English 10 A exam questions and answers 2023 with
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Read the following sentence from "Day of the Butterfly."
Our teacher, a cold gentle girl who wore glasses with thin gold rims and in the
stiff solicitude of certain poses resembled a giraffe, wrote something on a piece
of paper and showed it to Myra. And Myra recited uncertainly: "My brother has
had an accident, please, teacher."
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that
the teacher has had a proper upbringing.
Read the following sentence from "When Greek Meets Greek."
One morning Ramkilawansingh (after this, we calling this man Ram) was making
a study of the noticeboards along Westbourne Grove what does advertise rooms
to let.
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that
the narrator is not a native English speaker.
Which of the following sentences from "Day of the Butterfly" does not support
the story's theme of the struggle, as humans, to belong and have a friend?
"Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they
would disappear into the teachers' room and not bother us."
Which of the following sentences from "Poor Fish" does not support the story's
theme of self-loathing and inferiority?
"...the last thing I should have expected was that in that corner, in that very
kitchen...somebody should come and catch me by surprise and pluck me like a flower
that has been hidden in the grass."
Read the following lines from the poem "Sunjata."
She said, "Younger sister,
You are the owner of sons,
If you ask us for baobab leaves, what are we supposed to do?
Your lame son is sitting right there inside the house.
You are alone in your search for baobab leaves.
Why don't you tell your son to get up and walk?"
Which word best describes the tone created in these lines?
indignant
Read the following lines from the poem "Ten Songs."
Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.
Which word best describes the tone created in these lines
troubled
, Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He sat on the windowsill and waited for the woman. The last time he saw her she
had glided past with agitated flutters of her yellow smock. The children stopped
what they were doing and stared at her. They had said that she had no shadow.
They had said that her feet never touched the ground. As she went past, the
children began to throw things at her. She didn't flinch, didn't quicken her pace,
and didn't look back.
Which pair of words best describes the woman in the yellow smock?
mystifying and unwavering
Read the following sentences from "The Destructors."
The new recruit had been with the gang since the beginning of the summer
holidays, and there were possibilities about his brooding silence that all
recognized. He never wasted a word even to tell his name until that was required
of him by the rules. When he said "Trevor" it was statement of fact, not as it
would have been with the others a statement of shame or defiance.
Which word best describes Trevor?
threatening
When an unexpected event occurs within the plot structure, it is called
situational irony.
Read the following lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and
the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after
the skirts that trail along the floor—
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the
setting?
introspective and disturbed
Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He followed her till they came to a muddied river. She moved as if an invisible
force were trying to blow her away. Omovo saw capsized canoes and trailing,
waterlogged clothes on the dark water. He saw floating items of sacrifice: loaves
of bread in polythene wrappings, gourds of food, Coca-Cola cans. When he
looked at the canoes again they had changed into the shapes of swollen dead
animals. He saw outdated currencies on the riverbank. He noticed the terrible
smell in the air.
Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the
setting?
mysterious and threatening
complete solution
Read the following sentence from "Day of the Butterfly."
Our teacher, a cold gentle girl who wore glasses with thin gold rims and in the
stiff solicitude of certain poses resembled a giraffe, wrote something on a piece
of paper and showed it to Myra. And Myra recited uncertainly: "My brother has
had an accident, please, teacher."
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that
the teacher has had a proper upbringing.
Read the following sentence from "When Greek Meets Greek."
One morning Ramkilawansingh (after this, we calling this man Ram) was making
a study of the noticeboards along Westbourne Grove what does advertise rooms
to let.
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that
the narrator is not a native English speaker.
Which of the following sentences from "Day of the Butterfly" does not support
the story's theme of the struggle, as humans, to belong and have a friend?
"Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they
would disappear into the teachers' room and not bother us."
Which of the following sentences from "Poor Fish" does not support the story's
theme of self-loathing and inferiority?
"...the last thing I should have expected was that in that corner, in that very
kitchen...somebody should come and catch me by surprise and pluck me like a flower
that has been hidden in the grass."
Read the following lines from the poem "Sunjata."
She said, "Younger sister,
You are the owner of sons,
If you ask us for baobab leaves, what are we supposed to do?
Your lame son is sitting right there inside the house.
You are alone in your search for baobab leaves.
Why don't you tell your son to get up and walk?"
Which word best describes the tone created in these lines?
indignant
Read the following lines from the poem "Ten Songs."
Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.
Which word best describes the tone created in these lines
troubled
, Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He sat on the windowsill and waited for the woman. The last time he saw her she
had glided past with agitated flutters of her yellow smock. The children stopped
what they were doing and stared at her. They had said that she had no shadow.
They had said that her feet never touched the ground. As she went past, the
children began to throw things at her. She didn't flinch, didn't quicken her pace,
and didn't look back.
Which pair of words best describes the woman in the yellow smock?
mystifying and unwavering
Read the following sentences from "The Destructors."
The new recruit had been with the gang since the beginning of the summer
holidays, and there were possibilities about his brooding silence that all
recognized. He never wasted a word even to tell his name until that was required
of him by the rules. When he said "Trevor" it was statement of fact, not as it
would have been with the others a statement of shame or defiance.
Which word best describes Trevor?
threatening
When an unexpected event occurs within the plot structure, it is called
situational irony.
Read the following lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and
the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after
the skirts that trail along the floor—
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the
setting?
introspective and disturbed
Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He followed her till they came to a muddied river. She moved as if an invisible
force were trying to blow her away. Omovo saw capsized canoes and trailing,
waterlogged clothes on the dark water. He saw floating items of sacrifice: loaves
of bread in polythene wrappings, gourds of food, Coca-Cola cans. When he
looked at the canoes again they had changed into the shapes of swollen dead
animals. He saw outdated currencies on the riverbank. He noticed the terrible
smell in the air.
Which of the following best describes the mood created by the speaker and the
setting?
mysterious and threatening
