English 10 test one

English 10

Unit I Test

 

Name:_________________________________ Period:_______________ Date:___________

 

1. Which of the following is not a trick used by Paul in Charming Billy to avoid being afraid?

1. He sings.
2. He counts
3. He licks dew
4. He reads

 

2. Paul tells himself that he will stop being afraid when

1. he reaches the village
2. He reaches the sea
3. He is with his parents
4. Buffalo stops bothering him

 

3. Near the end of the story, Paul imagines telling his father about Billy Boy but leaves something out. He would not admit that

1. he, too, had been extremely scared
2. he had forgotten Billy Boy
3. Billy had been his best friend
4. He had watched Billy die

 

4. Paul would most like to appear to his parents as

1. self sufficient
2. unafraid
3. smart
4. honorable

 

5. What most disturbed Paul about Billy Boy’s death?

1. they had shared a soda earlier
2. Billy’s foot had been blown off
3. The death caused Paul to discover his own fear
4. Billy’s body had fallen into the paddy

 

6. Which of the following is not an example of how the Tim O’Brien’s style connects the story to the Vietnam War?

1. his use of slang
2. casual references to things like plastic ponchos and Medevac helicopters
3. His direct confrontations of a young soldier’s fears
4. His portrayal of a war hero.

 

7. Which of the following best describes Charming Billy’s theme?

1. Fear itself can be a dangerous enemy
2. Fear is worse than death
3. War creates weak men
4. War creates fearless men

 

8. Which of the following best describes Paul’s character?

1. He is young, impressionable, and afraid
2. He is young, passionate, and fearless
3. He is weary, jaded, and hopeless
4. He is straightforward, obedient, and industrious.

 

9. The crime for which the narrator in The Pit and the Pendulum has been condemned to death is

1. never made clear
2. heresy
3. the murder of a judge
4. spying for the French

 

10. Which of the following best explains how the narrator of the Pit and the Pendulum escapes from the bandage that restrains him?

1. The rats shred it in their attempts to find the source of the meaty odor
2. General LaSalle unties him
3. He repeatedly bends and unbends his left arm until he works it free
4. His captors release him but with the intention of forcing him into the pit.

 

11. Which of the following statements best summarizes the last events of the Pit and the Pendulum?

1. the narrator stops struggling, screams, and is rescued
2. General LaSalle and his army storm Toledo and courageously rescue the terrified narrator from sure death
3. The narrator discovers that the pendulum is descending, but is rescued by General LaSalle.
4. The narrator devises a plan to free himself from the wooden platform.

 

12. Frankie mentions the stitches in his hand and feet because he

1. had an accident
2. wrote a poem about them
3. had a transfusion
4. wrote a story about them

 

13. What is Frankie most afraid of when he is moved upstairs?

1. The spirits of patients who died there
2. Seamus and the Kerry nurse
3. The ghost of Patricia
4. Sister Rita

 

14. Which of the following words best summarizes Frankie’s attitude about the fever ward?

1. astonished
2. doubtful
3. bittersweet
4. respectful

 

15. Most adults attempt to make Frankie behave by

1. giving him chocolate
2. using guilt
3. relating frightening stories
4. telling him about former patients

 

16. Which of the following elements in Typhoid Fever memoir excerpt is most likely to be “faction”?

1. the people
2. the dialogue
3. the setting
4. the diseases

 

17. Which of the following elements in Typhoid Fever is most likely to be a combination of invention and memory?

1. the visit from Mam
2. the treatments for diseases at that time
3. the prevalence of diphtheria and typhoid at that time
4. the lines of the poems

 

18. Which of the following items is an example of comic relief in Typhoid Fever?

1. Sister Rita recommends The Little Messenger of the Sacred Heart.
2. Frankie is ten, and Patricia is thirteen
3. Seamus completes the poem for Frankie
4. Frankie worries about phantoms eating his chocolate

 

19. Which of the following characters gets no relief from comedy in Typhoid Fever?

1. Seamus
2. The Kerry nurse
3. Patricia
4. Frankie

 

