LA LIT QUIZ

Question 1

ALL TOGETHER NOW

Answer 1

ALL TOGETHER NOW

Question 2

According to “All Together Now,” who does Barbra Jordan think should work on race relations?

A) elected officials
B) children
C) parents
D) Bosnians

Answer 2

C) parents

Question 3

How does Barbra Jordan appeal to authority in “All Together Now”?

A) She says that we should appeal to elected officials to solve the problem of race relations
B) She cites the examples set by Martin Luther King, Jr., and former President Lyndon Johnson
C) She says that Americans should be the authorities on race relations
D) She talks about the situation in Bosnia in the 1990s

Answer 3

B) She cites the examples set by Martin Luther King, Jr., and former President Lyndon Johnson

Question 4

In “All Together Now,” why does Barbara Jordan mention the conflict in Bosnia?

A) It shows that people of different ethnic backgrounds can live in peace
B) It shows that people of different ethnic backgrounds are still not getting along
C) It shows that other countries have a history much like ours
D) It shows what happens in a place with strong civil rights

Answer 4

B) It shows that people of different ethnic backgrounds are still not getting along

Question 5

According to “All Together Now,” what might happen if we do not pay attention to civil rights?

A) We might end up like Bosnia in the 1990s, a country plagued by civil war
B) We will have to pass more laws
C) We will have to march in protest
D) We will end up with unhappy children

Answer 5

A) We might end up like Bosnia in the 1990s, a country plagued by civil war

Question 6

How can you tell that this statement from “All Together Now” is an opinion?

I must be willing to accept people who don’t as I do and don’t talk as I do.

A) It appeals to reason
B) It can be proven true
C) It cannot be proved true
D) It is the opinion of an expert

Answer 6

C) It cannot be proven true

Question 7

According to Barbara Jordan in “All Together Now,” why should we put our faith in young people?

A) They learn quickly and easily about war
B) They are born without prejudice
C) They want everyone to live in peace
D) They are kinder than adults

Answer 7

B) They are born without prejudice

Question 8

How can you tell that this statement from “All Together Now” is an appeal to emotion?

A) It contains the opinion of an expert
B) It contains a logical argument
C) It conveys strong feelings
D) It is the author’s opinion

Answer 8

C) It conveys strong feelings

Question 9

Why does Barbara Jordan care about other people?

A) She has been taught to do so
B) She is following her children’s example
C) They are her fellow human beings
D) It is part of her job

Answer 9

C) They are her fellow human beings

Question 10

What does Jordan want to persuade her readers to do in “All Together Now”?

A) work to improve human relationships
B) follow the example set by their children
C) support laws that promote tolerance
D) organize marches in support of civil rights

Answer 10

A) work to improve human relationships

Question 11

When Jordan says “we have the LEGISLATION we need,” what does she mean?

A) We have the laws we need
B) We have the lawyers we need
C) We have the rights we need
D) We have the government we need

Answer 11

A) We have the laws we need

Question 12

What can you tell about Barbara Jordan from reading “All Together Now”?

A) She was impatient and impractical
B) She was a brilliant speaker
C) She was tired and hopeless
D) She was tolerant and optimisitc

Answer 12

D) She was tolerant and optimistic

Question 13

Which statement about “All Together Now” shows that Jordan was an OPTIMIST?

A) Jordan believes that improving relationships s not a job for government
B) Jordan says that the history of race relations in the United States has been “very rocky.”
C) Jordan suggests that bad things will happen if we do not learn to get along
D) Jordan believes that it is impossible for everyone to work on getting along

Answer 13

D) Jordan believes that it is impossible for everyone to work on getting along

Question 14

AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD

Answer 14

AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD

Question 15

At the beginning of the excerpt from An American Childhood, what important thing do you learn about Annie Dillard when she talks about playing football?

A) She thinks football is a difficult game
B) She has never fooled the other team
C) She values concentration and courage
D) She realizes how hard it is to get hurt

Answer 15

C) She values concentration and courage

Question 16

Why are the children throwing snowballs at cars?

A) They are bored with winter
B) They want the drivers to chase them
C) The cars are getting in the way of their street game
D) The cars are moving slowly and make good targets

Answer 16

D) The cars are moving slowly and make good targets

Question 17

Use context clues in the following passage choose the correct meaning of the underlined word. “He chased us silently over picket fences, through thorny hedges, between houses, around garbage cans, and across streets. Every time I GLANCED back, choking for breath, I expected he would have quit.”

A) Fell
B) Looked quickly
C) Gasped loudly
D) Shoved

Answer 17

B) Looked quickly

Question 18

Use context clues to choose the correct meaning of the underlined (bolded) word. Mikey and I had nowhere to go, in our own neighborhood or out of it, but away from this man who was chasing us. He impelled us forward.

A) Caught
B) Pushed
C) Helped
D) Called

Answer 18

B) Pushed

Question 19

After the man catches Dillard and Mikey, Dillard says: He had released our jackets;…he knew we weren’t going anywhere. We all played by the rules. What does she mean?

A) The children will have to unzip their jackets so they do not catch a cold
B) The children will have to help the man find his way back to his car
C) The children will not try to run away once they have been fairly caught
D) The children will wait for the man to catch his breath so he can scold them

Answer 19

C) The children will not try to run away once they have been fairly caught

Question 20

Why does the man chase the children?

A) To have some fun
B) To get some exercise
C) To get their names and call the police
D) To teach them a lesson

Answer 20

D) To teach them a lesson

Question 21

Dillard writes from the first-person point of view. Which of the following statements is always true of a first person narrative?

A) It is about a childhood memory
B) It is told by one of the characters
C) It describes characters’ thoughts and actions
D) It includes conversations among characters

Answer 21

B) It is told by one of the characters

Question 22

Since this excerpt is told in first person point-of-view, what information must be left out of the story?

A) How the man feels as he chases the two children
B) How Dillard feels when she plays football
C) How Dillard feels when she is chased by the man
D) How the neighborhood looks as Dillard runs through it

Answer 22

A) How the man feels as he chases the two children

Question 23

Which word best describes the young Annie Dillard?

A) Troublesome
B) Funny
C) Adventurous
D) Lonley

Answer 23

C) Adventurous

Question 24

Why does Dillard admire the driver of the Buick?

A) He eventually outruns her and Mikey
B) He throws himself into the chase
C) He is braver that the other drivers
D) He scolds them after he has caught them

Answer 24

B) He throws himself into the chase

Question 25

What lesson does Annie Dillard share in this excerpt?

A) The importance of telling the truth
B) The joy of flinging oneself into life’s events
C) The danger of throwing snowballs at cars
D) The importance of not talking to strangers

Answer 25

B) The joy of flinging oneself into life’s events

Question 26

Which statement from the excerpt explains what Dillard finds DISSAPOINTING about being captured by the man?

A) “The point was that he chased us passionately without giving up.”
B) “Now he came down to earth. I wanted the glory to last forever.”
C) “He could only have fried Mikey Fahey and me in boiling oil, say.”
D) “We could have run through every backyard…until we got to Panama.”

Answer 26

B) “Now he came down to earth. I wanted the glory to last forever.”

Question 27

Why does the author describe the path of the chase in such detail?

A) To show what a good memory she has
B) To show the adults can run as fast as children
C) To show that the man does not know the neighborhood well
D) To show how determined the man is to catch the children

Answer 27

D) To show how determined the man is to catch the children