Unit 1 Test Review - Cortland School District

Literary Terms An Account of a person’s life written by another person is________? a) Biography b) Narrator c) Tone

ANSWER

A - Biography

___________ is a character in the poem “The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus”. a) Graham b) Jabez Dawes c) Gelberg

ANSWER

B) - Jabez Dawes

Literary Terms • The person who tells a story is ________?

a) Theme b) Narrator c) Contrast

ANSWER

B) Narrator

Marty, Ray-Ray Stickerling, Eddie Deakes, and Gelberg are characters from what story? a) “Win or Lose” b) “Sled” c) “The New Kid”

ANSWER

c) “The New Kid”

Literary Terms • A striking difference between two things is ___________________? a) Tone b) Contrast c) Symbol

ANSWER

B) Contrast

R. Sonnier and Sister Opal are characters from what story ______?

a) “Baroque Marble” b) “First Principal” c) “Sled”

ANSWER

A) “Baroque Marble”

Literary Terms An Author’s attitude toward his subject as expressed in a literary work is _________? a) Theme b) Narrator c) Tone

ANSWER

C) Tone

A character from “Win or Lose”is _______? a) Marty b) Graham c) Chilter

ANSWER

B) Graham

Literary Term • An idea about life expressed in a literary work is ___________? a) Theme b) Tone c) Symbol

ANSWER

A) Theme

________ is from the story “A Loud Sneer for Our Feathered Friend.” a) Merle b) Joey c) Mary Mahoney

ANSWER

C) Mary Mahoney

Literary Term • A person, place, event, or object which has meaning in itself but suggests other emotional meanings as well. a) Biography b) Symbol c) Tone

ANSWER

B) Symbol

Joey is a character in what story?

a) “Sled” b) “A Loud Sneer for Our Feathered Friends” c) “Hunger”

ANSWER

A) “Sled”

Fiona Farmer and Merle are from what story?

a) “The Skunk” b) “I’m Nobody” c) “Nancy”

ANSWER

C) “Nancy”

Lonnie Ellenwood, Chilter, and Mr. Ross are from what story?

a) “Sled” b) “Win or Lose” c) “The Principal”

ANSWER

C) “The Principal”

Match Authors with Story Use scrap paper then check your answers

1. 2. 3. 4.

Elizabeth Enright Murray Heyert A.B. Gutherie Thomas E. Adams

5. 6. 7. 8.

Brian Glanville Richard Wright Emily Dickinson Ogden Nash

a) “Hunger” b) “Nancy” c) “Sled” d) “The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus” e) “The New Kid” f) “The Principal” g) “Win or Lose” h) “I’m Nobody”

Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

B E F C G A E D

Also on Test Reread all the following passages • Questions based on the following stories, poems and passages – Questions are multiple choice. “First Principal” “Sled” “The Baroque Marble” “Nancy” “I’m Nobody” “Hunger

“Win or Lose” “The New Kid” “The boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus” “The Skunk” “A Loud Sneer for Our Feathered Friends”