Name: _____________________________________
Score:____________________
Direction: Identify whether the given statements
are true or false.
_________1. Annotating helps the readers process what
they are reading.
_________2. In annotating, we use stars to indicate
uncertainty.
_________3. Paraphrasing or summarizing a chapter is
a way of annotating.
_________4. Exclamation point is used to indicate a
dramatic or key turning point.
_________5. Illustrated annotations make use of
numbers in representing ideas.
_________6. Giving a title after reading a text is not
good practice in annotating.
_________7. Writing notes on a separate notebook is the
best method when annotating.
_________8. In annotating, it helps you process what
you are reading.
_________9. Writing on a sticky note is a decent
method.
_________10. Writing your notes in the margins is the
best method.
B. Choose the letter of the correct answer
11. It’s the beginning of the story where we meet our
main character and see what their life is like.
a. settings b. exposition c. climax
d. resolution
12. It is the moments in your story that lead up to the
climax — choices your main characters have made and
the events happening that are at odds with your
characters’ goals.
a. settings b. exposition c. climax
d. resolution
13. It is the height of a story. The character finally
faces and usually defeats whatever the major conflict
is.
a. settings b. exposition c. climax
d. resolution
14. It is part of the plot that all the other conflicts or
character arcs begin resolving.
a. settings b. falling action c. climax
d. resolution
15. It is the time to show the next step in the
characters’ lives.
a. settings b. falling action c. climax
d. resolution
16. At the beginning of the story, what is Della upset
about?
A. The thought of parting with her hair.
B. The thought that Jim cannot afford to buy her a
nice gift
C. The idea that she'd look stupid with short hair!
D. The idea that she would not have a suitable gift for
her Jim.
17. Della's hair and Jim's watch have always been a
source of:
A. Pride
B. Nervousness
C. Anxiety
D. Shame
18. Jim reacts strangely to the news of Della's hair
being sold because
A. He thinks she looks like a Coney Island chorus girls
B. He thinks she looks like a truant schoolboy
C. He is upset that she did not consult him about her
hair first!
D. He knows that he has bought something she cannot
use!
19. Della buys a _____________for $20 that is just
perfect for Jim. It was simple and chaste in design.
A. Platinum watch chain
B. Gold ring
C. Silver ring
D. Nothing
20. How much money had Della saved for?
A. $1.87
B. $2.87
above
C. $3
D. None of the
21. How much did Mrs. Sophie give to Della for her
hair?
A. $20
B. $30
C. $40
D. $50
22. “There was nothing to do but flop down on the
shabby little couch and howl.” This quotation shows
Della’s sense of __________.
a. responsibility
b. anger
c. grief
d. helplessness
23. “There was nothing to do but flop down on the
shabby little couch and howl.” Which word in this
quoted sentence indicates the couple’s poverty?
a. nothing
c. shabby
b. flop
d. howl
24. O. Henry also includes a biblical reference
concerning Jim’s watch. Jim’s gold watch is so
exquisite even King _______ would “pluck at his beard
in envy.”
a. Herod
c. Solomon
b. David
d. Saul
25. When Della opens her present, she understands
Jim’s reaction to her haircut. Jim has bought the
expensive set of ______ of “pure tortoise shell, with
jeweled rims” she has admired and wanted for quite
some time.
a. headbands
c. hair pins
b. combs
d. all of these