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Q4 ESOL Intermediate Weekly Quiz April 25, 2019

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A reading comprehension assessment in ESOL HS Intermediate
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A. DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully and analyze your answers based on the details discussed in the selected readings (i.e. "Oranges" by Gary Soto and "The Chase" by Annie Dillard). Selected Response Questions 1-10 are based on the essay "The Chase"
Question 1
1.

Which of the following thoroughfares is mentioned in the story?

Question 2
2.

Where does the story take place?

Question 3
3.

From whose perspective is this story told?

Question 4
4.

Which of the following describes the kind of literature "The Chase" is?

Question 5
5.

Which sports did the main character say that she played with her friends?

Question 6
6.

How old was the main character when the events of the story happened?

Question 7
7.

What happened directly or immediately after the children threw snowballs at the Buick?

Question 8
8.

Where did the final part of the story take place?

Question 9
9.

Which of the following characters is still there by the end of the story?

Question 10
10.

What happened last in the plot?

Question 11
11.

Explain the CONTRADICTION in this statement from the essay:

“I got in trouble throwing snowballs, and have seldom been happier since.”

B. DIRECTIONS. Read each question carefully and analyze your answers based on the details discussed in the selected readings (i.e. "Oranges" by Gary Soto and "The Chase" by Annie Dillard). Selected Response Questions 12-26 are based on the poem "Oranges".
Question 12
12.

The speaker's attitude towards the girl could be described as

Question 13
13.

Readers can determine that this poem is set in another era in time because

Question 14
14.

The imagery of the breath in lines 6-7 and in line 20 emphasizes 

Question 15
15.

The speaker puts the orange on the counter because

Question 16
16.

The imagery of the oranges in lines 50-55 is 

Question 17
17.

"Oranges" is a narrative poem because

Question 18
18.

Who is the speaker in the poem?

Question 19
19.

Which line(s) from the poem demonstrates the girl's happiness?

Question 20
20.

What type of figurative language is used in lines 42-48?

Question 21
21.

What does the speaker do to impress his girlfriend?

Question 22
22.

The form of the poem "Oranges" is

Question 23
23.

"Frost crackling beneath my steps, my breath before me, then gone..." is an example of 

Question 24
24.

"light in her eyes" is an example of

Question 25
25.

"Tiered like bleachers" is an example of 

Question 26
26.

Based on the final stanza, the reader can conclude that