Unit 1 : Belonging

Question

Lesson 1 : Identity and Belonging

Read the sentence from "Broken Chain."
"His father had come home that evening from a softball game, happy that his team had drilled four homers in a thirteen-to-five bashing of Color Tile."

1. Which type of descriptive language is used in the sentence?

***A. a vivid verb describing what the father's team did
B. a graphic adjective describing how the father feels
C. a simile comparing the father's team to Color Tile's team
D. a metaphor comparing the color of the evening sky to tile

Read the excerpt from "Broken Chain."
"The chain snapped in another place and hit him when it popped up, slicing his hand like a snake's fang."

2. The descriptive language shows that the chain is

A. white
***B. sharp
C. poisonous
D. long

3. What is a theme in "Broken Chain"?

A. It's the big things in life that count.
***B. Appearance is different from reality.
C. Friends are more important than family.
D.Men and women are fundamentally different.

4. To interpret the theme in a story, a reader should study

A. descriptive language
B. metaphors
***C. repeating ideas
D. similes

5. In "Broken Chain," Alfonso is motivated to do fifty sit ups a day because he wants

A. Sandra to go on a date with him.
B. to be better than Ernie in some way.
***C. the guys to think he is tough.
D. to be able to balance Sandra on his bike.

6. Which cause and effect relationship in "Broken Chain" relates to the theme " Even when you have problems with your family, in the end you can count on them"?

A. Cause : Alfonso frees Frankie from the top of a barbed-wire fence. Effect : Sandra is grateful
B. Cause : Sandra's mother has to work. Effect : Sandra has to take care of Frankie.
***C. Cause : Ernie lends Alfonso his bike. Effect : Alfonso can go on his first date with Sandra.
D. Cause : Alfonso may have found a girlfriend. Effect : Ernie is secretly jealous of him.

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