Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Read the passage and answer
the question.
What does the author mean by the use of the word
“masterpiece”?
a. | When someone paints a fence, it is
always called a masterpiece. | c. | Masterpieces are usually artistic paintings found on
fences. | b. | Painted works of art are sometimes called masterpieces, when someone
considers
the piece a great model. | d. | he author used the word masterpiece incorrectly, because masterpieces are only
found in art museums. |
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Read the poem and answer the
question.
 The lines of this poem are an example
of:
a. | personification | c. | rhyme | b. | simile | d. | metaphor |
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Read the passage and answer
the question.
What does the author portray in this
paragraph?
a. | a science fiction
setting | c. | a tall tale
setting | b. | a historical fiction setting | d. | a mystery setting |
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Read the
passage.
What type of writing is this?
a. | essay | c. | book review | b. | newspaper article | d. | non-fiction |
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Read the
passage.
What was the author telling the reader about
Joshua’s future?
a. | Life in the future would be
grand. | c. | He would have a chance to run
away. | b. | He would be rich and famous. | d. | Life in the future would be filled with doom and
anguish. |
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Read the
passage.
What does the underlined figure of speech mean in this
passage?
a. | Alice is a funny
person. | c. | Jenny likes
cats. | b. | Alice told Jenny’s secret. | d. | Cats should not be kept in bags. |
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Read the
passage.
What can you guess about Marc’s
grandfather?
a. | He lacked confidence in Marc’s
ability to win because Marc was weak. | c. | He thought Marc was an ox. | b. | He had confidence in Marc’s ability to win because
Marc was strong. | d. | He thought Marc was wrestling an
ox. |
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Read the
passage.
What does the penny symbolize for
Frank?
a. | hope | c. | sadness | b. | despair | d. | death |
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Read the
passage.
How does his mother’s comment make Peter
feel?
a. | relaxed | c. | hopeless | b. | hopeful | d. | empathetic |
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Literary Response and
Analysis—Problem Resolution--RIT 211 – 220
Read the passage.
What should
Sally do to stay safe?
a. | Go into the nearest house or store
and ask for help from an adult. | c. | Just keep walking and hope for the best. | b. | Stop walking and approach the strange
man. | d. | Go into the trees and
hide. |
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Word
Analysis—Antonyms, Homonyms, Synonyms--RIT 201 – 210
Read the passage.
Then
Miss Hopley did a formidable thing. She stood up. Had she been standing when we entered, she would
have seemed tall. But rising from her chair, she soared. And what she carried up and up with her was
a buxom superstructure, firm shoulders, a straight sharp nose, full cheeks slightly molded by a
curved line along the nostrils, thin lips that moved like steel springs, and a high forehead topped
by hair gathered in a bun. Miss Hopley was not a giant in body, but when she mobilized it to a
standing position she seemed a match for giants. I decided
I liked her.
Which sentence is
the best example of the opposite of this description of Miss Hopley?
Copyright Info: Not enough information. Barrio Boy, page 127. (Teacher authors:
Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
a. | Miss Hopley lay motionless on the
floor. | c. | Miss Hopley was a match for giants
when she moved. | b. | Miss Hopley rose from her chair, soaring over
others. | d. | Miss Hopley had a pointy nose and full
cheeks. |
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Complete the
sentence.
The farmer went into the fields to _____ his seeds.
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Word
Analysis—Contextual Meaning and Vocabulary--RIT 201 – 210
Read the
passage.
Then he jumped. The head was lying a little clear of the water jar, under the curve
of it; and as his teeth met, Rikki braced his back against the bulge of the red earthenware to hold
down the head. This gave him just one second’s purchase, and he made the most of it. Then he
was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog—to and fro on the floor, up and
down, and round in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cartwhipped over
the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin
side of the bath.
Copyright Info: Not enough information.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Page 11. (Teacher authors: Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
What
does the word battered mean?
a. | attacked | c. | baseball equipment | b. | bread dough | d. | lathered |
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Read the sentence and choose
the best synonym for the underlined word.
In the gloom of the rainy dawn, Kayla scanned the horizon searching for the
long-promised arrival of the horse-drawn carriage.
a. | searched | c. | glanced | b. | looked | d. | noticed |
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Word Analysis—Multiple
Meanings--RIT 201 – 210
An ad for hand cream claims the cream moisturizes and evens skin
tone. What does tone
mean?
a. | quality of
color | c. | elegant
style | b. | musical sound | d. | interval on a musical scale |
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Word Analysis—Word
Components--RIT 201 – 210
Which is a multi-syllable compound word?
a. | motorcycle | c. | motoring | b. | motionless | d. | multi-purpose |
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From what root word is
electioneer made?
a. | electric | c. | elective | b. | elect | d. | election |
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With the addition of a
prefix, which word now means the opposite of do?
a. | redo | c. | undo | b. | doer | d. | doing |
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What suffix added to the
word breath changes its meaning?
