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| 1. | Which of the following is the definition of theme? |
| A. | the emotional quality or atmosphere of a story or poem |
| B. | images the author creates that appeal to the five senses |
| C. | the main message about life the author wishes to convey |
| D. | the most important idea expressed in an essay |
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| 2. | Which passage best provides clues about the cultural context of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”? |
| A. | “I don’t think I ever saw Mrs. Flowers laugh, but she smiled often.” |
| B. | “I looked around the room that I had never in my wildest fantasies imagined I would see.” |
| C. | “Mrs. Flowers didn’t belong to our church, nor was she Momma’s familiar. “Why on earth did she insist on calling her Sister Flowers?” |
| D. | “There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” |
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| 3. | When you summarize a text, you tell what you like, dislike, or find interesting in the text. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
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| 4. | Titles, headings, photographs, captions, tables, charts, and diagrams are all examples of |
| A. | supporting details. |
| B. | background information. |
| C. | specific genres. |
| D. | text features. |
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| 5. | Click on the letter of the phrase that means about the same as the underlined word. Jenna’s backpack was so cumbersome that she moved slowly down the hall. |
| A. | not easily carried |
| B. | colorful and bright |
| C. | large and wide |
| D. | filled to capacity |
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| 6. | What would be the main purpose of scanning a functional document? |
| A. | to monitor comprehension |
| B. | to paraphrase or summarize |
| C. | to locate key information |
| D. | to make predictions about the document |
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| 7. | When you are aware of a selection’s text structure, you can identify |
| A. | what will happen in the selection. |
| B. | why the most important events happened. |
| C. | your own purpose for reading. |
| D. | the way the author has organized information. |
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| 8. | A reader’s feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or dread about what will happen in a story is known as suspense. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
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| 9. | A story’s mood is the _________ effect it has on a reader. |
| A. | visual |
| B. | imaginative |
| C. | emotional |
| D. | humorous |
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| 10. | Which of the following is NOT an element of plot? |
| A. | exposition |
| B. | description |
| C. | rising action |
| D. | resolution |
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