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1 Teacher Key with Answers Ques Answer Level Skill Subskill Item # 1 D Hard English Language Arts 2 B Easy English Language Arts 3 C Hard English Language Arts 4 A Easy English Language Arts 5 A Easy English Language Arts 6 B Moderate English Language Arts 7 A Moderate English Language Arts 8 A Moderate English Language Arts 9 D Moderate English Language Arts 10 B Hard English Language Arts W Write Narrative [100597] W Write Narrative [100597] W Write Narrative [100597] W Write Narrative [100597] D80997 D D81350 D D80379 D70781 D80852 D80382 U51825 D81275

2 Name: Date: SE Region English Q2 Week 5 CA Question 1 of 10 Complete the sentence below with the most vivid adjective. Abandoned by his owner, the stray dog's coat was a(n) mess of mud, fur, and leaves. A. ugly B. dirty C. neglected D. tangled Question 2 of 10 You recently wrote an letter to the editor of a local newspaper in responose to an editorial about healthcare reform, and you decided to expand on the letter's topic for a research paper in your contemporary issues class. Which of these is NOT a change that you would need to make? A. increase the length B. tell more personal antecdotes C. use more formal language D. cite more sources

3 Question 3 of 10 Which of the following is a complete and correct sentence? A. Miguel who likes to play basketball, with my brother Leroy, also finds chess extremely entertaining for playing. B. Miguel likes to play basketball with my brother Leroy: Miguel finds chess extremely entertaining, too. C. Miguel, who enjoys playing basketball with my brother Leroy, also finds chess extremely entertaining. D. Miguel the friend with whom my brother plays basketball finds chess extremely entertaining too. Question 4 of 10 Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia? A. cry B. hiss C. sizzle D. plop

4 Question 5 of 10 Which of the following is not a simple sentence? A. I don't like most toy dog breeds, but I love Chihuahuas. B. Chihuahuas are the world's smallest dogs. C. They are known for being curious, high-strung, and sometimes ferocious. D. Chihuahuas, Yorkshire terriers, and other small dog breeds are very popular. Question 6 of 10 Happy-Go-Lucky Club Students of Chartmore Academy, we invite you to join the Chartmore Happy-Go-Lucky Club. We are a new club on campus, and so the opportunity to become a member seems to be very good at the moment. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor, and remember, once we become the most elite of all the Chartmore clubs, you probably won't be clever enough to get in. The constitution of the Happy-Go-Lucky Club describes our reason for being. No matter what happens, club members always find a positive way to view the so-called disaster. If you fail a class, it is because Fate has intervened to prevent the club member from making a poor career choice. If it is an English class, obviously one was meant to learn foreign languages. If one's girl friend falls in love with someone else, Fate has once again reared her protective head, saving the member from making a bad marriage. If you work all week and lose a week's pay while changing clothes in the locker room, it is apparent that the club member is being protected from making frivolous purchases. Let's say that in the past, you have had problems getting along with people. Club members learn clever repartees in order to make positive statements even in bad circumstances. When a policeman stops a club member for speeding, the speeder says with tears in his eyes, "Thank you, dear protector, for

5 saving my life." Let's say you take out the most beautiful girl at school, spend $35.00 for dinner and $27.00 for a movie. When you arrive back at her house and lean over for an ever so slight kiss, she says, "Please Bill, I just like you as a friend." You say smiling, "I feel the same way, and $62.00 is a small price to pay for true friendship." OK, you're playing baseball, and you're up at bat. A member of your own team yells, "You couldn't hit the ball if you had a telescope for glasses, you bum." A member of the Happy-Go-Lucky Club says, "Thank-you dear friend for predicting my failure. Now I won't be in suspense any longer." In all honesty Happy-Go-Lucky was not the original name for the club. At first we decided to call it the Sarcastic Club because Sally Ranch, a really great student, once described Mr. Kleinfelter, our American history teacher, as having a sarcastic wit. Then, Frankie Bottoms looked up sarcastic and said it means making sneering remarks. That wasn't the idea of the club. The idea was to traverse life with minimum apprehension, with water off a duck's back, if you know what I mean. Why let a world gone mad bother, upset, and depress you? Those wishing to join need to see either Bill Swit or Frankie Bottoms any day right after lunch in the courtyard. We're easy to recognize because I have a Batman lunchbox, and Frankie has a Cinderella lunchbox. Join while there's still time; you'll never regret it. What information from the passage might help a person live a happier life? A. Happiness comes from joining clubs. B. It is best to look on the positive side of things. C. Everyone tries to be a member of the elite. D. Failing a class is a good thing.

