Weekly Quiz 2
9th Grade
NAME_____________________________
CLASS PD._________________________
DATE______________________________
Section I – Vocabulary
3 Written Questions
1.
having a worn and tired look
2.
so rude or proud as to be offensive
3.
extremely cowardly
2 Multiple Choice Questions
4. wild uproar
a.
insolent
b.
disdainful
c.
pandemonium
d.
craven
5. in an indirect way
a
distraught
b
disdainful
c
insinuatingly
d
insolent
2 True/False Questions
6. disdainful → very upset; confused
True
False
7. distraught → showing scorn for something or someone regarded as unworthy
True
False
Section II – Grammar – Verbs
Section III – Bellringers
Directions: Choose the sentence that is NOT CORRECT!!!!!
**A. The interviewer asked me what students my age like to read.
B. The interviewer asked me, “what students my age like to read.”
**A. I said, “Well, I can tell you what I like.”
B. I said, “well, I can tell you what I like.”
A. “My favorite stories, “ I said, “Are the ones about real people.”
**B. “My favorite stories,” I said, “are the ones about real people.”
A. Mari and Jim, who live next door, always gives a New Year’s Eve party.
**B. Mari and Jim, who lives next door, always give a New Year’s Eve party.
A. Both my cousin Sue and I am going for the first time.
**B. Both my cousin Sue and I are going for the first time.
**A. Until this year, neither she nor I was allowed to stay out so late.
B. Until this year, neither she nor I were allowed to stay out so late.
**A. Before Halley could leave the room, she had to choose her report topic.
B. Before Halley could leave the room she had to chose her report topic.
A. Standing besides the board, she tried to decide between the four not all ready
taken.
**B. Standing beside the board, she tried to decide between the four not already
taken.
A. Our school are having a carnival.
**B. Our school is having a carnival
A. My class plan to run a ring-toss game.
**B. My class plans to run a ring-toss game.
**A. Two weeks is a long time to wait.
B. Two weeks are a long time to wait.
Section IV - Literature - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty’s wife aggravates him on a regular basis.
A. true
B. false
Walter Mitty used daydreams to escape his reality.
A. true
B. false
Walter Mitty imagines that he is a famous surgeon.
A. true
B. false
Walter Mitty was supposed to buy over shoes at his wife’s request.
A. true
B. false
Walter Mitty could be described as absent-minded.
A. true
B. false
Walter Mitty pretends to be a plane’s captain while he is driving his car.
A. true
B. false
Walter Mitty goes in front of the firing squad at the end of his last daydream.
A. true
B. false
Match the following terms to the correct definition.
A. character
E. limited third-person point of
B. characterization
view
C. first-person point of view
F. omniscient third-person point
D. second-person point of view
of view
G. narrator
The voice of a story.G
Narrator uses the words “I” and “me” C
Narrator uses the word “you” to make the reader feel more involved D
Narrator tells the story from only one character’s point of view E
People involved in a story A
The way an author uses words, actions, and narration to build characters’
personalities B
Narrator tells the story from all characters’ points of view F