Topic: 8.3-8.8 Comprehension of Literary Text (3)
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 8
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Which event during the debate does the playwright include to create humor?Mark struggling to fill his allotted timeThe female student asking a question to both candidatesKyli explaining the format of the debateThe female student asking a question to both candidates60s8.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q2Read this line of dialogue from the play. Christy says this to Mark because she —knows she has more supporters than Mark doesplans to work hard during her campaignthinks her ideas are better than Mark’sis trying to intimidate Mark before the debate60s8.8: - Comprehension of Literary Text - Sensory Language
- Q3What do paragraphs 27 and 46 suggest about Kyli?She is inexperienced at moderating debates.She favors Christy to win the election.She thinks she can ask better questions than the audience members.She was elected as student body president in the past.60s8.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q4The stage directions in paragraph 30 indicate that Mark is —surprised to see Christy at the debateupset that another candidate is running in the electionprepared to share his plans for the schoolnervous about debating Christy60s8.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q5What is the central message presented in the play?Competition can bring out the best in people.It is unwise to underestimate an opponent.Keeping promises requires commitment.Making the right decision can be difficult.60s8.3.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Theme and Genre
- Q6Read paragraph 51. What does the dialogue convey about Mark’s attitude toward Christy?He thinks no one will agree with Christy’s opinion on the issues.He predicts that Christy will end up forfeiting the election.He believes that Christy is more aware of the issues affecting the school.He suspects that Christy had more opportunities to prepare for the debate.60s8.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q7Which line from paragraph 27 helps portray Kyli as dramatic?Tonight will feature the two candidates for president. . . .The future of our school hangs in the balance.We will be featuring a town hall style tonight....And welcome to our first presidential debate!60s8.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q8Karl’s dialogue in the play shows that his feelings about the election change from —uninterested to passionateconfident to unsurearrogant to humbleconfident to unsure60s8.5: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Drama
- Q9By using the first-person point of view, the author is able to show —the enthusiasm the narrator feels while working on the projectwhat the narrator’s classmates think about the outcome of the projecthow the father feels about hiring someone to help with the narrator’s projectthe father’s concerns about how the project will be accomplished60s8.6.C: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q10In paragraphs 7 through 10, why is the father’s response to the narrator’s plan important to the excerpt?It gives the narrator a chance to explain his reasons for selecting the project.It provides the narrator with the support he needs in order to begin the project.It shows how pleased the father is with the narrator’s decision.It allows the father to give advice to the narrator about how to clear the land.60s8.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q11Read this sentence from paragraph 2. The author uses imagery in this sentence most likely to show how —the narrator is surprised by his father’s ability to repair equipment on the farmlarge Little Baldy seemed to the narrator before he began the projectproud the narrator thinks his father will be with the outcome of the projectthe narrator was inspired to plant corn on Little Baldy in a specific pattern60s8.8: - Comprehension of Literary Text - Sensory Language
- Q12Paragraphs 11 through 15 support the primary theme of the excerpt by emphasizing the narrator’s —diligencemodestysatisfactionsincerity60s8.6.B: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q13The narrator describes his mule ride to school in a way that shows his —gratitude for having transportationjealousy of his classmatesfondness for using his imaginationappreciation for where he lives60s8.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q14Which sentence best illustrates the narrator’s commitment to his project?We burned the brush and I was ready to start plowing.I could not see an object ten feet in front of me in this mist.Next morning Little Baldy was a dark hill jutting high into February’s cold, windy sky.Then, with a hand planter, I planted the corn on moonlit nights.60s8.6.A: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Fiction
- Q15The simile in paragraph 1 helps the reader understand why the narrator —rides over the land quickly on his way to schoolnotices the part of the landscape he will use for his projecttakes a specific path to school in the morningwants to think of a project that will be useful to his family60s8.8: - Comprehension of Literary Text - Sensory Language
