QUESTION 1

In "Casabianca," where is the boy when the poem begins?

On the deck of the burning ship

Below decks, looking for his father

Trapped on the ship, trying to escape

On the enemy ship, observing the wreck

QUESTION 2

Choose the answer.
What strategy would be most useful when listening to a speech?

Drawing pictures in your notebook of the speaker or other elements of the speech

Pausing the speech and summarizing periodically

Looking up words in the dictionary

Visualizing the speaker speaking

QUESTION 3

Choose the answer.
Which active reading strategy requires you to find the main idea of a text?

questioning

making predictions

summarizing

visualizing

QUESTION 4

Choose the answer.
Which expression best captures the irony of "The Inchcape Rock"?

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Love conquers all.

What goes around comes around.

Do as I say, not as I do.

QUESTION 5

Review the passage from “The Listeners.”

For he suddenly smote on the door, even
Louder, and lifted his head:—
"Tell them I came, and no one answered,
That I kept my word," he said.

Based on this passage, what is the best inference about the man?

His mother and father had once lived in the house.

He was a soldier away at war.

He was an unreliable person, so no one expected him to come.

He was gone longer than the inhabitants of the house expected.