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11th GRADE END OF QUARTER 2 TEST
1 Class Period – 30 Questions
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Read these passages. Then answer the
questions that follow them.
ensemble of renowned bandleaders, the group toured faroff locations including England, France, and Africa.
Celia has starred in films like The Mambo Kings and The
Perez Family, in addition to singing on soundtracks for
movies like Something Wild and Invasion U.S.A. The
songbird also holds considerable honors and awards
such as a Smithsonian Lifetime Achievement award, an
honorary doctorate from Yale University, and ten
Grammy nominations.
Surrounded by family and friends, Celia passed away
in July of 2003 at the age of seventy-eight due to a brain
tumor. Having brought pride and happiness to audiences
everywhere, a humble Celia had only one wish—to visit
her mother's grave in Cuba. Sadly, her wish never came
true.
As she emerges on stage in her flamboyant costumes
and extravagant wigs, a Cuban songstress ignites a
flaming wave of human enthusiasm. She calls out her
signature "Azucar," and delivers exactly that—a "sugar"
rush.
One of fourteen children, Celia de la Cruz Alonso
was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 21, 1924. She
received her first pair of shoes by singing to a traveling
spectator who was taken with her vibrant young voice.
Early on, Celia's mother knew that her daughter had a
special gift and was destined for greatness. On many
nights, Celia would sing her younger siblings to sleep.
Supported by her entire family, except for her father who
wanted her to become a teacher, a teenage Celia began
singing at local community productions.
At the age of twenty-three, Celia entered the
Conservatory of Music in Cuba. She studied there for
three years before joining La Sonora Matancera, a
reputable Latin band. Comparable to American musical
greats, Celia Cruz and La Sonora Matancera toured
together for fifteen years. During this time, Celia became
intrigued with the band's trumpet player, Pedro Knight.
Fleeing Cuba because of Fidel Castro's rising power,
the band came to America and became known as Café
con Leche, (Coffee with Milk). Virtually exiled and
forbidden by Castro to ever return to Cuba, Celia
pursued American citizenship. In 1961, she became a
citizen of the United States. Soon after, in 1962, Celia
and Pedro were married. The couple eventually took
permanent residence in New York.
In 1965, Celia's husband became her manager, and
by 1966 the artist had signed with a new recording
company, Tico Records. Celia recorded eight albums
with the company before teaming up with Johnny
Pacheco, another prestigious Latin artist of the era. The
album Celia and Johnny went gold, setting salsa music
on a rejuvenated wave of success. After numerous hits
with Pacheco, Celia worked with the Fania All-Stars. An
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1.
What might the reader assume about the author of
this passage?
A. that the author resides in South America
B. that the author is a close personal friend of
Celia Cruz
C. that the author is also a musician
D. that the author is a fan of Latin music
2.
Why did Celia Cruz and her band members leave
Cuba?
A. because Celia wanted to visit her mother's
grave
B. because of the rising power of the country's
new leader
C. because they wanted to move to New York
D. because they had promised to perform in the
United States
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color. What appears gray one minute might look bright
green the next, due to the iridescent feathers on the
hummingbird's body. If you closely examined a
hummingbird's feather, you would observe that parts of
it are covered by thousands of minute "bubbles" of
differing shape and thickness. When light bounces off
the feathers at different angles, they appear as different
colors. If you blow soap bubbles into the air, you will
notice a similar phenomenon—the bubbles seem to
change color as they float away.
Despite its size, the hummingbird is a voracious
eater, having to compensate for its fast-moving body by
constantly eating. Because its food must be digested
quickly, the hummingbird eats great quantities of sugar,
which can be digested and quickly turned into fuel. A
hummingbird obtains most of its sugar from the nectar
contained in flowers, but it is not uncommon for it to
supplement its diet with fruit as well. Because it requires
protein to build muscles, it also feasts on insects.
Some people find these birds interesting simply
because of their intriguing flight patterns, while others
are amazed by their petite size and boundless energy.
After examining many of the hummingbird's features, it
is easy to see why people find these birds fascinating, for
it cannot be denied that the hummingbird is one of the
most unique species of birds.
Which of the following words from the passage is
another name for reputable?
A. flamboyant
B. intrigued
C. exiled
D. prestigious
4.
Celia's father would have liked for her to become
_______________ .
A. a trumpet player
B. an educator
C. a Cuban leader
D. a producer
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow.
Hummingbirds are fascinating, unique creatures that
have the distinction of being the world's smallest birds.
