Unit 6 Test
-shooting Snipe are wading birds hunted for sport. 1. Which of the following is true about the narrator of the main story in "The Open Window"? a. The narrator is a character in the story who tells the story from a subjective point of view, sharing his or her own thoughts, feelings, and experiences. b. The narrator is a character in the story who tells the story from an objective point of view, without commentary or opinions. c. The narrator is not a character in the story but still focuses for most of the story on one character's thoughts, feelings, and experiences. d. The narrator is not a character in the story and tells the story from an objective point of view, without commentary or opinions.
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11. In what way does the chronological organization of this biography most clearly support the writer's main ideas in this passage? a. It helps readers see that Woolf's life had a clear sequence of events. b. It helps readers understand Woolf's development as a writer. c. It helps readers understand Woolf's growing influence on others. d. It helps readers compare Woolf's early failures with her later successes. 12. Consider the way in which the biography uses chronological order to introduce main ideas. Which event should the writer most logically focus on following paragraph 4? a. In 1929, Woolf wrote an essay speaking out against the limitations society placed on women. b. Woolf worked on her novel Between the Acts during the London bombings of 1940 and 1942. c. Woolf continued to experiment with the structure of fiction in her 1925 novel, Mrs. Dalloway. d. In addition to her novels and nonfiction, Woolf also wrote drama, finishing a play in 1935.
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13. This story may be analyzed as shifting between points of view. Which of the following would best describe two of the narrative points of view used? Choose two options. a. A woman who currently lives in the house tells what it is like to feel the presence of the ghosts. She uses first-person point of view. b. A ghost who lives in the house tells what it is like to haunt the house. She uses first-person point of view. c. The house tells what it was like in the house long ago. It uses first-person point of view. d. A third-person limited narrator tells what it was like to live in the house long ago. e. A third-person omniscient narrator tells parts of the ghosts' story. Name: Date: 14. Which of the following best explains why this excerpt is an example of stream-of-consciousness writing? a. It attempts to recreate the illogical association of ideas in a person's dreams. b. It attempts to recreate the spontaneous flow of thought and feeling in an individual's mind. c. It attempts to tap into a hidden part of human consciousness to discover deep truths. d. It attempts to analyze consciousness by breaking the flow of experience into individual thoughts. 15. Which of the following sentences uses flashback to tell a character's story? a. "Now they've found it," one would be certain, stopping the pencil on the margin. (paragraph 3) b. The windowpanes reflected apples, reflected roses; all the leaves were green in the glass. (paragraph 4) c. Death was the glass; death was between us; coming to the woman first, hundreds of years ago, leaving the house, sealing all the windows; the rooms were darkened. (paragraph 5 ) d. Wandering through the house, opening the windows, whispering not to wake us, the ghostly couple seek their joy. (paragraph 6)
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4. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Which of the following answer choices best states one theme of the story? a. Appearances do not always reflect reality. b. Social classes divide people into adversarial groups. c. The miraculous can happen when one least expects it. d. Lies and deception usually lead to destruction. Part B Which description of a character in the story best reveals the theme identified in Part A? a. Vera's imagination allows her to make the hunters' innocent homecoming and Framton's panicked exit seem to be something they are not. b. Framton's ill health makes him reliant on Vera's upper class family for their hospitality. c. Vera's excellent memory allows her to predict the exact details of the hunters' mysterious return, down to their muddy appearance and the song one of them sings. d. Framton's nervous condition makes him respond in terror to the events and run away.
