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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word luminous mean in the sentence below?
The moon appeared luminous behind the bare branches.dulllargeroundshiny - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word awe mean in the sentence below?
The sounds and sights of the thunderstorm filled us with awe.angerhopejoywonder - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word conferring mean in the sentence below?
The baseball coach is conferring with his players about their uniform sizes.discussinglaughingseeingshouting - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word alarmed mean in the sentence below?
Please do not be alarmed by the sound of the siren.amusedfrightenedpunishedsaddened - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word daring mean in the sentence below?
She felt daring, so she tried eating olives for the first time.bravehungryinterestedlonely - 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word dangerous mean in the sentence below?
Crossing in the middle of the road is dangerous.full of hopeshowing couragelikely to cause harmrequiring a lot of skill - 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word rainy mean in the sentence below?
The children played inside on the rainy day.likely to rainhaving no rainlikely to be coldhaving a lot of rain - 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word rocky mean in the sentence below?
James climbed up the rocky hillside.very steepdry and dustycovered with rocksmoving back and forth - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word joyous mean in the sentence below?
It was a joyous time when my grandmother visited her childhood friend.full of joywithout joylikely to feel joyunable to feel joy - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word fluffy mean in the sentence below?
Irene asked to pet the fluffy bunny.easy to seehard to holdsoft to touchhard to reach - 11. Multiple ChoiceWhere do the events of this play take place?in outer spacein a radio stationinside a metal cylinderon a farm in New Jersey
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHow does Phillips show his impatience with Wilmuth?He cuts off Wilmuth's storyHe asks Wilmuth to sit downHe refuses to speak to WilmuthHe asks Wilmuth to write an article
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat happens immediately after the top of the metal cylinder falls to the ground?The entire field catches on fireA creature comes out of the cylinderThe police captain confers with a professorPhillips interviews the owner of the farm
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy do the captain and policeman hold a white handkerchief tied to a pole as the approach the metal object?They want to clean the objectThey want to use the pole as a weaponThey believe that aliens use handkerchiefsThey want to show that they will do no harm
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHow does the reader learn the MOST about the characters in the play?through how the characters actthrough what the characters saythrough the way the characters movethrough the descriptions of the narrator
- 16. Multiple ChoiceRead these stage directions from the end of the scene.
(crash of microphone... then dead silence)
How does the scene most likely end?Another cylinder drops from the sky into the field.Wilmuth captures the starnge creature from the cylinder.Phillips drops his microphone and runs away from the field.The creature from the cylinder captures the spectators with its tentacles. - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich descriptive sentence in the play provides the BEST evidence that the metal cylinder comes from another planet?"The metal casing is definitely extraterrestrial.""The end of the thing is beginning to flake off!""The monster or whatever it is can hardly move.""Hundreds of cars are parked in a field in back of us."
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich character in the play speaks MOST formally?Wilmuththe policemanProfessor Piersonthe creature in the cylinder
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence from the play is the BEST example of informal speech?"I don't know what to think."Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Wilmuth.""I seen a kinda greenish streak and then zingo!""This thing is smooth and, as you can see, of cylindrical shape."
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat MOST likely explains the different levels of formality in Phillip's and Wilmuth's speech?Phillip's job as a reporter requires formality.Wilmuth is trying to advertise his farm on the radio.Wilmuth is scared of the metal cylinder, while Phillips is not.Phillips is trying to impress Professor Pierson, whil Wilmuth does not care.
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