One of the smallest hummingbirds species in Cuba, the
bee hummingbird, weighs less than one-fifteenth of an
ounce and measures approximately two inches in length.
The largest hummingbird, the giant hummingbird of
South America, can exceed eight inches in length.
Many people are surprised to learn that there are over
300 species of these small birds, making up one of the
largest families of birds. The first hummingbirds lived in
South America, but their territory has expanded to all
parts of North, Central, and South America. These
diverse creatures can adapt to a variety of environments
including plains, deserts, mountains, tropical rain forests,
and, in the United States, hummingbirds can be found
wherever flowers grow.
More than a third of the hummingbird's weight lies
in its chest muscles, the largest muscles in a
hummingbird's body. Thanks to these muscles and an
unusual wing design, the hummingbird is the best flier in
its species, and can perform tricks in the air that can be
accomplished by no other species of bird. While most
birds have small muscles that enable them to raise but
not lower their wings, a hummingbird can both raise and
lower its wings, allowing it to get flying power from
both wing beats. Also, the hummingbird can turn its
wings in any direction, a trait that enables it to fly
forward, backward, sideways, and even upside down.
Another interesting feature of the hummingbird is its
colorful feathers. As a hummingbird speeds through the
air, the feathers on its head and throat appear to change
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5.
How does a hummingbird get enough energy to
heat its body?
A. It drinks a lot.
B. It eats a lot.
C. It has to stop and rest often.
D. It shares food supplies with other
hummingbirds.
6.
Why do hummingbirds eat insects?
A. Hummingbirds don't eat insects.
B. Insects are a source of sugar.
C. Insects are a source of protein.
D. Insects aid in sleeping.
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7.
What is the function of the hummingbird's large
chest muscles?
A. They allow hummingbirds to lower as well as
raise their wings.
B. They allow hummingbirds to perform tricks.
C. They make hummingbirds the best fliers.
D. All of the above
8.
The central purpose of this text is which of the
following?
A. To entertain
B. To persuade
C. To inform
D. To summarize
9.
In the sentence containing the phrase, "parts of it
are covered by thousands of minute 'bubbles,'"
what is the meaning of the word "minute"?
A. colorful
B. very large
C. very small
D. sixty seconds
10.
In the sentence, "Despite its size, the hummingbird
is a voracious eater," what does the word
"voracious" mean?
A. The hummingbird is a picky eater.
B. The hummingbird eats a great deal.
C. The hummingbird eats at a slow pace.
D. The hummingbird eats only sugar.
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Read this selection. Then answer the questions that
follow it.
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The Oval Portrait
Edgar Allan Poe
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The chateau into which my valet had ventured to
make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in
my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night
in the open air, was one of those piles of
commingled gloom and grandeur which have so
long frowned among the Apennines, not less in fact
than in the fancy of Mrs. Radcliffe. To all
appearance it had been temporarily and very lately
abandoned. We established ourselves in one of the
smallest and least sumptuously furnished
apartments. It lay in a remote turret of the building.
Its decorations were rich, yet tattered and antique.
Its walls were hung with tapestry and bedecked with
manifold and multiform armorial trophies, together
with an unusually great number of very spirited
modern paintings in frames of rich golden
arabesque. In these paintings, which depended from
the walls not only in their main surfaces, but in very
many nooks which the bizarre architecture of the
chateau rendered necessary—in these paintings my
incipient delirium, perhaps, had caused me to take
deep interest; so that I bade Pedro to close the heavy
shutters of the room—since it was already night—to
light the tongues of a tall candelabrum which stood
by the head of my bed—and to throw open far and
wide the fringed curtains of black velvet which
enveloped the bed itself. I wished all this done that I
might resign myself, if not to sleep, at least
alternately to the contemplation of these pictures,
and the perusal of a small volume which had been
found upon the pillow, and which purported to
criticise and describe them.
Long—long I read—and devoutly, devotedly I
gazed. Rapidly and gloriously the hours flew by, and
the deep midnight came. The position of the
candelabrum displeased me, and outreaching my
hand with difficulty, rather than disturb my
slumbering valet, I placed it so as to throw its rays
more fully upon the book.
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But the action produced an effect altogether
unanticipated. The rays of the numerous candles (for
there were many) now fell within a niche of the room
which had hitherto been thrown into deep shade by
one of the bed-posts. I thus saw in vivid light a
picture all unnoticed before. It was the portrait of a
young girl just ripening into womanhood. I glanced
at the painting hurriedly, and then closed my eyes.
