CONNEXUS ENGLISH 10 A SEMESTER
EXAM 2026 WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
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." - correct answer-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.'" - correct answer-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." - correct answer-socialist
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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." - correct answer-He made
matters worse.
As a result of the honest man's decision to NOT steal, __________ -
correct answer-some citizens became rich and some became poor.
Which line from "The Book of Sand" is an example of foreshadowing? -
correct answer-"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?" - correct answer-
angry