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Unit 2: Collection 5

Selection Test Reading and literature

Typhoid Fever from Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt

Comprehension Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

1. What best describes Frankie’s parents in his memoir?

A) Kind and attentive

B) Weak and distant

C) Sick and dispirited

D) Powerful and effective

2. When Frankie is moved upstairs, he most fears—

A) the English

B) Seamus and the Kerry nurse

C) Patricia’s ghost

D) the spirits of patients who died there

3. The Kerry nurse has all the following character traits except—

A) coldness

B) sympathy

C) dullness

D) dedication

4. Which of the following situations might best be seen as an example of comic relief in the memoir?

A) Sister Rita separating the two young patients

B) Frankie being only ten while Patricia is thirteen

C) Seamus completing the poem for Frankie

D) Frankie worrying about phantoms eating his chocolate

5. The poem Patricia reads symbolizes—

A) Patricia’s own tragic death

B) Frankie’s terrible illness

C) the problems in the McCourt household

D) the children who died of starvation

Unit 2: Collection 5, Selection Test continued

Vocabulary Development Match the definition on the left with the vocabulary word on the right. On the line provided, write the letter of the correct vocabulary word.

6. powerful

7. process of slipping back into a former state

8. on the inside

9. persuaded; led on

10. crying out; demanding

A) internal

B) relapse

C) induced

D) potent

E) clamoring

Vocabulary Skill Match the vocabulary word on the left with the correct antonym on the right.

11. internal

12. relapse

13. induced

14. potent

15. clamoring

A) discouraged

B) external

C) whispering

D) feeble

E) improvement

Literary Focus Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

16. The narrator in this memoir is a(n)—

A) strict, demanding nun

B) kindhearted, clever girl

C) intelligent, sensitive boy

D) worried, caring mother

17. Which of the following words best describes the narrator’s tone in this memoir?

A) Bittersweet

B) Unemotional

C) Angry

D) Instructive

18. The author’s tone in his memoir helps—

A) show how the past shaped his present

B) persuade people to take better care of their children

C) argue in favor of better social programs for the poor

D) compare and contrast America with Ireland

Unit 2: Collection 5, Selection Test continued

Reading Focus Circle the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.

19. When McCourt describes the phantoms “all dying and green around their mouths where they tried to eat grass and moaning for soup,” he is trying to create a sense of—

A) sadness

B) comedy

C) horror

D) relief

20. Sister Rita tells Frankie again and again that thousands of boys at the Confraternity prayed for him because—

A) she wants to make Frankie feel guilty for his bad behavior

B) the boys in the Confraternity want to recruit Frankie

C) she wants Frankie to go home sooner

D) she wants him to consider becoming a priest

21. We know Seamus is an emotional person because he—

A) sweeps up the dust under Frankie’s bed

B) cries after reciting the rest of The Highwayman to Frankie

C) tells Frankie he is as light as a feather

D) asks the Kerry Nurse not to tell Sister Rita about Frankie’s behavior

Constructed Response (4 pts.)

22. In what ways is the poem about the highwayman similar to the story of Patricia and Frankie? (1 pt.) To support your conclusions, include at least two references to specific details in the selection. (2 pts.) On the back of this test, write a paragraph (1 pt.) that explains your answer.

[WRITE YOUR ESSAY ON THE BACK OF THIS TEST.

MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES LONG,

EXPLAINS THE SMILARITY BETWEEN THE POEM AND STORY,

AND USES TWO SPECIFIC REFERENCES/DETAILS.]

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