English I Midterm - Fall 2011
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This assessment covers the stories taught during 1st nine weeks in English I.
- 1.In "A Mother in Mannville", the narrator finds out what information at the end of the story?
- A.
Her home is being sold to developers
- B.
Jerry lied about having a mother
- C.
The narrator realizes he is poor
- 2.What was one thing Jerry said he got from his mom in "A Mother in Mannville"?
- A.
Skates
- B.
Surfboard
- C.
Gloves
- 3.What story element adds the feeling of isolation and being alone in "A Mother in Mannville"?
- A.
Theme
- B.
Setting
- C.
Plot
- 4.In "A Retrieved Reformation", how did Jimmy spend the first weeks after his release from prison?
- A.
Opening a shoe shop
- B.
Cracking safes
- C.
Searching for new work
- 5.What caused Jimmy to start a new way of life in "A Retrieved Reformation"?
- A.
Jimmy fell in love with Annabel Adams
- B.
He got caught cracking safes
- C.
He was running from the law
- 6.What crisis forced Jimmy to reveal his past life in "A Retrieved Reformation"?
- A.
He was caught by the police
- B.
He chose the wrong bank to crack safes because it was patrolled by police
- C.
He saved a girl locked in a vault by cracking the safe
- 7.Why wouldn't Dell's mother let him write his name on the envelope with the money in "Fool's Paradise"?
- A.
She was too proud to have the Sunday-school teacher find out that the family was poor
- B.
She did not want Dell to make a big show of giving money to the poor
- C.
She did not think it right to sign the envelope
- 8.In "Fool's Paradise", what made Dell realize that his family was poor?
- A.
His father cut cardboard insoles for his shoes
- B.
His father was at home all day long and every day
- C.
His parents pretended to not know that it was Christmas Eve
- 9.Which phrase expresses a main theme in "Fool's Paradise"?
- A.
Live and let live
- B.
The truth hurts
- C.
Easy come, easy go
- 10.In "Annabel Lee", how does the narrator describe the angels' reaction to the love between the narrator and Annabel Lee?
- A.
Sepulcher
- B.
Seraph
- C.
Coveted
- 11.What is the setting of "Annabel Lee"?
- A.
A castle
- B.
Kingdom by the sea
- C.
A meadow
- 12.Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?
- A.
John Keats
- B.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
- C.
Edgar Allan Poe
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