Invasion From Mars - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word luminous mean in the sentence below?
The moon appeared luminous behind the bare branches.

dull

large

round

shiny

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word awe mean in the sentence below?
The sounds and sights of the thunderstorm filled us with awe.

anger

hope

joy

wonder

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word conferring mean in the sentence below?
The baseball coach is conferring with his players about their uniform sizes.

discussing

laughing

seeing

shouting

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word alarmed mean in the sentence below?
Please do not be alarmed by the sound of the siren.

amused

frightened

punished

saddened

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word daring mean in the sentence below?
She felt daring, so she tried eating olives for the first time.

brave

hungry

interested

lonely

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word dangerous mean in the sentence below?
Crossing in the middle of the road is dangerous.

full of hope

showing courage

likely to cause harm

requiring a lot of skill

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word rainy mean in the sentence below?
The children played inside on the rainy day.

likely to rain

having no rain

likely to be cold

having a lot of rain

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word rocky mean in the sentence below?
James climbed up the rocky hillside.

very steep

dry and dusty

covered with rocks

moving back and forth

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word joyous mean in the sentence below?
It was a joyous time when my grandmother visited her childhood friend.

full of joy

without joy

likely to feel joy

unable to feel joy

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the word fluffy mean in the sentence below?
Irene asked to pet the fluffy bunny.

easy to see

hard to hold

soft to touch

hard to reach

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where do the events of this play take place?

in outer space

in a radio station

inside a metal cylinder

on a farm in New Jersey

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Phillips show his impatience with Wilmuth?

He cuts off Wilmuth's story

He asks Wilmuth to sit down

He refuses to speak to Wilmuth

He asks Wilmuth to write an article

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happens immediately after the top of the metal cylinder falls to the ground?

The entire field catches on fire

A creature comes out of the cylinder

The police captain confers with a professor

Phillips interviews the owner of the farm

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why do the captain and policeman hold a white handkerchief tied to a pole as the approach the metal object?

They want to clean the object

They want to use the pole as a weapon

They believe that aliens use handkerchiefs

They want to show that they will do no harm

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does the reader learn the MOST about the characters in the play?

through how the characters act

through what the characters say

through the way the characters move

through the descriptions of the narrator

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Read 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which character in the play speaks MOST formally?

Wilmuth

the policeman

Professor Pierson

the creature in the cylinder

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which 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 Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What 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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