English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Read the passage.
Abby's fender bender proved to be an epiphany for her. She is now
much more careful when she drives her car.
What is the meaning of epiphany as it is used in the passage? -
correct answer ✅a sudden striking discovery or realization
Which sentence uses the word brazenly correctly? -
correct answer ✅The coffee bar's security camera showed a
customer brazenly taking money out of the tips jar.
What is the central idea of an informational text? -
correct answer ✅the most important message the author wants
to communicate
How do details support a central idea in an informational text? -
correct answer ✅They expand on an idea to make it convincing
and engaging.
How can readers identify details that support a central idea in an
informational text?
,English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅read headings, section titles, and topic
sentences
look for answers to the five W and H questions
Read the passage from "How Books Can Open Your Mind."
So if you know a foreign language, it's also fun to read your favorite
books in two languages. [The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas
Merton; Tao: The Watercourse Way by Alan Watts] Instead of lost in
translation, I found there is much to gain. For example, it's through
translation that I realized "happiness" in Chinese literally means
"fast joy." Huh! "Bride" in Chinese literally means "new mother."
Uh-oh. (Laughter)
Which best states the central idea of this passage? -
correct answer ✅Translated books that the author read revealed
to her how different cultures express ideas.
Read the passage from "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis."
,English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Hunger stole upon me so slowly that at first I was not aware of
what hunger really meant. Hunger had always been more or less at
my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to
find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at me gauntly. The
hunger I had known before this had been no grim, hostile stranger;
it had been a normal hunger that had made me beg constantly for
bread, and when I ate a crust or two I was satisfied. But this new
hunger baffled me, scared me, made me angry and insistent.
Whenever I begged for food now my mother would pour me a cup
of tea which would still the clamor in my stomach for a moment or
two; but a little later I would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting
my empty guts until they ached. I would grow dizzy and my vision
would dim. I became less active in my play, and for the first time in
my life I had to pause -
correct answer ✅The author's hunger had a terrible impact on his
life and his health.
In "How Books Can Open Your Mind," which details support the
central idea that books provided life guidance for the author?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅And I learned to be efficient from this book.
[Cheaper by the Dozen]
, English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
I found my role model of an independent woman when Confucian
tradition requires obedience. [Jane Eyre]
And I was inspired to study abroad after reading these: [Complete
Works of Sanmao (aka Echo Chan); Lessons From History by Nan
Huaijin]
In "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis," which details support
the central idea that the author's mother helped teach him
strength?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅The author's mother forced him to stand up to
bullies.
The author's mother got a job and provided for the family after
their father left.
Which statement best describes how the author of "The Rights to
the Streets of Memphis" develops the idea that his family
experiences hunger after their father leaves? -
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Read the passage.
Abby's fender bender proved to be an epiphany for her. She is now
much more careful when she drives her car.
What is the meaning of epiphany as it is used in the passage? -
correct answer ✅a sudden striking discovery or realization
Which sentence uses the word brazenly correctly? -
correct answer ✅The coffee bar's security camera showed a
customer brazenly taking money out of the tips jar.
What is the central idea of an informational text? -
correct answer ✅the most important message the author wants
to communicate
How do details support a central idea in an informational text? -
correct answer ✅They expand on an idea to make it convincing
and engaging.
How can readers identify details that support a central idea in an
informational text?
,English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅read headings, section titles, and topic
sentences
look for answers to the five W and H questions
Read the passage from "How Books Can Open Your Mind."
So if you know a foreign language, it's also fun to read your favorite
books in two languages. [The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas
Merton; Tao: The Watercourse Way by Alan Watts] Instead of lost in
translation, I found there is much to gain. For example, it's through
translation that I realized "happiness" in Chinese literally means
"fast joy." Huh! "Bride" in Chinese literally means "new mother."
Uh-oh. (Laughter)
Which best states the central idea of this passage? -
correct answer ✅Translated books that the author read revealed
to her how different cultures express ideas.
Read the passage from "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis."
,English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Hunger stole upon me so slowly that at first I was not aware of
what hunger really meant. Hunger had always been more or less at
my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to
find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at me gauntly. The
hunger I had known before this had been no grim, hostile stranger;
it had been a normal hunger that had made me beg constantly for
bread, and when I ate a crust or two I was satisfied. But this new
hunger baffled me, scared me, made me angry and insistent.
Whenever I begged for food now my mother would pour me a cup
of tea which would still the clamor in my stomach for a moment or
two; but a little later I would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting
my empty guts until they ached. I would grow dizzy and my vision
would dim. I became less active in my play, and for the first time in
my life I had to pause -
correct answer ✅The author's hunger had a terrible impact on his
life and his health.
In "How Books Can Open Your Mind," which details support the
central idea that books provided life guidance for the author?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅And I learned to be efficient from this book.
[Cheaper by the Dozen]
, English 9A: All Checkpoints Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
I found my role model of an independent woman when Confucian
tradition requires obedience. [Jane Eyre]
And I was inspired to study abroad after reading these: [Complete
Works of Sanmao (aka Echo Chan); Lessons From History by Nan
Huaijin]
In "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis," which details support
the central idea that the author's mother helped teach him
strength?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅The author's mother forced him to stand up to
bullies.
The author's mother got a job and provided for the family after
their father left.
Which statement best describes how the author of "The Rights to
the Streets of Memphis" develops the idea that his family
experiences hunger after their father leaves? -