Why I did this was not at first apparent even to my
own perception. But while my lids remained thus
shut, I ran over in mind my reason for so shutting
them. It was an impulsive movement to gain time for
thought—to make sure that my vision had not
deceived me—to calm and subdue my fancy for a
more sober and more certain gaze. In a very few
moments I again looked fixedly at the painting.
That I now saw aright I could not and would not
doubt; for the first flashing of the candles upon that
canvas had seemed to dissipate the dreamy stupor
which was stealing over my senses, and to startle me
at once into waking life.
The portrait, I have already said, was that of a
young girl. It was a mere head and shoulders, done in
what is technically termed a vignette manner; much
in the style of the favorite heads of Sully. The arms,
the bosom and even the ends of the radiant hair,
melted imperceptibly into the vague yet deep shadow
which formed the background of the whole. The
frame was oval, richly gilded and filagreed in
Moresque. As a thing of art nothing could be more
admirable than the painting itself. But it could have
been neither the execution of the work, nor the
immortal beauty of the countenance, which had so
suddenly and so vehemently moved me. Least of all,
could it have been that my fancy, shaken from its
half slumber, had mistaken the head for that of a
living person. I saw at once that the peculiarities of
the design, of the vignetting, and of the frame, must
have instantly dispelled such idea—must have
prevented even its momentary entertainment.
Thinking earnestly upon these points, I remained, for
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an hour perhaps, half sitting, half reclining, with my
vision riveted upon the portrait. At length, satisfied
with the true secret of its effect, I fell back within the
bed. I had found the spell of the picture in an
absolute life-likeliness of expression, which at first
startling, finally confounded, subdued and appalled
me. With deep and reverent awe I replaced the
candelabrum in its former position. The cause of my
deep agitation being thus shut from view, I sought
eagerly the volume which discussed the paintings
and their histories. Turning to the number which
designated the oval portrait, I there read the vague
and quaint words which follow:
“She was a maiden of rarest beauty, and not more
lovely than full of glee. And evil was the hour when
she saw, and loved, and wedded the painter. He,
passionate, studious, austere, and having already a
bride in his Art; she a maiden of rarest beauty, and not
more lovely than full of glee: all light and smiles, and
frolicksome as the young fawn: loving and cherishing
all things: hating only the Art which was her rival:
dreading only the pallet and brushes and other
untoward instruments which deprived her of the
countenance of her lover. It was thus a terrible thing
for this lady to hear the painter speak of his desire to
pourtray even his young bride. But she was humble
and obedient, and sat meekly for many weeks in the
dark high turret-chamber where the light dripped upon
the pale canvas only from overhead. But he, the
painter, took glory in his work, which went on from
hour to hour and from day to day. And he was a
passionate, and wild and moody man, who became
lost in reveries; so that he would not see that the light
which fell so ghastily in that lone turret withered the
health and the spirits of his bride, who pined visibly to
all but him. Yet she smiled on and still on,
uncomplainingly, because she saw that the painter,
(who had high renown,) took a fervid and burning
pleasure in his task, and wrought day and night to
depict her who so loved him, yet who grew daily more
dispirited and weak. And in sooth some who beheld
the portrait spoke of its resemblance in low words, as
of a mighty marvel, and a proof not less of the power
of the painter than of his deep love for her whom he
depicted so surpassingly well. But at length, as the
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labor drew nearer to its conclusion, there were
admitted none into the turret; for the painter had
grown wild with the ardor of his work, and turned his
eyes from the canvas rarely, even to regard the
countenance of his wife. And he would not see that
the tints which he spread upon the canvas were drawn
from the cheeks of her who sate beside him. And
when many weeks had passed, and but little remained
to do, save one brush upon the mouth and one tint
upon the eye, the spirit of the lady again flickered up
as the flame within the socket of the lamp. And then
the brush was given, and then the tint was placed; and,
for one moment, the painter stood entranced before
the work which he had wrought; but in the next, while
he yet gazed he grew tremulous and very pallid, and
aghast and crying with a loud voice, ‘This is indeed
Life itself!’ turned suddenly to regard his beloved:—
She was dead!”
11. Based on the first sentence, the reader can tell that the
narrator has likely been —
A.
B.
C.
D.
violently injured in some way
staying at the chateau for weeks
released from a hospital stay
studying art for several years
12. The imagery describing the chalet in paragraph 1
appeals to the reader’s sense of —
A.
B.
C.
