ELA 7 Unit II Review

Which evidence from "Charles" DOES NOT support the inference that Laurie enjoys that his parents believe his stories about Charles?

• • “The next day Laurie remarked at lunch, as soon as he sat down, 'Well, Charles was bad again today.' He grinned enormously.”

• • "'Look down,' Laurie said. 'Look at my thumb. Gee, you're dumb.' He began to laugh insanely."

• • "'Well, he certainly likes kindergarten,' I said. 'He talks about it all the time.'"

• Which evidence from "Charles" supports the inference that Laurie's stories about Charles are really about himself?

  Select the two correct answers.

• • "'Ask her what happened to Charles,' my husband said. 'I'd like to know.'"

• • "'Charles?' she said. 'We don't have any Charles in the kindergarten.'"

• • "'I've been so anxious to meet you,' I said. 'I'm Laurie's mother.'"

• • “'We had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so,' she said primly, 'but now he’s a fine little helper. With occasional lapses, of course.'”

Which evidence from "Charles" supports the inference that Charles doesn't exist?

• • "No one stood up in the meeting and apologized for the way her son had been acting. No one mentioned Charles."

• • “'We had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so,' she said primly, 'but now he’s a fine little helper. With occasional lapses, of course.'”

• • "'I've been so anxious to meet you,' I said. 'I'm Laurie's mother.'"

Read this sentence from “R.M.S. Titanic.”

But the Titanic needed no whistling steamers or shouting crowds to call attention to her superlative qualities.

Which part of the plot does this sentence represent?

• • exposition

• • rising action

• • falling action

• • climax

Read this sentence from “ R.M.S. Titanic.”

Iceberg! Right ahead!

Which part of the plot does this sentence represent?

• • conflict

• • exposition

• • rising action

• • complicating incident

Read this sentence from “ R.M.S. Titanic.”

The band still plays—but not ragtime: Nearer my God to Thee. Nearer to Thee . . .

Which part of the plot does this sentence represent?

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

In "Charles," how does Laurie’s mother feel about Laurie's first days in kindergarten?

• • She fears Laurie is being negatively impacted.

• • She is afraid he is unhappy with school.

• • She is glad that Laurie has made a new friend.

• • She believes the teacher is unable to handle the classroom.

Which sentence best supports the idea that Laurie's mother fears he is being negatively impacted in kindergarten?

• • "'Do you think kindergarten is too unsettling for Laurie? All this toughness, and bad grammar, and this Charles boy sounds like such a bad influence.'”

• • "'It’ll be all right,' my husband said reassuringly. 'Bound to be people like Charles in the world. Might as well meet them now as later.'"

• • "'What did he do?' I asked again, but Laurie slid off his chair, took a cookie, and left, while his father was still saying, 'See here, young man.'"

• • "'What word?' his father asked unwisely, and Laurie said, 'I’ll have to whisper it to you, it’s so bad.'"

In "Charles," how do Laurie’s parents feel about Charles's mother?

• • They doubt whether she really exists.

• • They are afraid of her because they think she must be just as bad a person as Charles.

• • They dislike her because they blame her for Charles’s behavior.

• • They are curious about her, and they wonder how she deals with Charles’s behavior.

Which sentence best supports the idea that Laurie's parents are curious about Charles' mother?

• • "At the meeting I sat restlessly, scanning each comfortable matronly face, trying to determine which one hid the secret of Charles."

• • "'We’re all so interested in Laurie,' she said."

• • "'If only she’s there,' I said prayerfully."

• • "'Wait and see,' my husband said cynically. 'When you’ve got a Charles to deal with, this may mean he’s only plotting.'"