3.2 Review

Reading Comprehension:

Text: “My Brother’s Keeper”

1. An author chooses a certain sentence structure in order to

• state the main ide

• create a style.

• develop characters.

• express an opinion.

Reading Comprehension:

Text: "My Brother's Keeper"

2. The author's use of questions in this story focuses the reader on the characters'

• traits.

• physical appearances.

• faults.

• inner conflicts.

Reading Comprehension

Text: "My Brother's Keeper"

3. The author's use of short sentences helps to create a feeling of

• tension.

• fury.

• caring.

• jealousy.

Reading Comprehension

Text: "My Brother's Keeper"

4. How are Ted and Jamie alike?

• They are tired of each other's problems.

• They are willing to do anything for their careers.

• They are lost without their parents.

• They are gentle and loving.

Reading Comprehension

Text: "My Brother's Keeper"

5. What event leads up to Ted's telephone call?

• a bar fight

• a football championship

• a hit-and-run accident

• a problem with the police

Reading Comprehension

Text: "My Brother's Keeper"

6. Why does Ted react by running away?

• He is a coward with no concern for others.

• He wants to hide the fact that he has been drinking.

• He knows somebody else will help the injured man.

• He is worried about his future as an athlete.

Reading Comprehension:

Text: "What Price Loyalty?"

7. What is the main purpose of a news commentary?

• to tell an interesting story about something historic

• to provide a viewpoint about an event or issue

• to provide several viewpoints about something important

• to present the positive and negative sides of a story

Reading Comprehension

Text: "What Price Loyalty?"

8. Which of these sentences uses opinionated language?

• We should be suspicious of glib claims of loyalty to principle.

• Often these loyalties reinforce each other.

• In the abstract, loyalty is a virtue; nobody advocates disloyalty.

• In the Civil War, Northerners swore fealty to the federal union.

Reading Comprehension

Text: "What Price Loyalty?"

9. Which of these statements expresses a viewpoint, or opinion, of the author?

• Dissenters such as Martin Luther King Jr., have been accused of disloyalty because they disobeyed the law.

• The Declaration of Independence was an act of disloyalty toward the British Crown.

• Loyalty has been a concern throughout American history.

• That is appropriate conduct for thinking men and women in a free land.

Reading Comprehension

Text: "What Price Loyalty?"

10. The historical information in the commentary supports the author's viewpoint that

• loyalty to freedom is the most important form of loyalty.

• many heroes from history were actually disloyal.

• loyalties are complicated and must be examined in context.

• there are many types of loyalty that must all be honored