English 9A: Unit 1 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Prefixes and suffixes added to words to change their base meanings
are known as _[blank]_. -
correct answer ✅affixes
Which is the correct definition of a word root? -
correct answer ✅a word or a part of a word that forms the base
and holds the basic meaning of that word
Which option is a Latin word root meaning "carry"? -
correct answer ✅port
What is the meaning of the Latin root contained in the word
convertible? -
correct answer ✅Convertible contains the Latin root vert,
meaning "turn."
If you add the suffix -ity to the adjective extreme, meaning
"exceeding usual limits," what part of speech results, and what is
the new meaning? -
correct answer ✅noun, meaning "state that exceeds usual limits"
, English 9A: Unit 1 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
In "Ain't I a Woman?" what is the central idea? -
correct answer ✅Women have the right and the strength
required to be treated as equals in society.
In "Life Among the Piutes," which details support the central idea
that young Piute women are given freedom to choose their
husbands?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅When she knows her own mind, she makes a
confidant of her grandmother, and then the young man is
summoned by the father of the girl, who asks him in her presence,
if he really loves his daughter, and reminds him, if he says he does,
of all the duties of a husband.
He does not speak to either young woman or grandmother, but
when the young woman wishes him to go away, she rises and goes
and lies down by the side of her mother.
In "Ain't I a Woman?" Sojourner Truth communicates the central
idea that opponents want to deny women rights because they
believe women are not equal to men.
Answers (Grade A+)
Prefixes and suffixes added to words to change their base meanings
are known as _[blank]_. -
correct answer ✅affixes
Which is the correct definition of a word root? -
correct answer ✅a word or a part of a word that forms the base
and holds the basic meaning of that word
Which option is a Latin word root meaning "carry"? -
correct answer ✅port
What is the meaning of the Latin root contained in the word
convertible? -
correct answer ✅Convertible contains the Latin root vert,
meaning "turn."
If you add the suffix -ity to the adjective extreme, meaning
"exceeding usual limits," what part of speech results, and what is
the new meaning? -
correct answer ✅noun, meaning "state that exceeds usual limits"
, English 9A: Unit 1 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
In "Ain't I a Woman?" what is the central idea? -
correct answer ✅Women have the right and the strength
required to be treated as equals in society.
In "Life Among the Piutes," which details support the central idea
that young Piute women are given freedom to choose their
husbands?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅When she knows her own mind, she makes a
confidant of her grandmother, and then the young man is
summoned by the father of the girl, who asks him in her presence,
if he really loves his daughter, and reminds him, if he says he does,
of all the duties of a husband.
He does not speak to either young woman or grandmother, but
when the young woman wishes him to go away, she rises and goes
and lies down by the side of her mother.
In "Ain't I a Woman?" Sojourner Truth communicates the central
idea that opponents want to deny women rights because they
believe women are not equal to men.
