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1. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves.
(1 point)
leftovers
made
reminders
symbolic
2. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
The police officers blocked off the road until all of the debris from the accident was cleared.
(1 point)
danger
evidence
rubbish
traffic
3. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
Many soldiers would cache food and supplies for desperate times.
(1 point)
extend
hide
sell
trade
4. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
Luis angled the car obliquely into the parking spot and passed his driver’s license test.
(1 point)
abruptly
indirectly
nervously
quickly
5. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the
meaning of the word, if necessary.
Rats were considered the scourge of the Middle Ages.
(1 point)
source of all disease
cause of trouble or pain
omen of good fortune
sign of a good harvest
6. In Of Wolves and Men, the author describes wolves as (1 point)
lone hunters only.
very serious animals.
complex creatures.
insensitive and unaware.
7. Which of the following sentences from Of Wolves and Men uses imagery to engage the reader? (1 point)
The wolf is three years old.
It is now late in the afternoon.
His ears are rammed forward, stiff.
It is not a time of year for much howling.
8. The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to (1 point)
girls drying their hair.
sweeping up broken glass.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
filling a cup to the top.
9. Which of the following lines from "Birches" uses metaphor to create a strong image? (1 point)
"Shattering and avalanching on the snow­crust—
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away . . ."
"I should prefer to have some boy bend them
As he went out and in to fetch the cows—"
"Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun."
"Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig's having lashed across it open.”
10. In the haiku by bashō, what is left of the warriors’ dreams? (1 point)
a dark pool
a quick frog
the splashing water
the summer grass
11. In An Inconvenient Truth, Earth is called the Goldilocks planet because (1 point)
the sun is at a balanced distance.
it has a significant wildlife population.
it is neither too hot nor too cold for life.
of the mineral content, especially coal and gold.
12. In An Inconvenient Truth, green roofs are beneficial in fighting global warming because (1 point)
they are beautiful.
they have solar panels, which collect energy.
they emit water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
they support plants, which filter carbon dioxide from the air.
13. In An Inconvenient Truth, the most likely reason the author uses the heading “A Silent Alarm”
is to
(1 point)
grab the readers’ interest.
frighten readers so they will take action.
use an image that all readers can visualize.
show there is a problem that many do not know about.
14. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
One way to save money on electricity is to replace incandescent bulbs with compact
fluorescent (CF) light buloutside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating water vapor
producing light by adding neurons to a glowing material
15. In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 was generated by (1 point)
a Hiroshima­type atomic bomb.
an earthquake.
a hurricane.
a wave.
16. In “The Deadliest Tsunami in History,” survivors of the tsunami recognized that a receding
ocean
(1 point)
was a sign of danger.
left pollution on shore.
left boats and fish stranded on shore.
signals a coming earthquake.
17. In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans are offended by the term
orphans because
(1 point)
they feel they are now the parents to these children.
the government will not let the children be adopted by them.
Mr. Paramesvaran grew up without a father and knows how difficult it was. they think the natural parents of the children will be found alive some day.
18. In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans named their large home
Namikai, which means Hands of Hope, because
(1 point)
they had to dig the graves for their children with their bare hands.
together with their new large family, they can rebuild their village.
their new family gave them hope when they were considering suicide.
they hope to have many more children move into their home with them.

Is somebody going to put the answers or what Dane?

donda

Lava had Moltened before they could finish, oops XD

Are you done yet it a year later

donda donda donda donda donda donda donda donda DONda DONda DONda

I will when I am done.

Did she ever finish?

@cheese:3 you used the wrong "your" it is "You're on your own" not "Your on you own" XD

omg, they never finished the test XD

Are any of these the right answers? Lmao