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16. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Which is the most likely meaning of infirmities as it is used in the following sentence from "The Open Window" by Saki? "The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise," announced Framton, who labored under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one's ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. a. weaknesses of character b. qualities or state of being ill c. false ideas and perceptions d. people whom one knows Part B Which word or phrase in the sentence is the context clue that best supports the answer to Part A? a. an absence of mental excitement b. widespread delusion c. ailments d. cause 17. The following is a list of exocentric and endocentric compound words. Which words are exocentric compounds? Select three options. a. killjoy b. waterbed c. mailman d. freewheeling e. steamship f. lighthouse g. pickpocket Name: Date: 18. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A What does the Greek prefix dys- mean? a. overly; excessive b. under; below c. bad; difficult d. not; the opposite Part B The word dysphagia describes a disorder related to swallowing. It features the prefix dys-. Given this information and the answer to Part A, what can you most logically conclude is the meaning of dysphagia in the following sentence? Dysphagia may be a symptom of a disease of the nervous system. a. swallowing too much b. swallowing too little c. difficulty swallowing d. refusing to swallow
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19. The word erratum means "a description of an error in a book, appearing on a list of such errors." It features the Latin ending -um. Based on this information, choose the most likely plural of erratum. a. erratus b. erratums c. errati d. errata Name: Date: 20. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A What does the Latin root -strict- mean? a. to use repeatedly b. to bind or compress c. to require modification d. to fail to follow conventions Part B The word constrictive features the root -strict-. Given this information and the answer to Part A, what can you conclude is the meaning of constrictive in the following sentence? Once I was onstage and tried to move, I realized my costume was constrictive. a. tight b. ragged c. gaudy d. old-fashioned 21. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word ascendable as it used in the sentence? Base your answer on context and on your knowledge of the Latin root -scend-. In the park, for instance, not far inside its northern border, there is a slight incline, ascendable by any healthy adult, with an inviting platform where park goers may sit. a. capable of being climbed b. ability to walk on c. good enough for transportation d. suitable for running
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2. Identify the point of view used in the main story of "The Open Window": first-person, third-person omniscient, third-person limited, or a point of view that shifts from one to another. Then, explain specific changes you would make to the story to alter the point of view.
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22. In which sentence or pair of sentences is every pronoun's antecedent clear? a. In her show, Lexy told jokes, did impressions, and sang songs. It amused her audience. b. Elliot is obsessed with video games. They seem to be his only interest. c. Hector's four-year-old brother brought a snake inside and let it loose, and that made Hector scream. d. The characters were exquisitely drawn, the colors went well together, and the different stories appealed to Luna. It was thrilling to her. 23. Rewrite the following sentence so that every pronoun has a clear antecedent, replacing pronouns with nouns as needed. In your response, underline replacement words with a single underline. Underline pronouns that already have clear antecedents with a double underline. Susan and Mina set out on her boat, but she thought it was uncomfortable and unsafe and asked to go home. That did more than offend Mina; it made her question their friendship. 24. Which of the following sentences uses asyndeton? a. I looked out over the hills and valleys, not knowing where they were. b. We sat down, wiped our brows, wearily wondered if we would ever arrive. c. Igor made sure to stake his tent to the ground, for he knew the wind would pick up at night. d. We searched far and wide for a site that was level, dry, and provided cover from the wind. 25. Which of the following excerpts from "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf deviates from the conventions of standard English to achieve a stream-of-consciousness effect? Choose two responses. a. "What did I come in here for? What did I want to find?" My hands were empty. b. A moment later the light had faded. c. Out in the garden then? d. He left it, left her, went North, went East, saw the stars turned in the Southern sky; sought the house, found it dropped beneath the Downs. e. "Safe, safe, safe," the pulse of the house beat gladly.
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26. The following sentence is written in dialect. Rewrite it using standard English. Pa was fixing to throw a party the likes of which we ain't never seen. 27. Which of the following sentences are in the passive voice? Select three options. a. Deshawn is happy with his gifts. b. There is nothing she won't do to win. c. The crowd waited for hours. d. The windows had been left open all day. e. The crash happened to be witnessed by many people. f. Rosemary sang along with the radio. g. Mary Rossi was elected governor for another term. 28. Combine the following facts into one sentence that uses the active voice. Fact: Richard Drew was the inventor of cellophane tape. Fact: Cellophane was invented in 1930. 29. Which sentence contains a simile? a. Darius matches his brother in height and weight. b. Su-Lin's head comes up to the roof of her family's car. c. My feelings were painful—so much jagged glass strewn about. d. Heartache hovered nearby like a tiger ready to pounce. Name: Date: 30. What is most clearly suggested by the metaphor in the following sentence? Those who strive for excellence run a race with no finish line. a. People who strive for excellence do not know where they will end up. b. People who strive for excellence are competing against each other. c. People who strive for excellence will always set new goals for themselves. d. People who strive for excellence feel as if their lives are like a race. 31. What does the dialect in the following conversation most clearly communicate to a reader? (1) Rita saw Jake fishing at the lake and realized that she could ask him. "Hey, Jake, can you tell me how to get to the Bowens' house?" (2) "Ya jes' gotta go 'bout a tin minute walk down that there road, but don't turn off none, and 'fore ya know it, da house'll be dere," replied Jake. a. Jake and Rita have different backgrounds. b. Jake's family lives in an older section of town. c. The story is set in the past. d. Rita will be surprised at how long the walk takes.
