QPA

Question 1

How do the uneven line lengths and short stanzas contribute to the purpose of the poem?

Answer 1

C

Question 2

How does repetition of the word whirligig contribute to the meaning of the poem?

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Titans begin to cry in “A Big Move”.What is the cause of their tears?

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What effect does the third person point of view used in “Big Move” have on the reader?

Answer 4

C

Question 5

Which theme is most likely shared by the two passages?

Answer 5

D

Question 6

What is the purpose of the information in the Italics and parentheses in passage 2, Uncharted Galaxies?

Answer 6

A

Question 7

The brightness of the light, the size of the Sun, the dazzling reflections of waves, and the cottonlike appearance of the clouds took her breath away. What type of sentence is this?

Answer 7

A

Question 8

What does the word flowing indicate about the people?

Answer 8

D

Question 9

Why does the author use the phrase “A sea of hundreds of passengers”in her poem?

Answer 9

C

Question 10

Which is a feature and example of a pattern throughout the poem?

Answer 10

B

Question 11

Which best explains the purpose of this line?

Answer 11

D

Question 12

Which statement best summarizes the theme of the poem?

Answer 12

B

Question 13

Which word best describes the author’s tone in this passage?

Answer 13

C

Question 14

Which lines best show the reader that the speakers is very attached to her father?

Answer 14

B

Question 15

Where is the speaker in the last stanza of the poem?

Answer 15

D

Question 16

What is the main effect that the change in the last line of stanza 5 has on the reader?

Answer 16

D

Question 17

Which literary device does the author use for effect in this poem?

Answer 17

D

Question 18

Which lines from “Arrival” contain a metaphor?

Answer 18

A

Question 19

These lines are an example of which of these?

Answer 19

A

Question 20

What is the main idea of the entire second stanza?

Answer 20

B

Question 21

Which effect do the speaker’s emotions have on her at the airport in stanza one?

Answer 21

C

Question 22

Why did Peter have a plastic bowl on his head in paragraph 2?

Answer 22

C

Question 23

What does the word malfunctioned reveal about Finley?

Answer 23

C

Question 24

Which sentence from the passage is an example of imagery?

Answer 24

A

Question 25

What is one lesson the reader might take from this passage?

Answer 25

D

Question 26

What might he logically have assumed he was doing?

Answer 26

B

Question 27

What evidence does the author use to convince the reader that his older brother is on a secret mission?

Answer 27

C

Question 28

What is most likely reason Finley’s mother acts the way she does?

Answer 28

C

Question 29

Which of these most likely will happen next?

Answer 29

A

Question 30

What does Finley mean when he says “Now I was crazy with curiosity?

Answer 30

D

Question 31

How does the figurative language in the sentence contribute to the reader’s understanding of the passage?

Answer 31

D

Question 32

Marcy wants to be a detective when she grows up.What type of sentence is this?

Answer 32

C

Question 33

Mom drove Peter downtown every Tuesday night, so I asked her if I could tag along.

Answer 33

B

Question 34

The italicized text used in the sentence above is an?

Answer 34

C

Question 35

How does the spacing of the words further the purpose of the poem?

Answer 35

A