English 9 Short Story test

English 9

Test 1

Short Story Unit

 

Name:_____________________­____Period:____________Date:_________________

 

1. What is General Zaroff’s main reason for preferring to hunt human beings rather than animals?

1. there is no big game on the island
2. He doesn’t like to kill animals
3. He hates people
4. Hunting men is more of a challenge.

 

2. Rainsford first realizes he’s going to be the prey when

1. he sees the blood and empty cartridge in the brush
2. General Zaroff says he hunts game that is more dangerous than Cape buffalo
3. General Zaroff says he has invented a new animal to hunt
4. General Zaroff tells him he can participate in either Ivan’s or the general’s sport

 

3. What is the best interpretation of General Zaroff’s description of his captives as inferior specimens?

1. He believes that they are not entitled to live
2. He thinks that they should not be used as specimens in a museum.
3. He knows that they are not in good health
4. He thinks that they are not strong

 

4. How does the author of Poison first create a feeling of suspense?

1. He tells us that Harry is still awake at midnight.
2. We don’t know where the story is set.
3. We don’t know why Timber has been out so late at night
4. Harry’s voice is strange when he first speaks to Timber.

 

5. The plot of Poison is based on the following situation:

1. A man discovers that his friend has malaria.
2. A man kills a snake in order to help his friend.
3. A man says that he has a poisonous snake on his stomach.
4. An Indian doctor risks his life to help a patient.

 

6. The most likely reason there is no snake under the sheets is that

1. Harry just wants to get some attention
2. Harry has created an elaborate prank
3. The snake has crawled away
4. Harry mistook a caterpillar for a snake

 

7. Dr. Ganderbai decides to use chloroform because

1. he ran out of antidote
2. it will make Harry relax
3. it will kill the krait
4. it will sedate the krait

 

8. We can infer from Timber’s behavior and words that he

1. is excited by Harry’s behavior at the end of the story
2. is frightened by Harry’s behavior at the end of the story
3. is embarrassed by Harry’s behavior at the end of the story
4. Enjoys Harry’s behavior at the end of the story

 

9. A writer will use suspense in a story to

1. create believable characters
2. focus on one character’s point of view
3. reveal how the conflict is resolved
4. increase the reader’s curiosity and interest

 

10. Mathilde is envious of the social class and wealth of others because

1. she has never enjoyed either position or wealth
2. she was born rich and wants more wealth
3. her husband is very demanding
4. her former classmate encourages her

 

11. Mathilde seems happiest when

1. she receives the invitation to the reception
2. she attends and dances at the reception
3. her husband gives her money to buy a new dress
4. Mme. Forestier lets her borrow the necklace

 

12. At the end of The Necklace, it is clear that

1. the Loisels have suffered needlessly
2. the Loisels soon will become wealthy
3. Mme. Forestier has two diamond necklaces
4. Mme. Forestier will help the Loisels

 

13. Which of the following objects would have to be included in a summary of The Necklace?

1. a rifle
2. Oriental tapestries
3. A necklace made of paste
4. An expensive fur

 

14. The story’s third-person limited point of view allows the reader to know

1. what Mme. Forestier thinks about Mathilde
2. about the details of M. Loisel’s clerk position
3. why Mathilde is unhappy with her life
4. what each character thinks of Mathilde

 

15. According to Montresor, revenge would not be successful if he were

1. not punished for taking revenge
2. recognized by his victim
3. punished for taking revenge
4. compelled to murder

 

16. Which one of the following statements about Montresor is true?

1. He lets us know how Fortunato has insulted him.
2. He never lets us know how Forunato has insulted him.
3. He lets Fortunato know well ahead of time that he is upset with him.
4. He is rude to Fortunato from the beginning.

 

17. An example of dramatic irony occurs in the story when

1. The crime is committed during carnival season
2. Fortunato is dressed as a jester
3. The narrator urges the already-drunk fortunate to test the amontillado
4. The reader knows Montresor plans revenge, but Fortunato does not know

 

18. An unreliable narrator may be described as one who

1. deliberately does not tell the whole truth
2. makes unreliable statements in a story and is always corrected by another character
3. lies throughout a story but admits the truth at the end of a story
4. is unreliable until the climax of a story

 

 

 

Grammar

 

Three characters (19) one another—and danger—in a house in colonial India. As events  (20), we are drawn into the characters’ terrible conflicts and their terror. Imagine that you, like them, (21) face to face with grave danger. The lights in the room (22) dim. You scream, but no one (23) listening.

 

19. _________ a. confronts     b. confront                    c. has confronted

20. _________ a. unfold          b. has unfolded c. unfolds

21. _________ a. is                 b. was                          c. are

22. _________ a. becomes      b. was becoming           c. become

23. _________ a. were            b. is                              c. are

 

Mathilde Loisel and her husband receive an invitation. Its (24) to a fancy reception. Their (25) poor and cannot afford jewels for her. “Go see your (26) friend, Mme. Forestier, and ask her to lend you some jewelry,” her husband suggests. Mme. Forestier, who’s (27) a well-to-do lady, lends Mathilde a marvelous necklace. It’s (28) stones sparkle against Mathilde’s lovely skin.

 

24. _________ a. It’s              b. Its’                           c. Correst as is

25. _________ a. There           b. They’re                    c. Correct as is

26. _________ a. your’           b. you’re                      c. Correct as is

27. _________ a. whose          b. whos’                       c. Correct as is

28. _________ a. Its’              b. Its                            c. Correct as is

 

 

 

Pick 5 vocabulary words and write one sentence that shows you know the meaning of the word and how to use it in a sentence.

 

Impose upon    retribution         endeavored      precluded         immolation

Impunity           succession        obstinate           recoiling            connoisseurship (in)

Exorbitant         pauper              incessantly        disconsolate      palpable

Opiate              deplorable        imprudent         disarming

 

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Rewrite the following sentences using correctly punctuated dialogue.

 

“I can’t help the way I feel” said Iris.

34._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

“Why don’t you grow up” asked Gary angrily “because your childishness is unacceptable”

35._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

“I hate homework” exclaimed Jane “why do teachers think they need to overload us like this”

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Match the literary term with its correct definition:

 

 

 

37. ­­­­_____Irony

38. _____Symbolism

39. _____Repetition

40. _____Tone

41. _____Theme

42. _____Style

43. ____Foreshadowing

44. _____Conflict

45. _____Characters

46. _____Imagery

47. _____Mood

48. _____Plot

49. _____Point of View

50. _____Climax

51. _____Setting

52. _____Detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Central message of a literary work. Idea the author wishes to convey about the subject
2. Time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play or narrative poem take place.
3. Tension between opposing forces in a work of literature
4. Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action
5. Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses.
6. People or animals who take part in the action of a literary work
7. Writer or speaker’s attitude towards a subject, character or audience and conveyed through the author’s choice of words and detail.
8. Sequence of events in a story
9. Atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work
10. Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose
11. Writer’s characteristic manner of employing language
12. Words, sounds or ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis
13. Use of any object, person, place or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself.
14. 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.