DINAPA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Dinapa, Castilla, Sorsogon

GRADE VII-ENGLISH
(Gold, Silver and Bronze)
3rd QUARTERLY EXAM

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________________________

Year & Section:_____________________________ Score:________________________________

I. Reading and Literature

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Last Man of Bataan

(An Excerpt)
By: Carlos P. Romulo

I talked with and write about such men as Colin Kelly, Jr. who sank the 29, 000 ton battleship
off Luzon; and First Lieutenant Boyd D. Wagner who was attacked by five pursuit planes at Aparri and
brought down two of them in the air. Boys like these represented the heroic, helpless stand we were
putting up against Japan. But there were humbler figures no less heroic.

There was the little Filipino telephone girl in San Fernando, La Union, who refused to leave
her switchboard and maintained communication to the last against the oncoming Japanese; and that
frail school teacher in Vigan, Ilocos Sur—his name is Buenaventura J. Bello—who refused to remove
the American flag from his classroom wall and was shot standing beneath it by Japanese soldiers.

My brother-in-law, Alfredo Eugenio, the National Air Raid warden, when I found time to visit
him in the hospital, seemed to me a courageous figure. He has taken his air raid duties seriously and
burned both hands experimenting with phosphorus. His wife sat beside him night and day,
manipulating the phones through which Alfredo issued the signals that kept the city warned of
enemy planes.

I was a soldier. I learned to work day and night sustained by the catnaps and by sandwiches
and coffee wolfed at my desk. I learned how to raise my voice on the telephone so that it could be
heard above the exploding bombs. Did I have a home-empty now, in the residential district and a
wife and children, hiding in the provinces from the enemy while Christmas was coming on?

I hadn’t time to think of these things.

Source: Ricabar, R. (2005). Across Culture in Language and Philippine Culture.
Sampaloc, Manila: St. Augustine Publications, Inc.

A. Answer the following questions about the selection.

1. Who among the soldiers brought down two pursuit planes?

A. Alfredo Eugenio B. Boyd D. Wagner C. Carlos P. Romulo D. Colin Kelly Jr.
2. How did the Filipino telephone girl show bravery during the war?
A. She removed the flags of Japan in the streets.
B. She removed all Japanese soldiers in the nearby area
 C. She stayed on her station and fought the Japanese soldiers.
D. She stayed on her switchboard to keep the communication open.
3. Which of the following statements best described the school teacher in Vigan?
A. The school teacher operated all communications.
B. The school teacher led the Filipino soldiers bravely.
C. The school teacher fought the Japanese soldiers bravely.
D. The school teacher died bravely beneath the American flag.
4. How did Alfredo Eugenio help the Filipinos during the war?
A. He issued signals for the soldiers in Japan. C. He issued signals to assist the
enemy planes.
B. He issued signals for the Japanese planes. D. He issued signals to the Filipinos
about the enemy places.
5. Which occasion was the closest to the setting of the narrative?
A. anniversary B. birthday C. Christmas D. Festival