6 Question 7 of 10 Which of the following is an imperative sentence? A. For good luck, always put both socks on before you put on your shoes. B. Albert always puts on both socks before he puts on his shoes. C. Why does it matter if you put on your socks before you put on your shoes? D. It's horrible that that girl didn't put on both socks before she put on her shoes! Question 8 of 10 Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly? A. Lewis and Clark had a mission: to survey the Pacific Northwest, to examine the plant and animal life, and to study the Native American tribes living there. B. A young Shoshone woman, Sagacawea, accompanied the mission as a translator and to guide the men through the Rocky Mountains. C. In the western wilderness, the group lived by hunting elk, catching fish, and foraged for berries and other plant foods. D. The expedition opened the way to the West, cemented the U.S. government's claim to the land, and geographical knowledge was increased.

7 Question 9 of 10 Learning Guitar 1 It s no use. I ll never get this, Holly said. She was sitting on the floor with her back against a couch. A guitar lay in her lap she shook her left hand in the air. My fingertips hurt. 2 You can quit now, her mom said. But if you do, it ll be harder to start back up again. I think you have a decision to make. 3 Holly stood up and leaned the guitar against the couch. I have decided. I m going to get a piece of pie to help me decide. She sighed and walked into the kitchen. 4 Sat at the table eating her dessert. Her dad walked in. Is this a break from guitar practice? he asked. 5 Holly's mom was in the kitchen baking a pie and listening to her daughter's struggles. She took the pie out of the oven and placed it on the counter. 6 Yeah, I m done for the night, Holly said. 7 Why so down? her dad asked. 8 I don t know. I just don t think I ll ever play well. 9 No one s asking you to make records like the Beatles, her dad said. 10 But I should at least be able to play a couple of chords halfway decently. And besides, my fingers hurt. 11 Well, said her dad. There is no getting around the fact that when you have calluses and are not a guitar player. Come over here, he said as he walked toward the couch. Play me what you know. 12 Holly rose slowly, going to the couch, sitting on the floor and picked up the guitar. 13 Give me a G, her dad said, and Holly played the note on the guitar. That s pretty good, he responded. Now give me a D... Not bad... I'd say you re coming along. 14 Really? 15 'Yeah, really. For someone who s been playing for just one week, I d say you re ahead of the game. Now you need to work on the calluses. 16 Holly rose. I m going to call Josh and tell him that I ll keep at it for a while longer. She then left the room. 17 Since when did you know what a G or a D should sound like? Holly's mom asked. 18 I don t know anything about guitars and chords, he said. But I do know a thing or two about our

8 daughter. Read this paragraph. When she was gone, Dad strolled into the kitchen and sat at the table. Carol, he said to Mom. Let me try a slice of that pie. In order to maintain the chronological organization of the passage, this paragraph should immediately follow which paragraph in the passage? A. paragraph 13 B. paragraph 14 C. paragraph 15 D. paragraph 16 Question 10 of 10 Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct? A. With the way things are going and all of the decisions that we have to make, plus all of the money we are spending, looking at every possible scenario. B. It's unclear to me that the proposal you are making is independent of outside influences; I confess that I am suspicious that you have ulterior motives. C. Again confounded with the excitement of this festival and the many activities and responsibilities that we, as a family, have shouldered. D. Never again will I volunteer to be the president of this organization; clearly, a most difficult, under-appreciated, and time-consuming job.

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