1. Read the following sentences from “Day of the Butterfly.”

“I did not know what to do. I could not afford to be seen walking with her, and I
did not even want to - but on the other hand, the flattery of those humble,
hopeful turnings was not lost on me. A role was shaping for me that I could not
resist playing.”
Which of the following best describes the speaker’s tone?
(1 point)
troubled but intrigued
friendly and outgoing
pleased but annoyed
hesitant and shy
2. Read the following lines from the poem “At the Tourist Centre in Boston.”
is this a manufactured
hallucination, a cynical fiction, a lure
for export only?
Which of the following words best describes the speaker’s tone?
(1 point)
confused
interested
irate
mocking
3. Read the following lines from “No Dogs Bark.”
“See if you can't see something now. Or hear something. You'll have to do it
from up there because I feel deaf ”
from up there, because I feel deaf.
“I don't see anything.”
“Too bad for you, Ignacio.”
“I'm thirsty.”
“You'll have to stand it. We must be near now. Because it’s now very late at
night, they must’ve turned out the lights in the town. But at least you should
hear dogs barking. Try to hear.”
“Give me some water.”
“There's no water here. Just stones. You’ll have to stand it. Even if there was
water, I wouldn’t let you down to drink.”
Which of the following words best describes the relationship between the two
characters?
familiar
supportive
unstable
violent
Read the following sentences from “Day of the Butterfly.”
“Oh,” said Miss Darling dubiously. “Well you ought to try to be nicer to her
anyway. Don’t you think so? Don’t you? You will try to be nicer, won’t you? I
know you will.” Poor Miss Darling! Her campaigns were soon confused, her
persuasions turned to bleating and uncertain pleas.
When she had gone Gladys Healey said softly, “You will try to be nicer, won’t
you? I know you will,” and then drawing her lip back over her big teeth she
yelled exuberantly, “I don't care if it rains or freezes.” She went through the
whole verse and ended it with a spectacular twirl of her Royal Stuart tartan
skirt.
Use the passage to answer the question.4. In the selection from "Day of the Butterfly," how does the writer mostly reveal
Ms. Darling’s character?
(1 point)
through her words
through Gladys’s description of her
through the perspective of other characters
through her interactions with other characters
5. Read the following sentences from “Day of the Butterfly.”
“So Myra and Jimmy spent every recess standing in the little back porch
between the two sides. Perhaps they watched the baseball games, the tag and
skipping and building of leaf houses in the fall and snow forts in the winter;
perhaps they did not watch at all. Whenever you happened to look at them
their heads were slightly bent, their narrow bodies hunched in, quite still. They
had long smooth oval faces, melancholy and discreet - dark, oily shining hair.
The little boy's was long, clipped at home, and Myra's was worn in heavy braids
coiled on top of her head so that she looked, from a distance, as if she was
wearing a turban too big for her. Over their dark eyes, the lids were never fully
raised; they had a weary look. But it was more than that. They were like
children in a medieval painting, they were like small figures carved of wood,
for worship or magic, with faces smooth and aged, and meekly, cryptically
uncommunicative.”
What is the author's main purpose for including this description of Myra and
her brother?
(1 point)
to highlight the narrator’s pity for them
to show that the children live in a state of poverty
to emphasize the children’s isolation from the others
to suggest that Myra and her brother dislike the others
Learning Guitar
“It’s no use. I’ll never get this,” Holly said. She was sitting on the floor with her back
against a couch. A guitar lay in her lap. She shook her left hand in the air. “My fingertips
hurt.”
“You can quit now,” her mom said. “But if you do, it’ll be harder to start back up again. I
think you have a decision to make.”
Holly stood up and leaned the guitar against the couch. “I have decided. I’m going to get a
piece of pie to help me decide.” She sighed and walked into the kitchen.
She sat at the table eating her dessert. Her dad walked in. “Is this a break from guitar
practice?” he asked.
Holly's mom was in the kitchen baking a pie and listening to her daughter's struggles. She
took the pie out of the oven and placed it on the counter.
“Yeah, I’m done for the night,” Holly said.
“Why so down?” her dad asked.
“I don’t know. I just don’t think I’ll ever play well.”
“No one’s asking you to make records like the Beatles,” her dad said.
“But I should at least be able to play a couple of chords halfway decently. And besides, my
fingers hurt.”
“Well,” said her dad. “There is no getting around the fact that until you have calluses, you
are not a guitar player. Come over here,” he said as he walked toward the couch. “Play me
what you know.”
Holly rose slowly, going to the couch, sitting on the floor and picked up the guitar.
“Give me a G,” her dad said, and Holly played the note on the guitar. “That’s pretty good,”
he responded. “Now give me a D . . . Not bad . . . I'd say you’re coming along.”
“Really?”
"Yeah, really. For someone who’s been playing for just one week, I’d say you’re ahead of
the game. Now you need to work on the calluses.”
Holly rose. “I’m going to call Josh and tell him that I’ll keep at it for a while longer.” She
then left the room.
