Unit Assessment

Part I: Key Reading Skills and Key Literary Elements



1.	Choose the statement below that demonstrates the skill of predicting.
	A.	Jimmy is a character who has truly reformed.
	B.	I wonder why Jimmy went back for his tools after being released from prison.
	C.	Jimmy will probably decide to break into the vault to save Agatha.
	D.	Jimmy must really like Annabel if he stayed in Elmore to be near her.

2.	Making inferences means using clues to figure out the author’s ides.
	A.	True
	B.	False

3.	Being proud to be African American is the ____ of the poem An African American.
	A.	characterization
	B.	plot
	C.	theme
	D.	setting

4.	What is the plot of a story? ____


5.	Characterization is the “lesson in life” the characters learn through experience.
	A.	True
	B.	False

6.	Name two elements of the setting of a story. ____, ____


7.	When you analyze something you are reading, you
	A.	look at the parts of a selection to see how they work together.
	B.	ask yourself questions about the characters, plot, and setting of the story.
	C.	make educated guesses about the characters and events in the story.
	D.	use clues in the story to figure out the author’s ideas.

Part 2: Vocabulary
Choose the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word.



8.	If someone swaggered across the room, he probably
	A.	ran quickly.
	B.	danced happily.
	C.	walked boldly.
	D.	dragged his feet.

9.	If something is authentic, it is
	A.	genuine.
	B.	dignified.
	C.	elated.
	D.	holy.

10.	If her hat is askew, it is probably
	A.	dirty.
	B.	too big.
	C.	attractive.
	D.	turned to one side.

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