Daily Dose EOCReview Questions Daily to assist with End of Course Testing!

Day 1

Read this excerpt from The Anchorman, taken from a scene where the speaker is walking down a street in San Francisco in the middle of summer drinking milk:

"Milk was such a bad choice!” What can you infer best to reason why it truly was a bad idea.

a) It's San Franciscob) walking while drinking is unsafec) It's hot outsided) Milk and beards don't go together

Day 2Read the following passage taken from the book Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina:

Once there was a peddler who sold caps. But he was not like an ordinary peddler carrying his wares on his back. He carried them on top of his head.First he had on his own checked cap,

then a bunch of gray caps,

then a bunch of brown caps,

then a bunch of blue caps,

and on the very top a bunch of red caps.

He walked up and down the streets, holding himself very straight so as not to upset his caps. As he went along he called,

“Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!”

In the above passage, what does the word "upset" mean?

a. tip overb. make someone sad or irritatedc. to stand straight upd. to move fast

Day 3

Which of the following best encompasses all of the images shown in Blackbeard’s flag?

a. Death to all who defy Blackbeardb. Time is running out till your deathc. May God have mercy on your sould. Blackbeard is King of Pirates

Day 4The sun kissed the flowersBefore the clouds closed its eye.

This is an example of:

a. personificationb. allusionc. hyperboled. irony

Day 5

Read the following and determine the tone of the passage:

I can't believe it! My teacher was out yesterday and left a ton of work. I worked the whole class period and still had an hour worth of homework in order to finish it. Not only did she not pick up our work and give us a grade, she got a bad note from the substitute and decided to punish the whole class with even more work. Only two kids acted up, but we all had to pay the price. That is the last time I worry about doing the right thing!

Is the tone of this passage:

a. incensed b. awestruck c. happy d. jaded

Day 6

Read this short story by Richard Brautigan:

"It is hard to live in a studio apartment in San Jose with a man who's learning to play the violin." That's what she told the police when she handed them the empty revolver.

Based on this story, what is most likely to happen next?

a. the police will arrest the man for disturbance of the peaceb. the police will suggest an apartment for her to move toc. the woman will go to jaild. the police will fine the man for playing too loudly

Day 7

Read the following haiku by Baiko:

Plum petals falling I look up...the sky,a clear crisp moon.

This haiku is primarily about:

a. global warmingb. deathc. autumnd. love

Day 8

Read the following passage:

We were watching this horror movie and saw the killer climb into the house through an open window, pick up a huge knife laying on the kitchen counter, and go into the closet of the little kids' room. Later, the babysitter and her boyfriend (who is NOT supposed to be over) send the kids to bed. Right as they are about to do things that should not be done by unwed teenagers, the little kids start crying that there is a monster in the closet. The babysitter is frustrated and goes up to their room to make them go to sleep. She says, there is no such thing as monsters. To prove it, she went to the closet and opened the door. Of course the killer leaped out and stabbed her to death. It was very scary.

What is the purpose of showing the killer enter the closet before the killings?

a. to provide specific detailsb. to create enriching imageryc. to create suspensed. to develop the rising action

Day 9

Read the following passage from Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

Pakhom went on running, his soaking shirt and trousers stuck to him and his mouth parched. His breast was working like a blacksmith's bellows, his heart was beating like a hammer, and his legs were giving way as if they did not belong to him. Pakhom was seized with terror lest he should die of the strain.

What is the mood of this passage?

a. joyfulb. panickedc. exhuberatedd. exasperated

Day 10

With all the bombilation of the students yelling, alarms ringing, and teachers crying, I could not hear the intercom tell us what we were supposed to be doing.

As used in the above passage, what does bombilation mean?

a. an explosionb. large crowdsc. mass chaosd. loud noises

Day 11

Read this very short story by Eileen Gunn

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?

What is the purpose of the question at the end of the story?

a. to imply that we cannot trust computers to take care of our needsb. to infer that the batteries were not broughtc. to point out the situational irony in a computer knowing about batteriesd. to play on the archetypal symbolism of batteries

Day 12Read the following (slightly modified) excerpt taken from an article published by the NCHSAA:

Recently an assistant swimming coach was fired for pulling a student’s hair at the end of her swim because he felt she had deliberately disqualified herself - obviously an indefensible reaction. However, what was most surprising was the differences in the reaction of the parents of the kids on the team. One group of parents wants the coach to be prosecuted for assault while the other group applauded the coach’s behavior.

This split in opinion speaks volumes for the need for coaches to be able to effectively communicate with their parents and athletes about expectations and resolving differences.

The author of this article feels that the pulling of hair was:

a. justifiableb. clearly wrongc. O.K. if the parents are O.K. with itd. unbiased either way

Day 13

Pay attention to the Kingpin's first speech bubble:Must I repeat Samuel Clemens' oft-quoted line?

Why doesn't he repeat the often quoted line?a. He does, it is in the next speech bubble at the bottom of the panel.b. The author feels that everyone should know the line in question and so it doesn't need to be repeated.c. There is not enough room in the panel for the quote.d. The quote was copyrighted and could not be re-printed without permission from Samuel Clemens.

Day 14

Read the following quote by Walter D. Wintle:

If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't! If you want to win, but think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost; For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will; It's all in the state of the mind. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger and faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can.

What is the purpose of this quote?

a. to explain why he has failed in lifeb. to explain why he has succeeded in lifec. to inspire others to succeedd. to discourage others from wasting their lives in false hopes

Day 15

Read the following sentence:

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

After you've tried to say this three times fast, what literary term is this an example of (twice even)?

a. hyperboleb. verbal ironyc. alliterationd. pun