Mississippi Solo Reading Analysis Quiz

Which of the following describes a memoir?

• an informational article
• historical fiction
• realistic fiction
• a factual account of the author's life

How do we know that this story is a memoir?

• It uses personification and similes

• It uses dialect

• It uses first-person pronouns

• It has sentence fragments

Which of the following is an example of a first-person pronoun?

• you
• he
• they
• I

The author says the river is

• dangerous
• stormy
• a friend
• an enemy

The reader can infer that the author's life has been

• a series of ups and downs.
• a nightmare with no relief.
• full of only amazing days.
• boring.

What warns Harris that the storm is coming. . .

• The air pocket

• The lightning in the sky

• The river says "get ready"

• The river changes colors

What does Harris do to protect himself from the storm?

• Goes toward the shore

• Holds on to a tree

• Swims out of the river

• Begins to canoe faster

How does Harris feel when he is in the storm?

• Afraid

• Exhausted

• Calm

• Uncertain

What made Harris head to the trees instead of the shore?

• The shore was no longer there

• He didn't think he could reach the shore safely

• he thought the trees were safer

• The river told him to and moved his canoe

A metaphor is ...

• A direct comparison between two things (saying something IS something else)

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects

• A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word