English I Review Questions

1. English I Review Questions First Six Weeks Benchmark Exam

2. 1. What is the mood of the following paragraph: Still, Samitu could not shake the odd feeling of tranquility that had come over him at the lagoon. He felt the village would somehow be all right, although he didn’t know how. As he opened the first fish, the answer amazingly appeared. Samitu stared in disbelief. There, in the belly of the fish, was the Poe Rava, his wondrous black pearl. • Sadness C)Doubt • Anger D) Suprise

3. 2. What can you infer is the meaning of austerity in the following sentence:Graduating from law school in 1959, Jordan proved that her determination to succeed overcame the austerity she had faced. • Happiness C)Hardship • Excitement D)Exhaustion

4. 3) What does the description of the setting create a sense of? The sign on the window read “Carl’s Coffee Shoppe,” spelled the old-fashioned way. Hallie shook her head and wondered how many times she had suggested an alternative. She entered the shop, setting off the little bell above the door. Looking around, she saw only one person, sipping plain coffee. • Bitterness C) Optimism • Confusion D) Dreariness

5. The internet is the name given to an international network of information to resources that allows computers to communicate with one another and people to have access to countless programs and databases. The internet originated in the 1960’s as a communications system providing an inexpensive and easy way to send information over distances. It has expanded to include popular innovations such as electronic mail and the World Wide Web.4) The U.S. Department of Defense wanted to develop a new communications system in order to- • Navigate the World Wide Web C)access various services • Send and receive electronic mail D) share information

6. 5) What changes should be made to the following sentence:Everyone in the bank, including the manager and tellers ran to the door when the fire alarm rang. • Add a comma after tellers • Remove the comma after bank • Change the comma after bank to a semi-colon • Make no change

7. 6) What change should be made to the following sentence:To no ones surprise, Joe didn’t have his homework ready. • Remove the comma after surprise • Add an apostrophe to one’s • Change the comma to a colon • Make no changes

8. 7) What change should be made to the following sentence:If he would have read “The White Birds,” he might have liked William Butler Yeat’s poetry. • Remove the apostrophe in Yeats • Add a comma after read • Capitalize Poetry • Make no change

9. 8) What literary element is shown in the following excerpt from To Kill A Mockingbird?“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

10. He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself.-from The Great Gatsby9) What word best describes Jay Gatsby as he is described in the passage? • Trustworthy C) Comforting • Intelligent D) Ruthless

11. 10) Is the character’s conflict in the following passage internal or external?His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.-from Lord of the Flies

12. 11) Identify and explain the metaphor below:“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” “Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it.” -from The Catcher in the Rye

13. 12) Identify and explain the hyperbole in the following passage:In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. –from 1984

14. 13) How is the narrator’s major conflict resolved?I hadn’t had a bite to eat since yesterday, so Jim he got out some corn-dodgers and buttermilk, and pork and cabbage and greens—there ain’t nothing in the world so good when it’s cooked right—and whilst I eat my supper we talked and had a good time. . . .We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.-from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

15. 14) Identify the error in the following sentence:David was known for belching; and telling inappropriate jokes in public. • Capitalization C) Punctuation • Spelling D) Grammar

16. 15) Identify the error in the following sentence: Graduation from High School is considered by many a momentous occasion. • Capitalization C) Punctuation • Spelling D) Grammar

17. 16) Identify the error in the following sentence:Nurses plays a vital role in the healthcare profession. • Capitalization C) Punctuation • Spelling D) Grammar

18. 17) Identify the error in the following sentence:After having his tonsels removed, the child was listless for a few days. • Capitalization C) Punctuation • Spelling D) Grammar