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"How to Eat a Guava" formative test

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Question 1
1.

From which point of view is “How to Eat a Guava” told?

Question 2
2.

All of the following are qualities of an Autobiographical Narrative (Memoir) EXCEPT:

Question 3
3.

The narrative takes place between flashbacks and present time. The present
time narrator is

Question 4
4.

Directions- Read the passage below then respond to the question:

(1) At night your mother makes you drink castor oil, which she says tastes better
than a green guava. (2) That’s when you know for sure that you’re a child and
she has stopped being one.


What can the reader infer from the second sentence?

Question 5
5.

Directions- Read the passage below then respond to the question.

I had my last guava the day we left Puerto Rico. It was large and juicy, almost red
in the center, and so fragrant that I didn’t want to eat it because I would lose the
smell. All the way to the airport I scratched at it with my teeth, making little dents in
the skin, chewing small pieces with my front teeth, so that I could feel the texture
against my tongue, the tiny pink pellets of sweet.

Why does the narrator eat this guava so differently from the green guavas described
earlier in the story?

Question 6
6.

Directions- Read the passage below then respond to the question.

I push my cart away, toward the apples and pears of my adulthood, their nearly
seedless ripeness predictable and bittersweet.

What inference can be drawn from the narrator’s use of the term bittersweet?

Question 7
7.

Which of the following is the BEST example of imagery?

Question 8
8.

Which of the following is the BEST example of imagery that appeals to the sense of TOUCH, TASTE and SIGHT?

Question 9
9.

Which of the following quotation best adds to a tone of nostalgia (or longing for the past)?

Question 10
10.

Which statement best reflects a theme of this narrative?

Question 11
11.

Which of the following quotes best supports the theme?

Question 12
12.

Which of the following best defines -Theme?

Question 13
13.

Which of the following best defines -Mood?

Question 14
14.

Which of the following best defines -Setting?

Question 15
15.

Which of the following best defines -Conflict?

Question 16
16.

Which of the following best explains the conflict of How to Eat a Guava?

Question 17
17.

Which of the following best defines -Enticing?

Question 18
18.

We raided the bushes as soon as the guavas were large enough to bend the branch.

Which of these does Santiago convey through her diction by using the word raided ?

Question 19
19.

Which of the following best defines -Purse?

Question 20
20.

Which of the following best defines -Raid?