Exam review

Which of the following lines helps the reader understand the cause of the accident?

(page 6) When a semi-truck came toward us and passed going the other way, we were lost in a blinding spray and a warfare of noises such as you get being towed through an automatic car wash.

Read the following excerpt. A yellow bird fluttered close to my face, and my muscles grabbed. Now I was flopping like a fish. The excerpt includes figurative language in the form of

a simile

What car was the family driving?

an Oldsmobile

The author uses the simile "Snow whirled around us in bitter, blinding squalls, hissing like sand, and we still skied" to describe

How cold the weather was

Which of the following sentences is correct? I haven't barely started to think about my exam. I have barely started to think about my exam. Neither is correct

I have barely started to think about my exam.

Which of the following sentences is correct? Anne whose research on health effects of air pollution was well-known was invited to speak at a conference. Anne, whose research on health effects of air pollution was well-known, was invited to speak at a conference. Anne which research on health effects of air pollution was well-known was invited to speak at a conference.

Anne, whose research on health effects of air pollution was well-known, was invited to speak at a conference.

Read the excerpt below "My father sat with both hands on the wheel, rubbing the wood with his thumbs. He looked at the barricade for a long time. He seemed to be trying to master the idea of it." In this sentence, the author uses descriptive language to describe how the father feels.

Anxious

Read the following excerpt. We paused our conversation to watch the dying man being loaded into the ambulance. He was still alive, still dreaming obscenely. The blood ran off him in strings. His knees jerked and his head rattled. The figurative language best helps characterize-

How badly the man is injured

Which of the following sentences is correct? Current decline in the housing market is often compared to the one in the '80s. Current decline in the housing market is often compared to the one in the 80's. Current decline in the housing market is often compared to the one in the 80s.

Current decline in the housing market is often compared to the one in the '80s.

Read the sentence from section 1. "I could see everything. The green tablecloth, the plates with the holly pattern, the red candles waiting to be lit." The primary purpose of the text above is to:

Describe how the narrator would rather be home

Read the following sentences from section 3. "Getting me home for dinner, buying a little more time before my mother decided to make the split final." The primary purpose of the text above is to

Explain why the marriage lasted a bit longer.

Why does the narrator get in the car if he knows he's going to get in an accident?

He didn't care whether he lived or died.

Read the following excerpt. What a pair of lungs! She shrieked as I imagined an eagle would shriek. It felt wonderful to be alive to hear it! I've gone looking for that feeling everywhere. The narrator is implying

He finally witnessed true passion and emotion.

What is the salesman's internal conflict?

He loves both his girlfriend and family

Why does the narrator's father not call his wife to explain the situation?

He wants to prove that he can be responsible

The quote, "If you haven't driven fresh powder, you haven't driven means"

If you haven't driven a car in the snow, you've never experienced the full range of a car.

Which of the following sentence is correct? Most people not only are lifting weights at the gym, but they also do a cardiovascular workout. Most people not only lift weights at the gym, but they also do a cardiovascular workout Neither is correct

Most people not only lift weights at the gym, but they also do a cardiovascular workout

Which of the following sentences is correct? Neither of the players in the last game was injured. Neither of the players in the last game were injured. Neither is correct

Neither of the players in the last game was injured.

Which of the following sentences is correct? Neither students nor their teacher is participating in this play. Neither students nor their teachers are participating in this play. Both are correct

Neither students nor their teacher is participating in this play.

The tone of the story can be best described as Tone→The author's attitude toward something

Nostalgic→Feeling happy or sad about something that happened in the past

Is this sentence correct? The teacher asked Anne and myself to do a peer review of each other's writing.

Pronoun "myself" should be replaced with "me"

In paragraph 1, what does the narrator mean by "By now I couldn't see the trail. There was no point in trying. I stuck close behind him and what he did and somehow made it to the bottom without sailing odd a cliff."

The barrator followed behind his father closely

Which of the following sentences is correct? The candidate promised not to raise taxes when elected. The candidate promised not to rise taxes when elected. Neither is correct

The candidate promised not to raise taxes when elected.

In paragraph 6, the metaphor "His face was bleached by the cold" means

The cold weather made his face look pale

From the description of the father's driver in the last paragraph, the reader can infer that "My father was driving. My father in his forty-eighth year, rumpled, kind, bankrupt of honor, flushed with certainty. He was a great driver. All persuasion, no coercion. Such subtlety at the wheel, such tactful pedal work. I actually trusted him. And the best was yet to come—switchbacks and hairpins impossible to describe. Except maybe to say this: if you haven't driven fresh powder, you haven't driven."

The narrator was proud to be his son

Which of the following sentence is correct? The team plays good in decisive games The team plays well in decisive games Neither is correct

The team plays well in decisive games

Elizabeth Peabody was born in a school and thereafter felt destined to be a teacher. Her mother was a teacher and trains her daughters at her side. The academic life seems to suit Elizabeth, who thrived on the rigorous curriculum.

There are inconsistent shifts in verb tenses

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word hissing as it is used on page 7 in "The radiator was hissing steadily."

Wheeze

Which of the following sentence is correct? When I did my lab experiments, I tried to throughouyly document each of my measurements. When I did my lab experiments, I tried to document thoroughly each of my measurements. Both are correct

When I did my lab experiments, I tried to document thoroughly each of my measurements.

powder exposition

dad took son skiing at mountain baker promising mom they'd be home for Christmas

Where is the narrator going?

he has no idea

Which of the following characters gives the narrator drugs?

the college student

Which of the following characters dies?

the husband

. What is the name of the main character?

the name is not given

Which of the following are not secondary characters?

the narrator

Why does the plot of the story seem confusing or all over the place?

the narrator is intoxicated

powder climax

the road is closed but the dad still finds a way to get home

powder resolution

the son starts respecting his father more for living while lacking foreknowledge and planning

Which of the following characters does the narrator NOT ride with?

the truck driver