CAHSEE Practice 1
- 1.
What is the narrator's main purpose in this passage?- A.
To entertain readers with a story of an unusual day
- B.
To inform readers how to organize a day away from home
- C.
To persuade readers to take some time for themselves
- D.
To describe to readers what it is like to rediscover a city
- 2.
Which sentence below is an example of a simile?
- A.
I will have set no clock...
- B.
I do not want to know my name...
- C.
We need hours of aimless wandering...
- D.
A day away acts as a spring tonic.
- 3.
The words casual, wander, and gaze in paragraph 3 suggest a feeling of --
- A.
Determination.
- B.
Solitude.
- C.
Bewilderment.
- D.
Relaxation.
- 4.The narrator MOST likely laid out her clothes the night before her day away so that she --
- A.
Wouldn't forget what she wanted to wear.
- B.
Wouldn't have to make a decision in the morning.
- C.
Would be able to sleep late in the morning.
- D.
Would be as stylishly dressed as possible.
- 5.Which BEST describes the narrator's tone in the second half of the passage?
- A.
Persuasive
- B.
Humorous
- C.
Sarcastic
- D.
Frustrated
- 6.Which sentence from the passage is an example of figurative language?
- A.
Once a year or so I give myself a day away.
- B.
On the eve of my day of absence, I begin to unwrap the bonds which hold me in harness.
- C.
I enter and leave public parks, libraries, the lobbies of skyscrapers, and movie houses.
- D.
It can dispel rancor, transform indecision, and renew the spirit.
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