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Test #1:choose the best answer.
1. What does the term exposition mean?
a. the one thing that occurred without which there would be no story
b. the conclusion or resolution to the story
c. the last scene where the protagonist’s change is placed in doubt
d. where information such as setting and characters is introduced.
2. Which of the following was from the exposition in The Bully?
a. Tyray and Darrell’s fight in the lunchroom
b. when Darrell pulled Nate out of the trunk that Travis had locked him in
c. when Darrell is eating a cheese steak sandwich with Malik in Philadelphia
d. when Tyray and his friends were crushing Darrell’s oranges
3. What does the term climax mean?
a. the scene in the story with the most action
b. the turning point in the story
c. the last scene where the protagonist’s change is placed in doubt
d. a series of events leading to the denouement
4. Which of the following was the climax in The Bully?
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a. when Darryl read Hatchet and began developing inner strength
b. when Darryl defeated Tyray in the cafeteria fight
c. when Darryl won his first wrestling match
d. when Darryl started paying Tyray to not bully him.
5. What does the termrising action mean?
a. events leading to the denouement
b. the turning point of the story
c. the one thing that occurred without which there would be no story
d. events leading to the climax
6. Which of the following is an example of rising action in The Bully?
a. when Darrell moved to California
b. when Tyray stole Darrell’s clothes during gym class
c. when Darrell defeated Tyray in the cafeteria fight
d. when Darrell asked Amberlynn to dance with him
7. What does the term inciting incident mean?
a. events leading to the denouement
b. the one thing that occured without which there would be no story
c. the turning point in the story
d. the last scene where the protagonist’s change is placed in doubt
8. Which of the following is the inciting incident in The Bully?
a. when Darrell read the book Hatchet
b. when Darrell asked Amberlynn to dance with him
c. when Darrell defeated Tyray in the cafeteria fight
d. when Darrell moved to California
9. What does the term moment of final suspense mean?
a. events leading to the climax
b. the last scene where the protagonist’s change is placed in doubt
c. the conclusion or resolution to the story
d. the turning point of the story
10. Which of the following is the moment of final suspense in The Bully?
a. when Darrell joins the wrestling team
b. when Darrell meets Amberlynn in line at the grocery store
c.when Darrell defeats Tyray in the cafeteria fight
d. after Tyray has been defeated, when Darrell is with all of his new friends
11. What does the term denoument mean?
a. where information such as the setting and characters is introduced
b. the one thing that occurs without which there would be no story
c. the last scene where the protagonist’s change is placed in doubt
d. the resolution or conclusion of the story
12. Darrell is best described as what type of character?
a. static protagonistc. static antagonist
b. dynamic antagonistd. dynamic protagonist
13. Tyray is best described as what type of character?
a. static protagonistc. static antagonist
b. dynamic antagonistd. dynamic protagonist
14. Rodney is best described as what type of character?
a. static protagonistc. static antagonist
b. dynamic antagonistd. dynamic protagonist
15. Mr. Mitchell is best described as what type of character?
a. static characterb. dynamic character
16. Uncle Jason is best described as what type of character?
a. static characterb. dynamic character
17. One theme from The Bully is that ______.
a. fighting is never an acceptable way to solve a problem
b. you should pick on others before they have the chance to pick on you
c. the only way to be a real man is to play rough with others
d. the only way to overcome a fear of something is to face it head-on
e. fighting is the best way to solve your problems
18. Another theme that we learn from Darrellis that ______.
a. the little guy never wins
b. if you smile at people, you are guaranteed to make friends
c. being big means you can do what you want
d. no matter how hard you try, you can’t change what people think of you
e. inner strength is the most important kind of toughness
19. Darrell becomes friends with Harold because ______.
a. Harold is big and strong like Malik.
b. Harold threatens to bully him if he doesn’t.
c. Harold’s grandmother asks him to be friends with Harold.
d. Harold welcomed Darrell to Bluford on Darrell’s first day of school.
20. The main reason Darrell likes the book Hatchet is that it ______.
a. got him extra credit with Mr. Mitchell
b. is about a weak boy who becomes strong inside and out
c. is about wrestling
d. has a lot of pictures
21. Which of the following things does Tyray notdo to Darrell?
a. steal his gym clothesb. slam him in the trash
c. flip his cafeteria food on himd. lock him in a locker
22. You can draw a conclusion that Mr. Mitchell is the kind of teacher who ______.
a. cares very much about the well-being of his students
b. thinks it’s fun to watch students pick on each other
c. likes to give special treatment to students who are athletes
d. doesn’t really notice what’s going on between students in his class
Read the following sentences and determine whether they are narrated from 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person.
23. “As he circled around the car, Cindy noticed a bruise beginning to form where he had grabbed her.”
a. first person perspectiveb. second person perspectivec. third person perspective
24. “I grew up around violence, so it was nothing new to me. I’ve seen it all before.”
a. first person perspectiveb. second person perspectivec. third person perspective
25. “You wake with a bad taste in your mouth. You made a mistake and you know it.”
a. first person perspectiveb. second person perspectivec. third person perspective
26. “We all have to do our part. We are all in this together.”
a. first person perspectiveb. second person perspectivec. third person perspective
Read the following sentences and determine what role the numbered and underlined words have.
Mr. Mortonwalked down the street.
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27. What is “Mr. Morton” in the above sentence?
a. subjectb. compound predicate
c. compound subjectd. predicate
28. What is “walked” in the above sentence?
a. subjectb. compound predicate
c. compound subjectd. predicate
29. The sentence “Mr. Morton walked down the street” is which type?
a. simple sentenceb. compound sentence
Alex and Tomwent home and they did their homework
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30. What are “Alex and Tom” in the above sentence?
a. subjectb. compound predicate
c. compound subjectd. predicate
31. What is “went” in the above sentence?
a. subjectb. compound predicate
c. compound subjectd. predicate
32. What is the word “they” in the above sentence?
a. subjectb. object
c. compound subjectd. compound object
33. The sentence “Alex and Tom went home and they did their homework” is which type?
a. simple sentenceb. compound sentence
Alice and Iwent to the mall and bought shoes.
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34. What are “Alice and I” in the above sentence?
a. subjectb. compound predicate
c. compound subjectd. predicate
35. What is “went to the mall and bought shoes”?
a. subjectb. compound predicate
c. compound subjectd. predicate
36. The sentence “Alice and I went to the mall and bought shoes” is which type?
a. simple sentenceb. compound sentence
Read the following sentences and determine the case and perspective of the underline pronouns.
They always bother me.
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37. The pronoun “They” as used in the above sentence is what case and perspective?
a. first person subjectiveb. third person subjective
c. second person objectived. third person objective
38. The pronoun “me” as used in the above sentence is what case and perspective?
a. first person objectiveb. first person subjective
c. second person subjectived. third person objective
It is important toyou.
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39. The pronoun “It” as used in the above sentence is what case and perspective?
a. first person subjectiveb. third person subjective
c. second person objectived. third person objective
40. The pronoun “you” as used in the above sentence is what case and perspective?
a. second person objectiveb. first person subjective
c. second person subjectived. third person objective