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- 1. Multiple Choice
The author of Mississippi Solo is
Eddie Murphy
Eddy Patterson
Eddie Harris
Eddy Harris
- 2. Multiple Choice
The setting of the story is mostly
in a canoe
on the Mississippi River
in a town called Natchez
in a canoe on the Mississippi River
- 3. Multiple Choice
A memoir is
a story about someone's life
a big event about a friend
an autobiographical account of someone's personal experiences or significant events; written in first person
the life events of someone important
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does the author mean when he says,"I was one with the river, and nothing could happen to me...?"
The author probably meant that he was in harmony with the river, so he felt safe and confident on his journey.
He meant he was the river.
The author was afraid that the river would swallow him up.
The author did not think the river liked him.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The author used figurative language to help the reader understand his journey. Decide what type of figurative language is used in this line: "But the voice of the river came out and spoke to me teasingly but with a chill of seriousness down my spine."
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Personification
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which sentence best explains the use of figurative language in question 5?
The river is large and intimidating to the author, so he uses figurative language to show the power it has over him
The river has a voice that is teasingly serious, a trait that is not common for non-human things.
The river is frightening, so the author uses figurative to reveal the fear the author experiences on his journey.
The author thinks there are voices in the river.
- 7. Multiple Choice
When you insulate something, you
Let heat or cool air in and out
Open a window in the house and car to keep air flowing out.
Prevent the passage of heat through it.
Allow the passage of heat through it.
- 8. Multiple Choice
To allow something to break up into sharp, thin pieces means
Capture
Branch
Splinter
Lump
- 9. Multiple Choice
Affect is a (what part of speech), and it means
Adjective, and it means to have an influence on or effect a change in something.
Verb, and it means to have an influence on or effect a change in something.
Verb, and it means to make something happen.
Noun, and it means to effect change in something.
- 10. Multiple Choice
A large mass of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down the side of mountain is the definition of an
Earthquake
Tsunami
Avalanche
Tornado
- 11. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from the excerpt, Mississippi Solo and then determine which word best completes the sentence. "I was more amazed than anything, trying to analyze the voice I had heard or whatever instinct or intuition it was that urges me to park in these trees. It had been something so very definite that I could feel it and yet so _____________ that I could not put my finger on it."
insulate
splinter
ethereal
specify
- 12. Multiple Choice
An element is
something that affects the weather
a part or aspect of something
to make sure or certain
to have an influence on something
- 13. Multiple Choice
To make sure or certain means
certainly
ensure
participate
specify
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which word means to state exactly or in detail what you want or need, and is related to the word forms nonspecific, specification, specific heat?
ensure
participate
specify
affect
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which word means to be active and involved in something or to share in something, and is related to the word forms participation, participator, non-participant?
specify
practice
pertinent
participate
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