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3. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Read the following three quotations from the story. "Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?" pursued the self-possessed young lady. (paragraph 8) "You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn. (paragraph 12) She broke off with a little shudder. (paragraph 15) What conclusions can you most logically draw about Vera from these quotations and the context of the story? a. She is a clever and convincing storyteller. b. She is a nosy busybody, inclined to gossip. c. She is high strung and emotionally immature. d. She is mentally unbalanced, suffering delusions. Part B Based on the answer to Part A and the context of the story, what conclusion can you most logically draw about Vera's reasons for acting as she does? a. She maliciously desires to cause Framton harm for no reason. b. She has become deranged because of a recent family tragedy. c. She is a trickster who likes to test people's willingness to believe. d. She is jealous of the attention that she fears Framton will receive..
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32. Write the next section of LaToya's story, using her notes to tell Detective Marney's story as a flashback. Include details that help characterize Detective Marney. Name: Date: 33. Rewrite paragraph 5 of LaToya's draft so that it includes dialogue. Make sure that your version keeps the basic meaning of the original.
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5. What paragraph from "The Open Window" most clearly foreshadows later developments in the story? a. paragraph 1 b. paragraph 3 c. paragraph 4 d. paragraph 8 6. Which of the following paragraphs of the story most increases suspense? a. paragraph 12 b. paragraph 15 c. paragraph 20 d. paragraph 23 7. "The Open Window" may be considered to have a frame-story structure. Which paragraph most clearly marks the shift to the internal story in "The Open Window"? a. paragraph 6 b. paragraph 10 c. paragraph 18 d. paragraph 23
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8. Explain the relationship between the introductory or frame story and the internal story in "The Open Window." In your response, address these questions: Which story is more important? What role does the internal story play in the introductory story?
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9. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Which is most clearly a motif in the story? a. wet and gloomy weather, both in the main story and in Vera's story b. misfortune, both in the case of Framton's condition and in the case of the hunting accident c. a person misled about a stranger, as when first Framton and then Mrs. Sappleton is deceived d. rebellion against an oppressive family, as when Vera deceives first Framton and then her aunt Part B What theme does the motif identified in Part A most clearly help to convey? a. Tragedy may strike even the innocent. b. Individuals must break free of their families. c. It is dangerous to trust a complete stranger. d. Polite social interactions are often absurd. 10. What does the "open window" most clearly symbolize? a. the power of storytelling to shape perceptions b. the impossibility of truly seeing others as they are c. the need to escape from stifling social conventions d. the difficulty of taming the dangerous side of nature
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Selected and Short Response ANALYZE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE/CONVENTIONS AND STYLE "The Open Window," Saki Read the following short story. Then, answer the question(s). (1) "My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel," said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; "in the meantime you must try and put up with me." (2) Framton Nuttel endeavored to say the correct something, which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come. Privately he doubted more than ever whether these formal visits on a succession of total strangers would do much towards helping the nerve cure, which he was supposed to be undergoing. (3) "I know how it will be," his sister had said when he was preparing to migrate to this rural retreat; "you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever from moping. I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there. Some of them, as far as I can remember, were quite nice." (4) Framton wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton, the lady to whom he was presenting one of the letters of introduction, came into the nice division. (5) "Do you know many of the people round here?" asked the niece, when she judged that they had had sufficient silent communion. (6) "Hardly a soul," said Framton. "My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here." (7) He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret. (8) "Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?" pursued the self-possessed young lady. (9) "Only her name and address," admitted the caller. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was in the married or widowed state. An undefinable something about the room seemed to suggest masculine habitation. (10) "Her great tragedy happened just three years ago," said the child; "that would be since your sister's time." (11) "Her tragedy?" asked Framton; somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place. (12) "You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn. (13) "It is quite warm for the time of the year," said Framton; "but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?" Name: Date: (14) "Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day's shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favorite snipe-shooting1 ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it." Here the child's voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. "Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back someday, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing 'Bertie, why do you bound?' as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—" (15) She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance. (16) "I hope Vera has been amusing you?" she said. (17) "She has been very interesting," said Framton. (18) "I hope you don't mind the open window," said Mrs. Sappleton briskly; "my husband and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way. They've been out for snipe in the marshes today, so they'll make a fine mess over my poor carpets. So like you menfolk, isn't it?" (19) She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic; he was conscious that his hostess was giving him only a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly straying past him to the open window and the lawn beyond. It was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary. (20) "The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise," announced Framton, who labored under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one's ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. "On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement," he continued. (21) "No?" said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention—but not to what Framton was saying. (22) "Here they are at last!" she cried. "Just in time for tea, and don't they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!" (23) Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction. Name: Date: (24) In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?" (25) Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall door, the gravel drive, and the front gate were dimly noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid an imminent collision. (26) "Here we are, my dear," said the bearer of the white mackintosh, coming in through the window; "fairly muddy, but most of it's dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?" (27) "A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel," said Mrs. Sappleton; "could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of good-bye or apology when you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost." (28) "I expect it was the spaniel," said the niece calmly; "he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve." (29) Romance at short notice was her specialty.
