CVUSD IS - English 10 (1st Sem) - Week 2

[From "The Metamorphis] On the first illustrated page, Peter Kuper combines an inset image and thought balloon saying "W-What's happened to me?" with a full-page picture of Gregor's room. This helps the reader infer that

• insects' bedrooms are very similar to humans' bedrooms.

• Gregor is pleased that he has woken up in a comfortable bedroom.

• Gregor is upset that he has been transformed into an insect.

• the story will be about an insect that wakes up with a headache

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[from the Metamorphosis] Why does Gregor think "oh, Lord!/What an exhausting job I've chosen. . . ,” after the eight panels that show him trying to turn on the side?

• He is thinking clearly about his predicament and his job.

• His futile struggle to get comfortable reminds him of his tiring job.

• He has slept some more and is now able to think about his work.

• His transformation to an insect form makes him forget his job.

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[from the Metamorphosis] the images of Gregor at work, combine with the text, explain

• The reasons he dislikes his job.

• The things he likes about his job.

• What he will miss about his job.

• That his job is easy and interesting.

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[from the Metamorphosis] Who is the angry, cigar-smoking man with the plain square speech balloon?

• Gregor

• Gregor's father

• Gregor's boss

• Gregor's customer

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[from the Metamorphosis] Kuper's use of clocks in his illustrations and the hourglass emphasize that Gregor

• is often early to appoitnments.

• feels that time is money.

• likes to use his time for work.

• is preoccupied with time.

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[From Simplexity] In the first paragraph, Kluger explains that a mass movement of people is affected

• solely by luck and guesswork

• mostly by fear and desperation

• by a complex interplay of factors

• primarily by ergonomic factors

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[From Simplexity] In the text, John Miller says, "By adding a little noise to the system you produce coherence flow." In this sentence, the word noise refers to

• loud sounds that frighten people.

• water flowing around a pileup.

• the sound created by colliding objects.

• an element that disrupts movement.

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[From Simplexity] Fluid-based computer models cannot be 100 percent accurate in simulating crowd flow because

• people behave more unexpectedly than water particles

• people do not have good decision-making skills

• water has escape routes that are not available to people

• water particles are harmful to computers

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[From Simplexity] According to the text, weather is an important factor to consider when creating evacuation software because

• in hot weather, people are reluctant to leave an air-conditioned. building.

• in cold weather, more people want to stay indoors.

• donning winter coats takes time, and heavy clothing slows people down.

• people move more slowly when it is raining.

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[From Simplexity] Complexity scientists call stairways 'relaxation pathways" because

• they are outlets that relieve the pressure of a mass of people trying to escape a building.

• people using a stairway in an emergency must relax and move slowly to avoid falling

• when feeling a fire, people tend to relax when they get to the stairs

• people feel reassured and relaxed when they are near stairways

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