ENGLISH 204

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Review the following materials. Then answer the given
questions after each number. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

Taken from The Kite Runner by Khaled

Hosseini
The kite-fighting tournament was an old
winter tradition in Afghanistan. It
started early in the morning on the
day of the
contest and didn’t end until only the
winning kite flew in the sky—I only
remember one year the tournament
lasted daylight. Every kite runner had an
assistant—in my case, Hassan—who held
the spool and fed the line. 1
For the kite runners, the most coveted
prize was the last fallen kite of a winter
tournament. Over the years, I had seen a
lot of guys run kites. Hassan was by far
the greatest kite runner I’ve ever seen.
2 toy with him and challenge his loyalty,
“It’s coming,” Hassan said. I could
hardly breath and he didn’t even sound
tired. 3 “How do you know?” I said. 4
“I know.” 5 conversation. I
“How can you know?” 6
He turned to me. “Would I ever lie to
you, Amir agha?” 7 Hassan returned the smile. Except his
Suddenly I decided to toy with him a
little.
“I don’t know. Would you?” 8
“I’d sooner eat dirt,” he said with a look
of
indignation.
“Really? You’d do that?” 9
He threw me a puzzled look. “Do what?”
10
“Eat dirt if I told you to,” I said. I knew I
was being cruel, like when I’d taunt him if
he didn’t know some big word. But there
was something fascinating about teasing
Hassan. Kind of like when we used to play
insect torture. Except now, he was the
ant and I was holding the magnifying
glass. 11 “If you asked, I would,” he
finally said, looking right at me. I dropped
my eyes. To this day, I find it hard to gaze
directly at people like Hassan, people who
mean every word they say. 12
“But I wonder,” he added. “Would you
ever ask me to do such a thing, Amir
agha?” And just like that, he had thrown
at me his own little test. If I was going to
then
he’d toy with me, test my integrity. 13
I wished I hadn’t started this
forced a smile. “Don’t be stupid, Hassan.
You know I wouldn’t, Hassan.” 14
didn’t look forced. “I know,” he said.
And that’s the thing about people who
mean everything they say. They think
everyone else does too. 15
“Here it comes,” Hassan said, pointing to
the sky. 16

1. What is the antonym of “forced” in paragraph 15?

A. constrained B. coerced C. natural D. practiced
2. What does “indignation” in paragraph 9 mean?
A. Disappointment B. fear C. remorse D.
anger
3. What is the antonym of “loyalty” in paragraph 13?
A. commitment C. dedication
B. remorse D. betrayal
4. What does “coveted” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. greatly desired C. extremely hated
B. usually ignored D. hardly obtained
5. What is the tone of the narrator?
A. Afraid B. frank C. funny D. innocent
6. What element of the story is being described in paragraph 1?
A. Climax B. setting C. theme D. denouement
7. What is the best word that can describe Hassan?
A. Sincere B. ill-tempered C. selfish D. hard-headed
8. To what activity did Amir compare teasing Hassan?
A. flying kites C. running kites
B. solving Math problems D. playing insect torture
9. What figure of speech is used in #8?
A. metaphor B. hyperbole C. simile D. personification
 10.Which of the following pairs is similar to the relationship of Hassan and Amir?
A. the pilot and the little prince C. the little prince and the fox
B. the little prince and the flower D. the little prince and the king
11.What imagery is dominant in paragraph 16?
A. Sight B. sound C. smell D.
feeling
12.Which of the following statements is a fact?
A. Hassan was by far the greatest kite runner I’ve ever seen.
B. It’s hard to gaze directly at people who mean every word they say.
C. People who mean everything they say think everyone else does too.
D. The kite-fighting tournament was an old winter tradition in Afghanistan.
13.What do Hassan’s confessions tell about his view on friendship?
I. A friend will do anything for his friend.
II. A friend will avoid anything dangerous with his friend.
III.A friend will not think any harm against his friend.
A. I only B. I and II C. I and III D. II and III
14.If a person looked for information about kite runners in Afghanistan, which of the
following sources could be considered as a primary source?
A. Newspaper B. magazine C. videos D. textbooks
15.In doing a review of related literature for a research, what source of information is
more appropriate?
A. Primary sources C. Tertiary Sources
B. Secondary sources D. any source
16.What is the best paraphrase of the last two sentences of paragraph 15?
A. People should not think that everybody is sincere.
B. Sincere people think that everyone else is sincere.
C. It is hard to find people who actually mean what they say.
D. People who mean everything they say think everyone else does too.
17.Which of the following words used in the text have a different meaning?
A. toy B. taunt C. torture D. tease

18.What transitional device is appropriate to begin the last sentence in paragraph 2?

A. And B. But C. Or D. So

Arithmetic
Carl Sandburg
Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. 1
Arithmetic tells you how many you lose or win if you know how many you had before you
lost or won.2
Arithmetic is seven eleven all good children go to heaven – or five six bundle of sticks.
Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your
paper till you get the answer. 3
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of
the window and see the blue sky – or the answer is wrong and you have to start all
over and try again and see how it comes out this time. 4
If you take a number and double it and double it again and then double it a few more
times, the number gets bigger and bigger and goes higher and higher and only
arithmetic can tell you what the number is when you decide to quit doubling. 5
Arithmetic is where you have to multiply -- and you carry the multiplication table in your
head and hope you won't lose it. 6
If you ask your mother for one fried egg for breakfast and she gives you two fried eggs
and you eat both of them, who is better in arithmetic, you or your mother? 7

19.What is the purpose of the author?