“Since when did you know what a G or a D should sound like?” Holly's mom asked.Use the passage to answer the question.
6. Read the following sentences from “Learning Guitar.”
“Give me a G,” her dad said, and Holly played the note on the guitar. "That's
pretty good,” he responded. “Now give me a D . . . Not bad . . . I'd say you’re
coming along.”
Which of the following words best describes the father’s tone?
(1 point)
comforting
eager
encouraging
indifferent
Use the passage to answer the question.
7. How does the author of "Learning Guitar" mostly reveal the character of Holly’s
dad?
(1 point)
through Holly’s description of him
through her mom’s description of him
through his thoughts
through his words
Use the passage to answer the question.
8. Which of the following statements best identifies a theme explored in
“Learning Guitar”?
(1 point)
Good friends are always there to show support for each other.
Sometimes, honesty is not always the best policy.
The way to comfort a troubled soul is to satisfy the sweet tooth.
A few kind words can do much to build confidence.Use the passage to answer the question.
6. Read the following sentences from “Learning Guitar.”
“Give me a G,” her dad said, and Holly played the note on the guitar. "That's
pretty good,” he responded. “Now give me a D . . . Not bad . . . I'd say you’re
coming along.”
Which of the following words best describes the father’s tone?
(1 point)
comforting
eager
encouraging
indifferent
Use the passage to answer the question.
7. How does the author of "Learning Guitar" mostly reveal the character of Holly’s
dad?
(1 point)
through Holly’s description of him
through her mom’s description of him
through his thoughts
through his words
Use the passage to answer the question.
8. Which of the following statements best identifies a theme explored in
“Learning Guitar”?
(1 point)
Good friends are always there to show support for each other.
Sometimes, honesty is not always the best policy.
The way to comfort a troubled soul is to satisfy the sweet tooth.
A few kind words can do much to build confidence.Use the passage to answer the question.
9. Read the following sentence from “Learning Guitar.”
“No one’s asking you to make records like the Beatles,” her dad said.
What is the author’s main purpose for making a reference to the Beatles in this
sentence?
(1 point)
to show the father’s true age
to describe the music Holly was playing
to emphasize that Holly is a novice guitar player
to foreshadow Holly’s future as a successful musician
Use the passage to answer the question.
10. Which of the following sentences from "Learning Guitar" best shows the
mother’s support of Holly?
(1 point)
“I think you have a decision to make.”
“Holly’s mom was in the kitchen baking a pie and listening to her daughter’s struggles.”
“She took the pie out of the oven and placed it on the counter.”
“Since when did you know what a G or a D should sound like?”
Match the word with the correct definition.
A. words that create pictures
B. a comparison
C. the main idea
D. the attitude of the writer toward the subject, ideas, theme, or characters
E. images, plot patterns, and characters that occur frequently in literature
Use the word bank to answer the question.
11. metaphor (1 point)
Use the word bank to answer the question.
12. tone (1 point)
Use the word bank to answer the question.
13. archetype (1 point)
Use the word bank to answer the question.
14. imagery (1 point)
Use the word bank to answer the question.
15. theme (1 point)
Identify the part of speech that corresponds to the underlined word in each
sentence.
(1) Ragtime is one of the ancestors of jazz. (2) It was popular from the
1890s until the end of the First World War.(3) In ragtime music, melodies are
syncopated. (4) The style derived from street bands in New Orleans, St.
Louis, and Memphis. (5) It was related to a popular dance at the turn of the
century called the “cakewalk.” (6) Scott Joplin is probably the best-known of
the ragtime composers. (7) Maple Leaf Rag is still played
regularly today. (8)Hey, wasn’t that one of our school band’s songs? (9) Scott
Joplin actually wrote a ragtime opera called A Guest of
Honor. (10) Have you heard of Jelly Roll Morton?
Use the passage to answer the question.
16. Use sentence 1.
Ragtime
(1 point)
adjective
adverb
preposition
noun
Use the passage to answer the question.
17. Use sentence 2.
until
(1 point)
adjective
adverb
preposition
noun
Use the passage to answer the question.
18. Use sentence 3.
ragtime
(1 point)
adjective
adverb
preposition
noun
Use the passage to answer the question.
19. Use sentence 4.
and
(1 point)
noun
pronoun
conjunction
adverb
Use the passage to answer the question.
20. Use sentence 5.
cakewalk
(1 point)
noun
pronoun
verb
adverb
Use the passage to answer the question.
21. Use sentence 6.
probably
(1 point)
conjunction
interjection
preposition
adverb
Use the passage to answer the question.
22. Use sentence 7.
today
(1 point)
adjective
adverb
preposition
noun
Use the passage to answer the question.
23. Use sentence 8.
Hey
(1 point)
conjunction
interjection
preposition
adjective
Use the passage to answer the question.
24. Use sentence 9.
wrote
(1 point)
noun
pronoun
verb
adverb
Use the passage to answer the question.
25. Use sentence 10.
you
(1 point)
conjunction
interjection
pronoun
adjective