Sophomore 1st Semester Exam Study Guide



Sophomore 1st Semester Exam Study Guide

Know the following:

Plot:

Theme:

Protagonist:

Antagonist:

External Conflict:

Internal Conflict:

Round characters:

Static Characters:

Flat Characters:

Stock Characters:

Chronological Order:

What happens during the climax of the story?

By the Waters of Babylon

What is the purpose of John’s journey?

What does John enter the place of the gods for?

What did John find out about the gods?

The Sound of Thunder

What dinosaurs are the hunters allowed to kill? Why?

What changes the future?

What is the purpose of the path through the jungle?

There Will Come Soft Rains

The only house left standing was destroyed how?

The Pedestrian

Why is no one on the streets?

In his ten years of walking, what surprises Leonard the most?

Montgomery Boycott

What was the purpose of the boycott?

Besides Parks, who else is credited for sparking the boycott?

Those Winter Sundays

What does the father experience while making fire?

Why was the father motivated to shine the shoes?

Sweet Potato Pie

Where was the narrator raised?

Why was the narrator able to finish school?

Who influenced the main character most?

The Bear

What does Luke want Ms. Popov to do?

How does Ms. Popov react to the debt being paid immediately?

What is Luke’s opinion of Smirnov?

The Californian’s Tale

Why was the narrator glad to see someone?

Why do the minor’s gather every year?

What is the most unusual thing about the cottage?

Harrison Bergeron

What do people with above average intelligence have to do?

How is George different than Hazel?

What can one conclude about the handicaps?

One Thousand Dollars

What is the condition Gillian is given with the money?

What does he tell the layers he did with the money?

What was the conversation with Old Bryson about?

Why is Gillian considered the black sheep of the family?

Initiation

What did Milicent learn form her experiences during initiation week?

What kind of duties did Milicent do during initiation week?

Getting A Job

What personality trait does Marguerite have?

What does she do after she is told the personnel manager is out?

How does Marguerite differ from her classmates?

A Celebration of Grandfathers

What is the strongest image Anaya has about his grandfather?

What did the grandfather compare death to?

What was the authors purpose of the memoir?

In Search of Our Mothers Garden

What is the author searching for?

Where do black women get their talent from?

How does Walker feel about her mother?

Exile

Where do the speakers parents tell her she is going?

Papi is described as?

The Study of History

How does Larry’s mother react to the talk about her husbands prior relationships?

How does Mrs. O’Brien react to Larry?

Everyday Use

What is Dee most used to?

Why does Maggie smile at the end of the story?

When did Dee and Maggie begin to have different tastes?

What is Asalamalakim’s attitude toward Maggie?

How does Dee feel about her family when she leaves?

Two Friends

Why are Morissot and Sauvage good friends?

What is the main factor for the men to decide to go fishing?

Why had the two friends not seen each other for so long?

What is the Prussian officer sincere about?

The Pit and the Pendulum

What trouble is the narrator in at the beginning?

At first, what does the narrator feel about his cell?

What can one deduce from the last scene of the story?

What are the tortures the narrator faces and in what order?

How does he free himself from the pendulum?

Why does he believe all his efforts to save himself are in vain?

Why does the narrator feel begin killed by the pendulum is milder than the other ways?

Farewell to Manzanar

Why were people sent to Manzanar?

Why was the narrators father separated from his family?

Why did the narrators new teacher remained emotionally distant?

What can we say about the living quarters at Manzanar?

Why couldn’t the prisoners modify their living quarters?

What trait was most helpful to the prisoners?

What distressed the narrators mother?

How did the authorities identify the prisoners?

Why did the narrator’s oldest sister and husband leave Manzanar?

What is the problem with the surplus clothing they are sent?

What were the problems with the food?

Cranes

In what country does the story take place?

What was the number that marked the demilitarized zone?

What had Tokchae been accused of?

What had Songsam done that was different than Tokchae?

What animal reminded Songsam of his childhood?

Make sure you can pick out the various parts of speech!

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