Chapter Review Quiz

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1		What is inference?
			A)	the ability to transfer an understanding of a concept in a passage to a different situation
			B)	the ability to break down a selection into parts and examine each
			C)	the main point of a passage
			D)	an educated guess stemming from observations and knowledge
2		What skill consists of breaking down a selection into parts and examining each part?
			A)	analysis
			B)	inference
			C)	synthesis
			D)	summarizing
3		Which of the following is NOT a purpose of supporting details?
			A)	to help you draw a conclusion
			B)	to help you discover the main idea
			C)	to help you analyze the structure of a word
			D)	to help you make valid inferences
4		Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a figure of speech?
			A)	to summarize and rephrase new information
			B)	to make direct comparisons between different things
			C)	to make indirect comparisons between different things
			D)	to exaggerate or distort the truth to emphasize a feeling or an idea
5		Which of the following is NOT a pattern of organization?
			A)	time order
			B)	classification
			C)	tone
			D)	cause and effect

Questions 6 through 10 refer to the excerpt on page 53 in your textbook.

6		Who is the narrator of the paragraph?
			A)	a young girl
			B)	an older woman
			C)	a department store supervisor
			D)	a boy in his teens
7		What caught the narrator’s attention?
			A)	the girl in the plaid green two-piece
			B)	the woman at the checkout counter
			C)	the bright sunlight
			D)	the box of HiHo crackers
8		Which of the following statements does NOT indicate that the story takes place in a supermarket?
			A)	"I’m in the third checkout slot…"
			B)	"I stood there with my hand on a box of HiHo crackers trying to remember if I rang it up or not."
			C)	"…so I don’t see them until they’re over by the bread."
			D)	"In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits."
9		How could the narrator’s reaction to the customer at the checkout counter be described?
			A)	irritated
			B)	afraid
			C)	alarmed
			D)	joyful
10		Why is the narrator irritated with the woman at the checkout counter?
			A)	She is acting like a witch.
			B)	She is a cash-register watcher.
			C)	She is unattractive.
			D)	She is taking his attention away from the young girls and is drawing everyone’s attention to his mistake.