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ANALYZE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE Biography Read this short biography of Virginia Woolf. Then, answer the question(s). (1) Virginia Woolf was a pioneer of literary form. Born in 1882 to an affluent, intellectual family in London, Woolf knew from a young age that she wanted to be a writer—she was the driving force behind the family "newspaper," Hyde Park Gate News. But then tragedy struck. Woolf unexpectedly lost her mother in 1895, when Woolf was only thirteen; soon after, her older half sister died in 1897, and her father died in 1904. (2) Tragic though these deaths were, they indirectly helped to shape Woolf's literary career. After her father's death, Woolf's brother and sister sold the family house and bought a new one in the Bloomsbury section of London. Woolf met and became part of the Bloomsbury group, a circle of artists and writers who shared ideas and talked about their creative work. (3) Already in 1908, Woolf was thinking of reinventing the novel. Through her Bloomsbury connections, she was soon introduced to new trends in French painting, which helped influence her ideas about how to represent life. Name: Date: (4) Woolf met her future husband through the Bloomsbury group, and they married in 1912, deciding that they would make a living by writing. Woolf's first two novels used conventional plots as well as some experimental elements. Then, in 1922, she published Jacob's Room, a truly modernist novel, in which Woolf attempted to replace traditional forms with an "emotion which you feel."
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QUESTION ANSWERS 1. C 2. Students should respond that the main story is told using third-person point of view. They should recognize that while it is limited to Framton's perspective at the beginning of the tale, it shifts to omniscient point of view in the end, when the reader learns what the others say after Framton departs. Students should note that to change the point of view either to first-person point of view or to full third-person limited point of view, they would need to tell the story exclusively from the point of view of a specific character, such as Vera, Framton, Mrs. Sappleton, or any other character mentioned in the story, limiting information about events and about internal thoughts and feelings to the experiences of their chosen character. For first-person narration, students should note that they would use the pronoun I. For third-person limited, they should note that they would use third-person pronouns. By contrast, to fully use a third-person omniscient point of view, they would add direct descriptions of multiple characters' thoughts and feelings. 3. Part A A, Part B C 4. Part A A, Part B A 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. Students should note that the internal story (the narrative of the "tragic accident" invented by Vera) is less important than the frame story (the tale of Framton's visit to the Sappletons), which demonstrates the willingness of people to believe what they are told and the power of storytelling to shape appearances. Students should see that the internal story is a plot element in the larger story. The internal story is the means by which Vera manipulates what Framton sees; his reaction to subsequent events is shaped by this internal story. The reader's insight into how Vera's story has shaped those reactions depends on the reader "fitting" the events of the internal story into the frame story, sorting out which explanation really accounts for events and how Vera has used her knowledge of her household's routines to deceive a stranger. 9. Part A C, Part B D 10. A 11. B 12. C 13. A, E 14. B 15. C 16. Part A B, Part B C 17. A, D, G 18. Part A C, Part B C 19. D 20. Part A B, Part B A 21. A 22. B 23. Students should rewrite the sentences, replacing pronouns without clear antecedents with nouns as appropriate. They should indicate their replacement words and phrases with a single underline and pronouns with clear antecedents with a double underscore. Sample response: Susan and Mina set out on Mina's boat, but Susan thought it was uncomfortable and unsafe and asked to go home. That request did more than offend Mina; it made her question their friendship. 24. B 25. C, D 26. Students' responses should be similar to the following: "Pa was planning to throw a party unlike anything we had ever seen." 27. D, E, G 28. Students should respond with a sentence similar to one of the following: "Richard Drew invented cellophane tape in 1930" or "In 1930, Richard Drew invented cellophane tape." 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. Answers should complete the next section of the narrative with ideas from the notes provided. Students should frame the story as a flashback, and they should add details intended to characterize Detective Marney, such as characteristic turns of phrase. 33. Students should rewrite paragraph 5 so that it includes dialogue but retains its original sense. Sample response: "What's so funny?" asked Barnes, a little offended.