Practice CDA #3

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PASSAGE #1QUESTIONS

Passage #1

(1) Which best summarizes the plot of the passage?

A. An unknown narrator tells of his travels and adventures with a group of circus performers.

B. An unknown narrator witnesses a lion-tamer named Wallace get murdered by a sneaky circus performer named De Ville.

C. An unknown narrator realizes a leopard trainer has lied to him and is an evil serial killer and retaliates by killing him.

D. An unknown narrator listens to a leopard-trainer’s story about two lion-tamers he saw get their heads crunched off.

Passage #1

(2) What is the main conflict in the passage?

A. man vs. lion

B. man vs. man

C. man vs. nature

D. man vs. himself

Passage #1

(3) Based on the passage, how did the author, Jack London, most likely feel about the circus?

A. The author respects the circus as a beautiful but dangerous profession.

B. The author has an intense, passionate, and highly emotional love for the circus.

C. The author despises the cruelty and animal abuse inherent in the circus.

D. The author fears for the lives of those who perform in the circus, especially the animal trainers.

Passage #1

(4) Which best describes the character of the Leopard Man?

A. courageous, intelligent, and heroic

B. ignorant, incompetent, and long-suffering

C. clever, confident, and boastful

D. dreamy, gentle-spoken, and melancholy

Passage #1

(5) Which sentence from the passage reveals a tragic flaw in the main character?

A. He was the Leopard Man, but he did not look it. (paragraph 1)

B. To him there was no romance in his gorgeous career, no deeds of daring, no thrills--nothing but a gray sameness and infinite boredom. (paragraph 2)

C. When he grabbed at the leg you drew it back and hit hint on the nose again. (paragaph 3)

D. With the far-away look in his eyes and his soft flow of words he showed me his scars. (paragraph 4)

Passage #1

(6) Which sentence from the passage best serves to build suspense and engage the reader in the plot?

A. As I say, he did not look it. (paragraph 2)

B. For an hour I had been trying to get a story out of him, but he appeared to lack imagination. (paragraph 2)

C. Anybody could whip a lion to a standstill with an ordinary stick. (paragraph 3)

D. Suddenly his face brightened with a recollection, for he was really as anxious to give me a story as I was to get it. (paragraph 5)

Passage #1

(7) How does the author foreshadow the murder?

A. The Leopard Man is being interviewed by the narrator in jail because he murdered someone.

B. The Leopard Man admits to the narrator that he has murderous tendencies.

C. The Leopard Man man notices Wallace looking lovingly at Da Ville’s wife.

D. The Leopard Man spies the murderer with a suspicious handkerchief and a confident but guilty look on his face.

Passage #1

(8) The events in the story underscore the idea that

A. not all people can be trusted.

B. knowledge is more important than instict.

C. nature is more powerful than nurture.

D. animals and people are very similar.

Passage #1

(9) “One day, because the ring-master called him a frog-eater, or something like that and maybe a little worse, he shoved him against the soft pine background he used in his knife-throwing act, so quick the ring-master didn't have time to think, and there, before the audience, De Ville kept the air on fire with his knives, sinking them into the wood all around the ring-master so close that they passed through his clothes and most of them bit into his skin.” The preceding quotation reveals that De Ville is

A. a deep thinker.

B. a loving husband.

C. a talented sword-swallower.

D. a vengeful person.

Passage #1

(10) The term “rents” as used in paragraph 4 can best be explained as

A. monthly payments

B. small holes made by ripping

C. zippers

D. a slang term for parents

Passage #1

(11) The narrator describes the Leopard Man as follows: “His business in life, whereby he lived, was to appear in a cage of performing leopards before vast audiences, and to thrill those audiences by certain exhibitions of nerve for which his employers rewarded him on a scale commensurate with the thrills he produced.” In this description, the best synonym for “commensurate with” is

A. less than

B. equal to

C. greater than

D. unlike

Passage #1

(12) This story follows which organizational pattern?

A. compare/contrast

B. most to least important

C. alphabetical order

D. chronological with flashbacks

PASSAGE #2 QUESTIONS

Passage #2

(13) In paragraph 1, why does the author mention the original Seven Wonders ?

