First Six Weeks Exam 2019

Question 1

______Very attractive.

Accepted Answer

Alluring

Question 2

The end of the selection suggests that

Accepted Answer

I leaving but does not want to appear rushed

Question 3

What inference can be made by the quote.."…they were moved by orderlies who don't even look at them when they push them"

Accepted Answer

There are no relationships between staff/tenants

Question 4

Which of the following quotations supports the idea that the narrator felt compensated for doing work he did not like?

Accepted Answer

"...earning three dollars every Saturday was one; being close to Cecilia.."

Question 5

"And I think that he could've been a teacher if he had wanted to bad enough" suggests that Arturo believes what...

Accepted Answer

He believes his grandfather didn't really want to be a teacher

Question 6

Which of the following best characterizes Abuelo?

Accepted Answer

Studious and hard-working

Question 7

Most professors declare themselves _________ because of their education and accomplishments.

Accepted Answer

Scholar

Question 8

____An apartment or room.

Accepted Answer

Tenement

Question 9

"The world's oldest marathoner, I say to myself" is an example of what type of figurative language device?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 10

_____snobbish; arrogant; disdainfully proud.

Accepted Answer

Haughty

Question 11

What was abuelo's passion from a young age?

Accepted Answer

Writing

Question 12

"There I could forget her in Jalisco-state style with mariachis, tequila, and night life women" this suggests that--

Accepted Answer

He's heartbroken and is looking for an outlet to oppress his gloomy mind

Question 13

What inference can be made by the quote, "… it smells like industrial-strength ammonia and other stuff I won’t mention"

Accepted Answer

The nursing home smells horrible

Question 14

____A loose, lightweight overgarment to protect clothing.

Accepted Answer

Smock

Question 15

"… his body is shrinking like a crumpled-up brown paper sack with some bones in it." is an example of...

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 16

The term orderlies can be defined as...

Accepted Answer

Attendants

Question 17

Abuelo's clothes can be described as thin as...

Accepted Answer

Parchment

Question 18

Which of the following would be the most appropriate theme for the selection?

Accepted Answer

Never lose yourself for another person

Question 19

What inference can be made by the words, "Yes, hijo. You have spoken the truth. La verdad. You have much time."

Accepted Answer

He believes that his grandson is very young

Question 20

How did abuelo learn to speak english?

Accepted Answer

The dictionary

Question 21

What can the reader conclude about Abuelo and books?

Accepted Answer

He values the importance of writing

Question 22

Obsidian can be defined as______.

Accepted Answer

Volcanic glass

Question 23

What genre best fits both short stories?

Accepted Answer

Fiction

Question 24

Which of the following would be the most appropriate theme for the selection?

Accepted Answer

Life changes can bring happiness

Question 25

Cecilia Rosas is described as "being more American than Mexican". This suggests that---

Accepted Answer

She doesn't associate with her Mexican roots

Question 26

____Very attractive

Accepted Answer

Alluring

Question 27

Based on the description of Amado in short story Cecilia Rosas, the reader can conclude that---

Accepted Answer

He doesn't like what he sees in the mirror

Question 28

What evidence suggests that Amado was naïve?

Accepted Answer

"Then I remembered how the other salesladies had laughed..."

Question 29

"I can see from looking into his eyes that the light is still on in there." The author uses this phrase to show...

Accepted Answer

He is still aware and conscious

Question 30

Why did abuelo NOT want to go to war?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to stay and be an educator

First Six Weeks Exam 2019

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First Six Weeks Exam 2019

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