QUESTION 1

In "Casabianca," where is the boy when the poem begins?

On the deck of the burning ship

Below decks, looking for his father

Trapped on the ship, trying to escape

On the enemy ship, observing the wreck

QUESTION 2

Choose the answer.
What strategy would be most useful when listening to a speech?

Drawing pictures in your notebook of the speaker or other elements of the speech

Pausing the speech and summarizing periodically

Looking up words in the dictionary

Visualizing the speaker speaking

QUESTION 3

Choose the answer.
Which active reading strategy requires you to find the main idea of a text?

questioning

making predictions

summarizing

visualizing

QUESTION 4

Choose the answer.
Which expression best captures the irony of "The Inchcape Rock"?

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Love conquers all.

What goes around comes around.

Do as I say, not as I do.

QUESTION 5

Review the passage from “The Listeners.”

For he suddenly smote on the door, even
Louder, and lifted his head:—
"Tell them I came, and no one answered,
That I kept my word," he said.

Based on this passage, what is the best inference about the man?

His mother and father had once lived in the house.

He was a soldier away at war.

He was an unreliable person, so no one expected him to come.

He was gone longer than the inhabitants of the house expected.

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

Which statement state a claim? check all that apply. (1) the driver education programs are often to sophomore’s at local high schools. (2) students should have a vision test before they can operate motor vehicles. (3) driving classes should i head instruction about the dangers of texting and driving. (4) mr. graber is the behind-the-wheel instructor at our high school. (5) behind-the-wheel courses ought to include driving time on local highways.

Which phrase refers to the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen? situational ironydramatic ironyverbal ironyconflict and resolution