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Summative 4
By Jovana Menkevich
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Question 1
1.
What does Pacy's father think about Pacy's resolutions?
He thinks they are easy to do.
He thinks they are not normal or common.
He thinks they are similar to her friend's resolutions.
He thinks they are not the same resolution as she made last year.
Question 2
2.
What does the word
destiny
mean in paragraph 17?
a person's future
what a person looks like
events in the past
special pictures or objects
Question 3
3.
Which word from the paragraph 17 helps the reader understand the meaning of
destiny?
wish
resolution
change
fate
Question 4
4.
Which word from paragraphs 15-17 uses a suffix that means "having a lot of" something?
difference
resolution
someone
powerful
Question 5
5.
What does Pacy mean in paragraph 22 when she says to Melody, "You just got here"?
She is excited that Melody might move far away to California.
She is surprised that Melody sat down and stood up again right away.
She feels like Melody has lived in her town for only a short time.
She thinks that Melody just arrived at her house for Chinese New Year.
Question 6
6.
Which sentence describes who is telling the story and what their point of view is?
Pacy is telling the story from a first-person point of view.
Melody is telling the story from a third-person point of view.
The characters take turns telling the story from a first-person point of view.
A narrator outside the story is telling the story from a third-person point of view.
Question 7
7.
Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of
The Year of the Rat?
Pacy's dad builds a fire in the fireplace
Melody's dad hopes to keep everyone up all night
Pacy writes that she wants lots of money
Melody announces that she might have to move
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Question 8
8.
Which two lines in each stanza rhyme?
the first and second lines
the first and third lines
the second and third lines
the second and fourth lines
Question 9
9.
Why does the author most likely use the word
'round
instead of
around
in the last line of stanza 4?
to explain the theme of the poem
to keep the rhythm the same as in the other stanzas
to show that the speaker is joking
to suggest that the word has a different meaning.
Question 10
10.
Read stanza 5.
"I must confess I like the speed.
It's fun to travel, zip, and zoom.
But sometimes when I'm out with Bailey,
I wonder. who is walking whom?"
How does this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?
It shows the speaker is worried about how fast Bailey runs
It shows the speaker feels Bailey is sometimes in charge.
Question 11
11.
Which line from the poem best supports the answer in question 9?
"When through the door I come at three."
"We're on the street, No time to waste."
He travels at the speed of sound,"
"And I, attached to him by leash,"
It shows the speaker does not like walking Bailey
It shows the speaker wishes Bailey would go faster.