A. to emphasize how they are not around for modern man to marvel

B. to emphasize how beautiful they were

C. to emphasize how they were elected to be the Seven Wonders

D. to emphasize how long they took to build

Passage #2

(14) Which description bets fits the passage?

A. an argument about an issue

B. a story about a famous man

C. an article about a single topic

D. a travel guide for several places

Passage #2

(15) In paragraph 1, what does the author mean by forever imagined?

A. The public loves to dream about the Seven Wonders.

B. The architectural marvels took forever to imagine and create.

C. The new Seven Wonders will be remembered forever.

D. The original Seven Wonders don’t exist in real life.

Passage #2

(16) According to the passage, what can the reader infer about Brazil?

A. The country has a large Christian population.

B. The statue is not visible from an airplane.

C. The government of Brazil commissioned it from France.

D. The statue is extremely fragile.

Passage #2

(17) According to the passage, what is true about Machu Picchu?

A. It is 8,000 feet above sea level.

B. It was also one of the original Seven Wonders.

C. It was built by the Aztec Empire.

D. It was rediscovered in the 15th century.

Passage #2

(18) What is the main purpose of paragraph 3?

A. to introduce each new wonder

B. to justify the need for the new wonders

C. to explain how the new wonders were selected

D. to argue in favor of the new wonders

Passage #2

(19) What is the overall purpose of this passage?

A. to provide information about the New Seven Wonders

B. to rank the New Seven Wonders in order from best to worst

C. to argue that the New Seven Wonders should not exist

D. to analyze the siginficance of the New Seven Wonders

Passage #2

(20) Which statement best summarizes the passage?

A. The New Seven Wonders are less impressive than the originals.

B. The New Seven Wonders can actually be visited in person.

C. The New Seven Wonders took thousands of years to complete.

D. The New Seven Wonders favor South America.

Passage #2

(21) Which organizational structure does the author use in White House History?

A. flashback

B. in medias res

C. epistolary

D. list

Passage #2

(22) Why does the author use the imagery of giant to describe the Colliseum?

A. to show how large it is

B. because legend says that giants built it

C. to compare their shapes

D. to indicate how old it is

GRAMMAR QUESTIONS

Grammar Questions

(23) Which sentence would be most appropriate to use in a college application cover letter?

A. Thx 4 ur time!

B. Yo, thanks a lot!

C. Thank you so much for your time.

D. Thanks a million, and please pick me to go to school there.

Grammar Questions

(24) Which complex sentence is punctuated correctly?A. Because, Suzie was so young when she saw Twilight for the

first time she actually believed vampires and werewolves were real.

B. Because Suzie was so young when she saw Twilight for the first time, she actually believed vampires and werewolves were real.

C. Because Suzie was so young when she saw, Twilight ,for the first time, she actually believed vampires and werewolves were real.

D. Because Suzie was so young when she saw Twilight for the first time, she actually believed vampires, and werewolves were real.

Grammar Questions

(25) Which hyphen usage is incorrect?A. chocolate-covered-cashews

B. twenty-eight

C. semi-automatic

D. mid-1940s

Grammar Questions

(26) In which sentence is all capitalization used correctly?

A. We just read the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.

B. Last semester we read a play called the crucible.

C. In the next unit, you will read and watch clips from The Great Gatsby.

D. “The Raven” is a famous poem by edgar allen poe.

Grammar Questions

(27) Which sentence effectively describes a past event?

A. Carlie read the entire Hunger Games series last summer.

B. Carlie was reading the Hunger Games series last summer.

C. Carlie had been reading the Hunger Games series.

D. Carlie done read the Hunger Games series.

Grammar Questions

(29) Which sentence shows the most effective use of passive voice?

A. The cat was chased up the tree by a dog.

B. My friend Holly was killed by a drunk driver.

C. Many errors were made by me on the History test.

D. Yosemite National Park can be visited year round.

Grammar Questions

(30) Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A. Paulette asked if the: book, pencil, and eraser were mine.

B. Paulette asked: if the book, pencil, and eraser were mine’s.

C. Paulette asked if the book, pencil and eraser were mine.

D. Paulette asked if the book pencil and eraser we’re mine.