A. to inform B. to persuade C. to tell a story D. to entertain
20.What imagery is dominant in stanza 3?
A. taste B. sound C. smell D. touch
21.What figure of speech is used in line 5?
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole
22. What literary device was dominantly used in the poem?
A. defamiliarization C. characterization
B. denotation D. argumentation
23.What effect was produced when the literary device in #22 is used?
A. humor B. suspense C. drama D. conflict

24. Who is the speaker of the poem?

 A. the poet himself
B. someone who loves arithmetic
C. someone who fails in arithmetic
D. someone who is having a hard time in arithmetic

25. If a person conducts a research on arithmetic, which of the following sources of

literature
could be considered as secondary source?
A. math textbook B. recordings C. journal article D.
artifacts
26. What does the persona think about arithmetic?
A. It takes great effort to solve arithmetic.
B. Mothers know best in terms of arithmetic.
C. Arithmetic is an easy subject for genius people.
D. Students should not consider arithmetic as a problem.
27. What cohesive device was dominantly used in the poem?
A. repetition of key word C. pronouns
B. synonyms D. transitional words
28. Which of the following statements is the best summary for the poem?
A. Math problems are useful in life.
B. Solving number problems is challenging for a child.
C. Solving number problems is much easier than other activities.
D. A person should stop solving a number problem when it is too hard.

For items 29 - 42, choose the option that is grammatically correct.

Times My Mother Stood Up for Me
Taken from For One More Day by Mitch Albom
I am nine years old. I am at the local library. The woman behind the desk looks over 29.
(A.
his / B.her / C. she / D. its) glasses. I have chosen 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules
Verne. I like the drawings on the cover and I like the idea of people living under the ocean. I
haven't looked at how big the words are, or how narrow the print. The librarian 30. (A.
studies
/ B. study) me. My shirt is untucked and one shoe 31. (A. is / B. are) untied.
"32. (A. This / B. These) is too hard for you," she says.
I watch her put it 33. (A. on a shelf behind her / B. behind her on a shelf). It might
as well be locked in a vault. I go back to the children's section and choose a picture book about
a
monkey. I return to the desk. She stamps this one without comment.
34. (A. When driving up / B. When my mother drives up), I scramble into the front seat
of her
car. She sees the book I've chosen.
"Haven't you read that one already?" she asks. "The lady wouldn't let me take the one I
wanted."
"What lady?"
"The librarian lady." She turns off the ignition.
"Why wouldn't she let you take it?"
"She said it was 35. (A. too hard / B. hard, too)."
"What was too hard?"
“The book"
My mother yanks me from the car. She marches me 36. (A. through the door and up to
the
desk
B. through the door and the desk.)
"I'm Mrs. Benetto. This is my son, Charley. Did you tell him a book was too hard for him to
read?"
The librarian stiffens. She is much older than my mother, and I am surprised at my mother's
tone, given how she usually 37. (A. talk / B. talks) to old people.
"He wanted to take out 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne," she says, touching her
glasses. "He's too young. Look at him."
I lower my head. "Look at me. Where's the book?" my mother says. "I beg 38. (A. you’re / B.
your) pardon?" “Where's the book?" The woman reaches behind her. She plops it on the
counter, as if to make a point by its heft.
My mother 39. (A. grabs the book and shoves it / B. grabs the book and to shove it) in
my
arms. "Don't you ever tell a child something's too hard," she snaps. "And never this child."

40. (A. Next thing / B. Before) I know I am being yanked out the door, hanging tightly to
Jules
Verne. I feel like 41. (A. we have just robbed a bank / B. we have robbed just a bank)
—my
mother and me—and I wonder if 42. (A. were / B. we're) going to get in trouble.
43. Why doesn’t the librarian want the boy borrow the book that he liked?
A. Because of his skin color C. Because of his gender
B. Because of his age D. Because of his languagePage 4 of 5
44. What is the conflict of the story?
A. man vs. man C. man vs. nature
B. man vs. himself D. man vs. fate
45. What do the Kaffir boy’s mother and the boy’s mother in the text have in common?
A. They are both working mothers.
B. They both have sons with disciplinary problems.
C. They both want the best education for their children.
D. They both discouraged their sons to have educational pursuits.
46. Why did the boy’s mother insist to get the book?
A. Because she is naturally rude
B. Because the librarian was old
C. Because her son is not young anymore
D. Because she felt her son was not treated fairly
47. If the boy would like to look for a primary source for the life of Jules Verne, what should he
look for?
A. Encyclopedia of writers C. Biography of Jules Verne
B. Verne’s diary entries D. English LM
48. What part of the research paper enumerates the research questions?
A. Background of the Problem C. Significance of the Study
B. Statement of the Problem D. Review of Related Literature
49. What part of the research paper identifies the beneficiaries of the research and how they
will benefit from it?
A. Background of the Problem C. Significance of the Study
B. Sample D. Review of Related Literature
50. What part of the research paper summarizes the previous findings about the research
topic and identifies the gaps in the literature?
A. Background of the Problem C. Research Design
B. Statement of the Problem D. Review of Related Literature

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