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What would Glenn have gladly traded all his running trophies for in *Run, Boy! Run!*?
a) the gold cup for his first one-mile race
b) the shoes of his favorite track star
c) the doctor's reports from when he got injured
d) the book he was reading right before his brother died
Which literary device does McManus use when he says that spreading out blankets to sleep outside was madness?
a) genre
b) understatement
c) overstatement
d) personification
*Twas a Dark and Stomy Night* uses what kind of narration?
a) first person
b) second person
c) third person
d) fourth person
What do we learn from what Edit Cavell says in court?
a) She had no bitterness towards anybody.
b) She was willing to speak the truth.
c) She's not afraid of the Germans.
d) All of the above.
Which of these events did NOT happen to the Stams before the army arrived?
a) They prayed.
b) They got a warning that the army was coming.
c) They talked to the ambassador on the phone.
d) The committed their souls to God.
Why did Edith Cavell find her imprisonment to be a kind of relief?
a) She was very tired from her work as a nurse.
b) She finally had time to reflect on matters of life and death.
c) She felt guilty for what she had done and wanted to pay for it.
d) She knew her friends would stay loyal to her.
How does the speaker in *A Kind of Murder* feel later in life about how he and the other students treated Mr. Warren?
a) He regrets their disrespect.
b) He smiles at the pranks they pulled.
c) He recognizes his wrongdoing but doesn't feel too guilty because Mr. Warren was a weak teacher.
d) He despises Mr. Warren for not being a good example of a strong leader.
How are Mr. Warren and Teddy, the dog he rescues, similar?
a) They're both cold and wet.
b) They both hate the boys at the school.
c) They're both lonely and neglected
d) They both had gone missing once.
What is Chuchundra most afraid of in *Rikki-Tikki-Tavi*?
a) Being bit by a cobra like Nag.
b) Having Darzee tease him.
c) Warning Teddy's father about Nag.
d) Running into the middle of the room.
What point of view is *Rikki-Tikki-Tavi* told from?
a) second person point of view
b) omniscient point of view
c) first person point of view
d) third person plural point of view
Historical fiction is the genre for which of these stories?
a) The Most Important Day
b) A Kind of Murder
c) The Friend Inside
d) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
What does the stranger tempt Jim to do in *The Friend Inside*?
a) Drink on the job.
b) Get into a fight.
c) Spend the government's money without permission.
d) Take a bribe for giving away secrets.
A major theme of the poem *Columbus* is ____________.
a) Always look for new opportunities.
b) Never give up.
c) Sailing is a dangerous occupation.
d) Love othesr, even when they are afraid.
Helen Keller's most significant day was the one in which ________.
a) Ann Sullivan came to teach her.
b) She got a doll from Anne.
c) She felt the water running over her fingers.
d) She wrote her first book.
What does Giorgi's honesty cost him in *Yes, Your Honesty*?
a) friends
b) his reputation
c) a day's wage
d) a girlfriend
In *Run, Boy! Run!* what does Glenn have that allows him to decide he will walk again and persevere through his injury?
a) anger
b) regret
c) forgetfulness
d) faith
In *A Friend Inside,* what happens that makes Jim have a nightmare about losing a confidential dispatch?
a) He had been tempted to take a bribe.
b) He had told his family he was signing up to go to war.
c) He had take a job as a messenger for the president.
d) He had slugged a man in the street.
How does McManus prove his point in his informal essay *Twas a Dark and Stormy Night*?
a) research
b) humor
c) examples
d) suspense
*A Kind of Murder* shows ________ since no one rescues Mr. Warren yet he rescued Teddy (the dog),
a) irony
b) understatement
c) personification
d) genre
The part of the poem Columbus that says *Sail on! Sail on!* is a _________.
a) personification
b) refrain
c) genre
d) understatement
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