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Word
Analysis—Antonyms, Homonyms, Synonyms--RIT 211 - 220
It was a cold and chilling
night, and the cattle were restless. As the sun dropped behind the mountain range, the animals
all started to come alive with anticipation. This was a night of the hunter and the hunted. The
wolves were on the prowl for a meal, and the cattle knew they were being watched.
Choose the
word that is an antonym for restless.
a. | excited | c. | tired | b. | anxious | d. | moving |
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Word
Analysis—Contextual Meaning and Vocabulary--RIT 211 - 220
“It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror.” She
raised her veil as she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of
agitation, her face all drawn and gray, with restless, frightened eyes, like those of some
hunted animal. Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with
premature gray, and her expression was weary and haggard. Sherlock Holmes ran her over with one of
his quick, all-comprehensive glances.
Copyright Info: Not enough
information. Detective Stories: The Speckled Band (page 10-11) (Teacher authors: Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
In this paragraph, what does the word agitation
mean?
a. | upset | c. | confused | b. | mixed up | d. | tired |
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Suddenly he wished that he
hadn’t left his bed, that he’d stayed away from the Hatching Ground. Now everyone would
see his ignominious failure. So he scrambled as desperately to reach the shadowy walls of the
Hatching Ground as he had struggled to cross the bowl. He mustn’t be seen.
Copyright Info: Not enough information. The Smallest Dragonboy (Page 57)
(Teacher authors:Phillips, Blackman, Felts).
Which
word in this story means the same as shameful?
a. | ignominious | c. | struggled | b. | desperately | d. | shadowy |
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Stunned for only a moment, the
youth invented a tale that only giants, the most gullible creatures on the earth, would believe.
Unfortunately it is a quirk of supernature, a paradox of the cruelest kind, that whatever giants
believe becomes their truth. “What was your last job?” asked the boy, knowing full well
that giants never do manual work and haven’t the intellect or dexterity required for other
types of employment.Copyright Info: The Goatboy and the Giant (Page 252-253) (Teacher authors:
Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
From the context of this passage, which pair of words are
opposites?
a. | invented,
truth | c. | giants,
paradox | b. | gullible, supernature | d. | cruellest, kind |
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Word
Analysis—Antonyms, Homonyms, Synonyms--RIT 211 - 220
. It was a cold and chilling
night, and the cattle were restless. As the sun dropped behind the mountain range, the animals
all started to come alive with anticipation. This was a night of the hunter and the hunted. The
wolves were on the prowl for a meal, and the cattle knew they were being watched.
Choose the
word that is an antonym for restless.
a. | excited | c. | tired | b. | anxious | d. | moving |
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Word
Analysis—Contextual Meaning and Vocabulary--RIT 211 - 220
“It is fear, Mr. Holmes. It is terror.” She
raised her veil as she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation,
her face all drawn and gray, with restless, frightened eyes, like those of some hunted animal. Her
features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature gray, and
her expression was weary and haggard. Sherlock Holmes ran her over with one of his quick,
all-comprehensive glances.Copyright Info: Not enough information.
Detective Stories: The Speckled Band (page 10-11) (Teacher authors: Phillips, Blackman,
Felts).
In this paragraph, what does the word agitation
mean?
a. | upset | c. | confused | b. | mixed up | d. | tired |
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Stunned for only a moment, the
youth invented a tale that only giants, the most gullible creatures on the earth, would believe.
Unfortunately it is a quirk of supernature, a paradox of the cruelest kind, that whatever giants
believe becomes their truth. “What was your last job?” asked the boy, knowing full well
that giants never do manual work and haven’t the intellect or dexterity required for other
types of employment.Copyright Info: The Goatboy and the Giant (Page 252-253) (Teacher authors:
Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
From the context of this passage, which pair of words are
opposites?
a. | invented,
truth | c. | giants,
paradox | b. | gullible, supernature | d. | cruellest, kind |
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Stunned for only a moment, the
youth invented a tale that only giants, the most gullible creatures on the earth, would believe.
Unfortunately it is a quirk of supernature, a paradox of the cruelest kind, that whatever giants
believe becomes their truth. “What was your last job?” asked the boy, knowing full well
that giants never do manual work and haven’t the intellect or dexterity required for other
types of employment.Copyright Info: The Goatboy and the Giant (Page 252-253) (Teacher authors:
Phillips,
Blackman, Felts).
From the context of this passage, which pair of words are
opposites?
a. | invented,
truth | c. | giants,
paradox | b. | gullible, supernature | d. | cruellest, kind |
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