D.
hearing
sight
smell
touch
13. The conflict at the beginning of paragraph 6 between
the bride and her husband was caused b
A. her lover
B. his first wife
C. her jealousy
D. his art
14. Which quotation best demonstrates Poe’s preference
for figurative language?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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for many weeks in the dark high turret-chamber
light dripped upon the pale canvas
from hour to hour and from day to day
wild and moody man, who became lost in reveries
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15. Which internal conflict is revealed in the following
lines from paragraph 6?
“It was thus a terrible thing for this lady to hear
the painter speak of his desire to pourtray even his
young bride. But she was humble and obedient,
and sat meekly for many weeks in the dark high
turret-chamber where the light dripped upon the
pale canvas only from overhead.”
A. The bride knows that she is dying but wants to
pose for the portrait anyway.
B. The painter is torn between painting his bride and
painting other women.
C. The bride does not want to pose for the portrait
but wants to please her husband.
D. The painter loves his bride but knows that she
secretly does not love him.
16. In paragraph 6, the imagery of the light that fell so
ghastily in that lone turret and withered the health
and spirits of his bride creates a feeling of —
A.
B.
C.
D.
serenity
foreboding
expectation
acceptance
17. Based on the artist’s actions throughout the story, the
reader can conclude that he —
A. cares more about his art than about his wife
B. realizes that he will not be able to finish his
painting
C. knows that his wife is dying but chooses not to act
D. intends to sell the portrait when it is completed
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Vocabulary
Use context clues and the Greek word and
root definitions to answer the following questions.
Use context clues and the Latin word definitions to
answer the following questions.
18. The Greek word austeros means “bitter” or “harsh.”
What does austere mean as it is used near the
beginning of paragraph 6 in “The Oval Portrait”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
21. The Latin word sumptus means “expense.” What
is the meaning of sumptuously as it is used in the
sixth line of paragraph 1?
Simple and down-to-earth
Hostile or extremely angry
Stubborn and inflexible
Severe or stern in disposition
A.
B.
C.
D.
Use context clues and your knowledge of base words
and affixes to answer the following questions about
words in “The Oval Portrait.”
22. The Latin word fervere means “to boil” or “to
glow.” What is the meaning of fervid as it is used
in the middle of paragraph 6?
19. The word perceive means “become aware of through
the senses.” What is the most likely meaning of
imperceptibly as it is used in the fourth line of
paragraph 5?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
In a quiet, meek way
Without being noticed
In a very sensitive way
Without showing emotion
Generous
Scornful
Passionate
Frantic
23. The Latin word tremere means “to tremble.”
What is the meaning of tremulous as it is used
near the end of paragraph 6?
20. The word surpass means “go beyond.” What is the
most likely meaning of surpassingly as it used
around the middle of paragraph 6?
A. Unusually
B. Realistically
C. Exceedingly
D. Endlessly
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Stylishly
Modestly
Tastefully
Lavishly
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Showing extreme envy
Marked by quivering
Given to excessive shouting
Characterized by anxiety
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Revising and Editing
Read this poem and answer the questions that follow.
Victory
by Ary Kerzoff
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27. The repetition at the beginning of the poem keeps the
tone —
I fly, I soar
above the desks.
I roar
then muffle my joy
hide my prize
from jealous eyes.
A. light and airy
B. slow and ponderous
C. dark and foreboding
D. confused and anxious
28. Which statement would be considered a paradox if it
were in this poem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Now like a lion, fresh from the chase
nose twitching, teeth bloody,
mane flying from one
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good shake
29. Which word from the poem helps the reader transition
from one activity to another?
I celebrate the kill
wouldn’t you?
It’s an A!
A.
B.
C.
D.
24. Line 6 expresses the emotion of —
A.
B.
C.
D.
envy
fear
pride
bliss
above
roar
then
from
30. Choose the BEST way to rewrite the following
sentence about the action in the poem:
The people in the classroom are the ones the
speaker is hiding his prize from.
25. Stating I fly, I soar gives the poem emotional intensity
by —
A. imitating
B. rhyming
C. repeating
D. shaping
A. The ones the speaker is hiding his prize from are
from the classroom.
B. From the people in the classroom, the speaker is
hiding his prize from.
C. The people in the classroom are the ones from
which the speaker is hiding his prize.
D. The speaker is hiding his prize from the people in
the classroom.
26. The speaker uses a simile to compare himself to
A. a prize
B. an airplane
C. another student
D. a lion
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An A is the most desired grade.
Only the worst students crave A’s.
I wish everyone could obtain an A.
O, would that I were an A!
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