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FINAL EXAM - Semester 1|2024-25

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18 questions

Part One

Read the questions and choose the best answer.
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Which of the following is a telling detail that BEST reveals the negative impact humans have on the environment?

Questions 2 and 3 are based on the passage below.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Excerpted from Langston Hughes, “Thank You, Ma’am” © 1996 by Ramona Bass and Arnold Rampersad. Published in Short Stories Langston Hughes by Hill and Wang Publishing. Originally published in 1958. In this story, Mrs. Jones (“the woman”) catches a boy trying to steal her purse. She takes the boy back to her home.

In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the daybed. But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted to. He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.

“Do you need somebody to go to the store,” asked the boy, “maybe to get some milk or something?”

“Don’t believe I do,” said the woman, “unless you just want sweet milk yourself. I was going to make cocoa out of this canned milk I got here.”

“That will be fine,” said the boy.

She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, redheads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake.

“Eat some more, son,” she said.
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Based on the telling details in the passage, what is true about the boy?

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Based on the passage, Mrs. Jones can best be characterized as someone who is...

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The telling details in this Pikachu photo reveal which of the following?

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The following sentence is simple:

East High changed to block scheduling.

Which of the given choices is a proper complex sentence based on the simple sentence above?

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Look at the telling details provided in the picture. Which choice BEST describes the theme (overall message) of the photo?

Read the following paragraph and answer the question.

I would pull my mattress onto the floor, stand on two thick books—usually hardcover copies of Black Beauty and The Water-Babies—and leap onto the mattress, screaming “Haaa!” like Bruce Lee. One day, in the middle of my practice, I looked up to see Raphael standing in the doorway, watching me. I expected a mild reprimand. He had made my bed that morning, and now the room was in disarray. Instead, he smiled, touched his chest, and brought his finger to his tongue, as though tasting his own blood. My favorite scene. I stared at Raphael with the pure thrill of unexpected pleasure. “I watched the film in the other house where I worked,” he said. “Look at this.” He pivoted slightly, leaped up, and kicked, his leg straight and high, his body all taut grace. I was twelve years old and had, until then, never felt that I recognized myself in another person.
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In the paragraph, the narrator feels understood. Which choice best provides the evidence to support that claim?

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Using context clues, the underlined portion, “I expected a mild reprimand,” suggests that the narrator expected what?

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Which choice is the best revision of the student example description of the photo?

Student example:
“The father is supportive.”

**Note: Daily affirmations are simple, positive statements declaring specific goals in their completed states.**

Part 2

Please reference the last lines of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for the following questions.

William Shakespeare ends Romeo and Juliet’s story with this observation:

Prince

316 A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
317 The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
318 Go hence to have more talk of these sad things.
319 Some shall be pardoned and some punished.
320 For never was a story of more woe
321 Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.


** Gloom = a state of depression
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Consider the phrase “glooming peace." This is an example of which literary device?

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What is the function of the device in Question 10?

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In line 317, what device is Shakespeare using?

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What is the function of the device in Question 12?

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Reread lines 320-321. Which of the following is Shakespeare using?

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What is the function of the device in Question 14?

Part 3

Reflect on your choices and academic experiences in the first semester so far. Please respond to each question with as much detail as possible and in complete sentences on the back of your answer sheet. Each response should include a claim, evidence, support, and proper grammar.

The grading rubric is posted to the right.
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12

How have your actions and choices impacted your own learning and the learning environment for others in the classroom?

Provide at least 1 positive example and one negative example to help support your answer.

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How do you plan to grow and improve in the classroom or within the school community?

You should create a specific plan here that's applicable to 2nd semester.

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What strategies can you implement to ensure a positive and respectful learning environment for yourself and your peers in the upcoming semester? Again, this should be specific!