Name: ____________________
Week 5 Comprehension Quiz
1. Circle the best way to revise the following sentence:
Pls. stop talking to me, im not listening no more!
A.
B.
C.
D.
Please stop talking to me, Im not listening no more.
Please stop talking to me, I’m not listening anymore!
Please stop talking to me; I’m not listening anymore.
No revision needed; the sentence is correct as written.
2. Circle the best way to revise the following sentence:
Because he is now 55 he can receive a senior citizen discount.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Because he is now fifty-five, he can receive a senior-citizen discount.
Because he is now 55, he can receive a senior-citizen discount.
Because he is now fifty five he can receive a senior citizen discount.
No revision needed; the sentence is correct as written.
3. Circle the best way to revise the following sentence:
Although he has gave you 13 warnings, you still continue to interrupt and you never listen!
A.
B.
C.
D.
Although he has given you 13 warnings, you still continue to interrupt and you never listen!
No revision needed; the sentence is correct as written.
Although he has gave you thirteen warnings, you still continue to interrupt, and you never listen!
Although he has given you thirteen warnings, you still continue to interrupt, and you never listen!
4. Circle the choice that matches this type of sentence:
Cassie befriended Lillian Jean and secretly plotted against her.
A. simple
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B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Circle the choice that matches this type of sentence:
As a knot of anger swelled in her throat, she began to cry.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
6. Circle the type of sound device that is most accurately represented in the underlined sounds:
Ah, Mama, I want some water.
A. alliteration B. assonance
C. repetition
D. consonance
7. Which choice represents the type of clause underlined in the following sentence?
Cassie, who is the narrator of Roll of Thunder, learned a difficult lesson on the first day of school, yet she still
did not understand why Mr. Simms pushed her into the street.
A. independent
B. dependent
C. compound-complex D. subordinate
8. Circle the choice that best describes the tenses/forms of boycott.
A. boycotted = past tense (irregular verb); boycotts = present; boycotting = present participle; will boycott = future;
boycotter = noun
B. boycotted = past tense (regular verb); boycotts = present; boycotting = present participle; will boycott = future;
boycotter = noun
C. boycotted = past tense (irregular verb); boycotts = present; boycotting = present participle; will boycott = future;
boycottment = noun
D. boycotted = past tense (regular verb); boycotts = present; boycotting = present participle; will boycott = future;
boycottly = adverb
9. In Roll of Thunder, why did the Wallaces give the right of way to the Logans on the bridge?
A. The Logans got to the bridge first, so it was customary to yield the right of way in this case.
B. Uncle Hammer made sure that he took the right of way because he wanted to send a message to the
Wallaces.
C. The Wallaces thought the Logans were Harlan Granger.
D. The Wallaces were scared of Uncle Hammer.
10. Circle the choice that matches the this type of sentence.
The morning was gray as we stepped outside, but the rain had stopped.
A. simple
B. compound
C. complex
D. compound-complex
Bonus:
11. Use this week’s buzzword in a compound-complex sentence: __________________________________________
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12. Whenever the Wallaces yielded the right of way at the bridge, they found it extremely unexpected that the
people in the car were the Logans. In other words, this incident was very
____________________________________, especially considering that the people who had recently burned
members of an African American family of sharecroppers found themselves touching their hats respectfully to
an African American family of landowners.
13. Whenever Uncle Hammer says that he fought in “their German war,” to what war is he referring (Taylor 124)?
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14. Uncle Hammer’s “their German war” reference is known in literary terms as what? ____________________
Hint: Mildred Taylor knew that most readers would understand this reference without having to say which
particular war he fought in.