) Dishonesty

D) Dishonesty

If the author of "The Gift of the Magi" had made the reader aware of the gift that Jim had purchased in the beginning of the story, this would be an example of A) Direct characterization. B) Situational irony. C) Indirect characterization. D) Dramatic irony.

D) Dramatic Irony

Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone . There was not a uniform in the group, although a few members of the ambulance team wore camouflage fatigues. The caravan crossed the Potomac River at Point of Rocks and hit Leesburg Pike just as rush hour began. The traffic became bumper to bumper, and the officers began to get frustrated. It took them two hours to reach the monkey house, contending the whole way with ill-tempered commuters. Finally the column turned into the office park, which by that time was filling up with workers. The supply van and the ambulance were driven along the side of the monkey house, up onto a lawn, and were parked behind the building, to get them out of sight. The back of the building presented a brick face, some narrow windows, and a glass door. The door was the insertion point. They parked the supply van up close to the door. Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph? A) Withholding information from the public is routine policy. B) Choosing a point of entry can be extremely tricky. C) The military always takes many safety precautions. D) Great care was taken to keep the truth from the public.

D) Great care was taken to keep the truth from the public.

Look at the frames from Iqbal. In these frames, the author emphasize the challenges Iqbal faced by showing A) That Iqbal's actions were considered illegal and punishable by jail time. B) The worried expression on Iqbal's face. C) How little protection Ehsan Ullah Khan could offer to Iqbal. D) The potential dangers Iqbal might encounter because of his actions.

D) The potential dangers lgbal might encounter because of his actions.