UNIT 2 TEST (INTRO TO LIT- 9TH GRADE)

THE THEMES IN "ONCE UPON A TIME" WERE.... (MARK ALL THAT APPLY)

• We try to distance ourselves from our fears. Not facing our fears leads to major problems in the end

• keeping children ignorant does more damage than good

• all of the white people living in South Africa were racist

• Native South Africans wanted revenge on Afrikaaners

Every time I think hard in Miss Jonjak's class, I feel my brain __________.

• intention

• distend

• intrusion

• serrated

I have no ________ of giving up now.

• intention

• intrusion

• audacious

• distend

Her ______ behavior will land her in trouble one of these days.

• intrusion

• intention

• serrated

• audacious

What character in "Once Upon a Time" represents the idea that no matter how hard you try and separate yourself from your fears, you can never really escape them?

• The son

• The loving parents

• The native South Africans

• The Cat

Why can't the narrator in "Once Upon a Time" fall asleep at the beginning of the story?

• She feels guilty that her fancy house was built from the suffering of others

• She hears a ghost in her hallway

• She is afraid she'll be robbed

• She is trying to think of a good children's story to write and get published

What was the Harlem Renaissance? (check all that apply)

• A time when African Americans moved from the South to the North in large numbers to escape Jim Crow laws

• Harlem Renaissance took place in 1920's and was a result of the Great Migration

• A time when African American defined themselves through various types of art, and embraced their unique culture and identity in America

• A time when African Americans moved from the South to the North to avoid being called "New Negros"

What are the main themes for "Theme for English B"? (check all that apply)

• African American students struggle when they attend all white schools

• Although there are different races of people in America, white Americans are more "free" than African Americans- because they are white

• White professors are racist against African American students

• No matter how different we say we are, we are still a part of each other because we are human, whether we like it or not

What is the main character in "Theme for English B" worried about?

• He is worried that the teacher will think he's lying

• He is worried that he will not come across as "black" in his paper

• He is worried that the teacher will think he is not very smart

• He is worried that he has nothing interesting to say in his theme

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers....is an example of....

• assonance

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• rhyme