B. Find out the meaning of the underlined words by answering the questions after the sentences.
6. The Filipinos ran towards the forest with two Japanese soldiers in pursuit. Which of the
following words has the same meaning with the underlined word?
A. chase B. detection C. recreation D. search
7. The warden keeps the place safe from any Japanese soldiers. Which of the words does not have
the same meaning with the underlined word?
A. assassin B. custodian C. guardian D. keeper
8. While guarding the whole area, the soldiers take catnaps to rest their tired eyes. What is the
classification of the underlined word?
A. action word B. describing word C. naming word D. replacing word
9. One of the soldiers was very frail for he did not eat for a long time. What is the classification of
the underlined word?
A. connecting word B. describing word C. naming word D. replacing word
10. The operator used the switchboard to monitor the movement of the Japanese soldiers. Which of
the following words is a part of the underlined word?
A. buttons B. panel C. screen D. switches
C. Answer the following questions about the different literary elements.
11. “Did I have a home-empty now, in the residential district and a wife and children, hiding in the
provinces from the enemy while Christmas was coming on?” What emotion did the narrator
express through this statement?
A. desperation B. distress C. loneliness D. misery
12. Which of the following statements describe the setting of the narrative text?
A. “His wife sat beside him night and day.”
B. “I learned to work day and night sustained by the catnaps…”
C. “There was the little Filipino telephone girl in San Fernando, La Union.”
D. “…hiding in the provinces from the enemy while Christmas was coming on?”
13. What is the general mood of the narrative?
A. annoying B. depressing C. fuming D. irritating
14. What statement from the narrative can support its general mood?
A. “Did I have a home-empty now?”
B. “I learned how to raise my voice on the telephone.”
C. “I talked with and write about such men as Colin Kelly.”
D. “Alfredo issued the signals that kept the city warned of enemy planes.”
15. What could be the closest theme of the narrative that you read?
A. Serving the country requires a lot of sacrifice.
 B. Serving the country requires a lot of talents and skills.
C. Serving the country requires you to become a soldier.
D. Serving the country requires high educational attainment.
16. What sentence from the narrative can support the theme?
A. “I talked with and write about such men.”
B. “…brought down two of them in the air.”
C. “…hiding in the provinces from the enemy…”
D. “He…was shot standing beneath it by Japanese soldiers.”
17. What is the tone of the author towards the people he mentioned in the narrative?
A. aggressive B. excited C. proud D. scared
18-20. Arrange the following events according to how the author narrated them. Write A-C to identify
the first, second, and
the last event.
______ The school teacher in Vigan was shot by the Japanese soldiers.
______ Alfredo Eugenio kept on working in spite of his medical condition.
______ The Filipino telephone girl did not leave her post to help the Filipinos.

II. Grammar Focus

A. Simple Past Tense and Past Perfect Tense. Write the correct form of the verb inside the
parenthesis.
21. Manila (prepare) _________ their defenses for the Japanese invasion.
22. Many Filipinos (enlist) __________ in the army to fight the Japanese soldiers.
23. News about the war (pour) _________ in from other parts of the country.
24. Provincial correspondents (report) ___________ Japanese soldiers landing in their provinces.
25. Japan (drop) _________ the bombs in the waterfront before the Filipinos prepared for the attack.
26. The general called Carlos Romulo after the bomb (destroy) __________ a big portion of the city.
27. When the general asked him to keep the people warned about the incident, the army (evacuate)
_______________ half of the population to a safe refuge.

B. Direct and Reported Speech. Change the direct speech into reported speech and vice versa.
Choose from the given sentences below.
28. “I’m not asking you,” said MacArthur.
A. MacArthur said that I did not ask him. C. MacArthur said that I
B. MacArthur said that he will not ask him. D. MacArthur said that he was not asking him.
29. “I’m at your service,” I stated.
A. I stated that I am at your service. C. He stated that I am at your service.
B. I stated that he is at your service. D. He stated that he was at your service.
30. “I’m not asking you. I’m ordering you,” the general shouted.
A. The general shouted that I’m not asking you. I’m ordering you.
B. The general shouted that he was not asking him. I’m ordering him.
C. The general shouted that he was not asking him. He was ordering him.
D. The general shouted that he was not asking you. He was ordering you.

C. Active and Passive Voice. Write ACTIVE if the sentence is in its active form and PASSIVE if not.
____________ 31. People evacuated from the part of the city which was destroyed.
____________ 32. The news about the attack was published by The Herald.
____________ 33. The order about informing the people of the attack was given by the general.
 ____________ 34. Many men, both Filipinos and Americans, fought for our freedom.
____________ 35. The Japanese pursuit planes were destroyed by the pilot.

D. Chronological and Logical Connectors. Choose the connector that will complete each sentence.
36. Filipinos ___________ Americans both suffered a lot of damages and lives lost during the war.
A. as early as B. as good as C. as soon as D. as well as
37. The radio broadcasted the stories of heroism ____________ the Japanese soldiers forbade them
to do it.
A. although B. because C. since D. while
38. Many Americans fought bravely in their fighter planes __________ some of the Filipinos fought
the enemy through their
own ways.
A. because B. if C. since D. while
39. The radio kept on informing the people about the war ___________ they need to find shelter for
their own protection.
A. although B. because C. unless D. until
40. It would have been more progressive ____________ the Japanese soldiers left our country early.
A. first B. if C. primarily D. unless

“It always seems impossible

UNTIL IT’S DONE.”
—Nelson Mandela