Devour Him
The main character's name is:
A) Bruno
B) Mark
C) We aren't told
C) We aren't told
Which is correct?
A) Mr. Smith, or Ben as he is known--to his friends--owns a yacht.
B) Mr. Smith or, Ben--as he is known to his friends--owns a yacht.
C) Mr. Smith--or Ben, as he is known to his friends--owns a yacht.
Mr. Smith--or Ben, as he is known to his friends--owns a yacht.
The word "Pall" means:
A) Something that covers or conceals
B) A piece of hard candy
C) A witch's spell
A) Something that covers or conceals
An example of imagery is:
A) "truth is the main ingredient to a good life"
B) "The sky looked threatening"
C) "The sky looked like smeared charcoal"
C) "The sky looked like smeared charcoal"
Which sentence clues you into the story's time period?
A) She snuffed out the lamp's flame and went to sleep.
B) Her smile was like the Mona Lisa's
C) She remembered being a girl many years ago.
A) She snuffed out the lamp's flame and went to sleep.
In the novel, the boy's belief in God
A) becomes stronger and stronger.
B) gets tested, but he comes out believing more than ever.
C) gets tested, and he becomes more skeptical.
C) gets tested, and he becomes more skeptical.
Which is correct parallel structure?
A) This summer I want to grow a garden and run a 5K, hitting the beach a lot.
B) Hitting the beach a lot, I want to grow a garden while running a 5K
C) This summer, I want to grow a garden, run a 5K, and hit the beach a lot.
C) This summer, I want to grow a garden, run a 5K, and hit the beach a lot.
Radiance means:
A) Circular (a bike's tire, an Oreo cookie, etc.)
B) A type of glowing (the sun, a person's smile, etc.)
B) A type of glowing (the sun, a person's smile, etc.)
To speed up the pacing of a poem, one should have
A) shorter, or B) longer lines?
Shorter lines
Which counts as internal conflict?
A) After the storm, Seth wondered if should go to work or skip out and go surfing.
B) Seth accidentally jumped into the ocean with his phone.
C) Seth caught a huge fish but hadn't brought a bucket large enough to hold it.
A) After the storm, Seth wondered if should go to work or skip out and go surfing.
The novel shows migrant workers who, by and large:
a) are treated well by their employers
b) are often treated badly by their employers
c) are treated fairly though not paid extremely well
b) are often treated badly by their employers
Which one puts the prepositional phrases in the best slots?
A) Beth found that a summer of softball camp at the local college prepared her well for the season.
B) Beth found that a summer at the local college of softball prepared her well for the season.
C) Beth found that a summer prepared her well for the season of softball camp at the local college.
A) Beth found that a summer of softball camp at the local college prepared her well for the season.
"Rout" means
A) A win by a large margin (The basketball game was a rout, so most of the fans went home early)
B) The way from one place to another (There are several routs from Rehoboth, DE to Washington, DC.)
A) A win by a large margin (The basketball game was a rout, so most of the fans went home early)
Long lines in a poem often....
a) speed up the pace
b) create a slower, more reflective pacing
b) create a slower, more reflective pacing
A car was heading his way: I pushed him aside, but he fell into a manhole and died. This is an example of:
A) Dramatic Irony
B) Situational Irony
B) Situational Irony
Who is "Bartolo" in the novel?
a) the landowner who refuses to give the children water
b) the teacher to whom the boy gives a button
c) the poet who uses the migrants' names in his poems.
c) the poet who uses the migrants' names in his poems.
Which is correct?
A) Tyson ran for mayor and his sister, Harley, ran for city council.
B) Tyson ran for mayor, and his sister, Harley, ran for city council.
C) Tyson ran for mayor and his sister Harley ran for city council.
B) Tyson ran for mayor, and his sister, Harley, ran for city council?
"Ineffable" means
A) Story-like (Mother warned us about stranger-danger by telling one ineffable story after another.)
B) Something that can't be expressed in words (The view of the Grand Canyon was ineffable.)
B) Something that can't be expressed in words (The view of the Grand Canyon was ineffable.)
What kind of poem does not have a specific form and typically does not rhyme?
Free verse
We see the snake wrapping itself around the character's leg, but the character doesn't notice it yet. This is an example of:
A) Dramatic Irony
B) Situational Irony
A) Dramatic Irony
"Divine" means
A) Excellent to the point of god-like
B) Ordinary to the point of boring
A) Excellent to the point of god-like
Which is a sensory detail?
a) He was a horrible man.
b) His voice squeaked like a half-starved rat.
c) He remembered when he was treated badly as a boy.
b) His voice squeaked like a half-starved rat.