Connexus English 10 A Semester Exam
What can you conclude from the wording of the following text?
"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."
The character in the story is probably not a native English speaker.
Evaluate the following passage and decide which statement below is true.
"Fraser scratch his head. 'I know of a landlord up the road who vow that he ain't
ever taking anybody who come from the West Indies. But he don't mind taking
Indians. He wouldn't know the difference when he see you is a Indian ... them
English people so foolish they believe every Indian come from India.'"
Ram is from the West Indies.
from "The Black Sheep" Based on the following passage, what system of
government could this be?
"The government was a criminal organization that stole from its subjects, and the
subjects for their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus
life went on smoothly, nobody was rich and nobody was poor."
socialist
Read the passage below and choose the answer that best describes the result of
the honest man's decision.
"The honest man could hardly object to such reasoning. He took to going out in
the evening and coming back the following morning like they did, but he didn't
steal. He was honest, there was nothing you could do about it. He went as far as
the bridge and watched the water flow by beneath. When he got home he found
he had been robbed."
He made matters worse.
As a result of the honest man's decision to NOT steal, __________
some citizens became rich and some became poor.
Which line from "The Book of Sand" is an example of foreshadowing?
"I was struck by an odd fact: the even-numbered page would carry the number 40,514,
let us say, while the odd-numbered page that followed it would be 999."
In the poem "At the Tourist Centre in Boston," what best describes the tone of the
following statement?
"Whose dream is this, I would like to know: is this a manufactured hallucination, a
cynical fiction, a lure for export only?"
angry
What can you conclude from the wording of the following text?
"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."
The character in the story is probably not a native English speaker.
Evaluate the following passage and decide which statement below is true.
"Fraser scratch his head. 'I know of a landlord up the road who vow that he ain't
ever taking anybody who come from the West Indies. But he don't mind taking
Indians. He wouldn't know the difference when he see you is a Indian ... them
English people so foolish they believe every Indian come from India.'"
Ram is from the West Indies.
from "The Black Sheep" Based on the following passage, what system of
government could this be?
"The government was a criminal organization that stole from its subjects, and the
subjects for their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus
life went on smoothly, nobody was rich and nobody was poor."
socialist
Read the passage below and choose the answer that best describes the result of
the honest man's decision.
"The honest man could hardly object to such reasoning. He took to going out in
the evening and coming back the following morning like they did, but he didn't
steal. He was honest, there was nothing you could do about it. He went as far as
the bridge and watched the water flow by beneath. When he got home he found
he had been robbed."
He made matters worse.
As a result of the honest man's decision to NOT steal, __________
some citizens became rich and some became poor.
Which line from "The Book of Sand" is an example of foreshadowing?
"I was struck by an odd fact: the even-numbered page would carry the number 40,514,
let us say, while the odd-numbered page that followed it would be 999."
In the poem "At the Tourist Centre in Boston," what best describes the tone of the
following statement?
"Whose dream is this, I would like to know: is this a manufactured hallucination, a
cynical fiction, a lure for export only?"
angry
