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End of Semester Test: English 11B
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Which of the following lines from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway
contribute to the prevailing mood of apathy in the story?
✓ ~~> C. We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that
held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital.
1. The ______ grass on our lawn was in desperate need of watering.
2. Her ______ hurt and alienated her family.
3. He took the bad news with surprising _________ and showed no emotion.
4. While she was not very athletic, she did _______ was known for her agility
and footwork.
✓ ~~> withered
detachedness
resignation
baseball
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He took the rain and stormy weather as a(n) _____ sign that his day would not
go well.
She did not qualify for the Tennis Finals, so she was in a ______ mood the
whole day.
The frog had a sleek body that twisted in a ______ way as it leaped.
He had to apologize for using _________ language; they were threatening to
kick him out of camp.
✓ ~~> ominous
melancholy
sinuous
profane
What important statement or statements are made in the excerpt about the
upper-class world that Judy grew up in and that Dexter aspires to join?
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1.) Those in the upper classes only value surface appearances.
2.) Those in the upper class do not understand love and typically have
unhappy marriages.
3.) Judy values only her own desires because she is immature and self-
absorbed.
✓ ~~> 1 and 3
Which of these excerpts from Dr. Seuss's book Bartholomew and the
Ooobleck uses onomatopoeia?
1.) But before Bartholomew could stop him, the Captain was leaning out the
window, scooping up some oobleck on the end of his sword.
2.) As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the
windowpanes. It was pelting against the palace walls as big as greenish cup-
cakes now!
3.) "And it's going to keep on falling," he shouted, "until your whole great
marble palace tumbles down! So don't waste your time saying foolish magic
words."
4.) "I don't know. And I hate to leave you stuck to your horn. But if you can't
warn the people of the kingdom, I've got to find someone who can!"
5.) "I mean," said Bartholomew, "this is all your fault! Now, the least you can do
is say the simple words, 'I'm sorry.'"
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End of Semester Test: English 11B
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Which of the following lines from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway
contribute to the prevailing mood of apathy in the story?
✓ ~~> C. We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that
held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital.
1. The ______ grass on our lawn was in desperate need of watering.
2. Her ______ hurt and alienated her family.
3. He took the bad news with surprising _________ and showed no emotion.
4. While she was not very athletic, she did _______ was known for her agility
and footwork.
✓ ~~> withered
detachedness
resignation
baseball
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He took the rain and stormy weather as a(n) _____ sign that his day would not
go well.
She did not qualify for the Tennis Finals, so she was in a ______ mood the
whole day.
The frog had a sleek body that twisted in a ______ way as it leaped.
He had to apologize for using _________ language; they were threatening to
kick him out of camp.
✓ ~~> ominous
melancholy
sinuous
profane
What important statement or statements are made in the excerpt about the
upper-class world that Judy grew up in and that Dexter aspires to join?
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1.) Those in the upper classes only value surface appearances.
2.) Those in the upper class do not understand love and typically have
unhappy marriages.
3.) Judy values only her own desires because she is immature and self-
absorbed.
✓ ~~> 1 and 3
Which of these excerpts from Dr. Seuss's book Bartholomew and the
Ooobleck uses onomatopoeia?
1.) But before Bartholomew could stop him, the Captain was leaning out the
window, scooping up some oobleck on the end of his sword.
2.) As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the
windowpanes. It was pelting against the palace walls as big as greenish cup-
cakes now!
3.) "And it's going to keep on falling," he shouted, "until your whole great
marble palace tumbles down! So don't waste your time saying foolish magic
words."
4.) "I don't know. And I hate to leave you stuck to your horn. But if you can't
warn the people of the kingdom, I've got to find someone who can!"
5.) "I mean," said Bartholomew, "this is all your fault! Now, the least you can do
is say the simple words, 'I'm sorry.'"
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