Unit Test

Question 1

Read the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove.

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A: It contains exactly 14 lines.

Question 2

Which sentence correctly uses a coordinating conjunction?

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T: The sandcastle stood far from the tide line, so it was safe from the waves.

Question 3

Amira is writing a literary analysis of Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior, and Jade Snow Wong’s Fifth Chinese Daughter. Which thesis statement is the most effective?

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C: The difference between a child's desires and a parent's dreams can lead to conflict and rebellion, as shown in Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior, and Jade Snow Wong's Fifth Chinese Daughter.

Question 4

Which excerpts from "Two Kinds” show a connection between conflict and culture? Select two options.“Three days after watching The Ed Sullivan Show, my mother told me what my schedule would be for piano lessons and piano practice.”“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.”“‘Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!’ I cried.”“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’”“The instructor of the beauty training school had to lop off these soggy clumps to make my hair even again.”

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“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.”,“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’”

Question 5

Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”She walked over and stood in front of the TV. I saw her chest was heaving up and down in an angry way."No!” I said, and I now felt stronger, as if my true self had finally emerged. So this was what had been inside me all along."No! I won’t!” I screamed.She yanked me by the arm, pulled me off the floor, snapped off the TV. She was frighteningly strong, half pulling, half carrying me toward the piano as I kicked the throw rugs under my feet. She lifted me up and o

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S: She is intrinsically motivated by her belief that children should obey their parents.

Question 6

three

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r: receiving good grades; p: paying discount prices; g: getting a reward

Question 7

Which quotations from Amy Tan's story "Two Kinds" best serve as evidence for the thesis on reconciliation? Select two options.

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D: “A few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday.”; E: “And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song.”

Question 8

Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”In spite of these warning signs, I wasn't worried. Our family had no piano and we couldn't afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. So I could be generous in my comments when my mother bad-mouthed the little girl on TV."Play note right, but doesn't sound good! No singing sound," complained my mother."What are you picking on her for?" I said carelessly. "She's pretty good. Maybe she's not the best, but she's trying hard." I knew almost

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a: an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well

Question 9

coordinating conjunctiondependent clauseconjunctive adverbsubordinating conjunction

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A: coordinating conjunction

Question 10

adjectiveadverbclauseconjunction

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C: clause

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