20. The voice in Typhoid Fever is that of a

1. strict, demanding nun
2. kindhearted, clever girl
3. intelligent, sensitive boy
4. worried, caring mother

 

21. Which of the following words best describes the voice in Typhoid Fever?

1. poetic
2. businesslike
3. instructive
4. angry

22. With whom did the narrator of The Tell Tale Heart live?

1. himself
2. a neighbor
3. his wife
4. an old man

 

23. Why did the narrator of The Tell Tale Heart decide the old man needed to die?

1. he was mean to him
2. he would not share his gold
3. his vulture eye tormented him
4. he went crazy and couldn’t think straight

 

24. What is ironic about The Tell Tale Heart?

1. he tells us he’s not crazy, but his actions prove otherwise
2. we think the old man will get away at the end, but he dies
3. the old man is mean, when we thought at first he was nice
4. the old man’s heart beats from under the floor

 

25. Who is Emily’s lover?

1. Paul Berlin
2. Homer Barron
3. Billy Boy
4. Frankie

 

26. What do the townspeople find upstairs in Emily’s house after she dies?

1. her lover, along with a strand of grey hair
2. the old negro servant, long dead and never buried
3. a dingy, old, dust filled room
4. a mound of unanswered tax bills

 

Imagery: match the sense with the statement.

 

a. sight              b. smell c. touch            d. sound           e. taste

 

27. _____ As the men searched for Billy’s body, they sang “Where have you gone, charming Billy?”

28. _____ Billy and Paul drank fizzy, sweet soda as they waited for their orders.

29. _____ As the moon rose overhead, Paul scanned the skies, recognizing the Southern Cross

_____ Their noses wrinkled as they detected a nearby cattle pen.

 

Rhythm and Repetition

 

The following statements are based on events in The Pit and the Pendulum. On the lines below each sentence, tell how the writer uses alliteration, the repetition of words, or rhythm to reinforce the emotional effect of each sentence.

 

30. Sighing, he retraced his steps, slipping against the slimy stone.

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31. The fragment fell down, down, down into the pit.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

32. He walked, paced, then groped the walls.

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Dialogue: add the punctuation necessary to complete the sentences.

 

33. “No” said Jerry “I won’t do what you say”

 

34. “Why don’t you ever listen to me” asked Tommy, teary-eyed “I’m going crazy”

 

35. “I love English” said Jill “In fact, I love everything about school”

 

More Grammar: multiple choice.

 

36. I love the Lord and I love the world and I am so happy to be involved in the world.

1. comma-splice
2. sentence fragment
3. run-on sentence
4. correct as is

 

37. I’m so happy school started, I love going to class.

1. comma-splice
2. sentence fragment
3. run-on sentence
4. correct as is

 

38. Because I’m unhappy.

1. comma-splice
2. sentence fragment
3. run-on sentence
4. correct as is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match the literary term with its correct definition:

 

 

39. ­­­­_____Irony

40. _____Symbolism

41. _____Repetition

42. _____Tone

43. _____Theme

44. _____Style

45. _____Foreshadowing

46. _____Conflict

47. _____Characters

48. _____Imagery

49. _____Mood

50. _____Plot

51. _____Point of View

52. _____Climax

53. _____Setting

54. _____Detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play or narrative poem take place.
2. Tension between opposing forces in a work of literature
3. Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action
4. Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses.
5. Central message of a literary work. Idea the author wishes to convey about the subject
6. People or animals who take part in the action of a literary work
7. Sequence of events in a story
8. Perspective from which the narrative is told.
9. The point of highest interest in a literary work.
10. Writer or speaker’s attitude towards a subject, character or audience and conveyed through the author’s choice of words and detail.
11. Saying and doing one thing and meaning (whether or not the character knows it) the other. Or when a situation ends differently than expected, but which is often appropriate.
12. Atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work
13. Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose
14. Writer’s characteristic manner of employing language
15. Words, sounds or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis
16. Use of any object, person, place or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself.