Republic of the Philippines

Department of the Philippines

Region III
JOHN J. RUSSELL MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sibul Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan

4TH SUMMATIVE TEST IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE
WORLD
S.Y. 2020-2021

Name_________________________________________________________Score:_______
Grade & Section: ___________________________________________Teacher: Mrs. Jaymarie SP. Castillo

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct

answer. Write the chosen letter on the space
provided before the number.
_____1. Who is the writer of the short story
“Sinigang”?
a. Marie Aubrey Villaceran
b. Edith L. Tiempo
c. NVM Gonzales
d. Manuel E. Arguilla
_____2. Where is the setting of the story?
a. farm b. cemetery c. house d. garden
_____11. What element is considered the high
point in the story?
a. Setting b. Exposition c. Theme d. Climax
_____12. What element creates the tone and
presents the characters and other important facts to
introduce the story?
a. Setting b. Exposition c. Theme d. Climax
_____13. What element includes the locale and
period in a story?
a. Setting b. Exposition c. Theme d. Climax

_____3. Who is the main character in the story?
a. Sylvia b. Lem c. Liza d. Tita Loleng
_____4. What point of view was used by the
author in telling the story?
a. Third Person
b. First Person
c. Omniscient Third Person
d. Limited Third Person
_____5. Whose favorite dish is the “Sinigang”?
a. Liza b. Liza’s mother c. Tita Loleng d. Liza’s
father
_____6. What type of conflict was shown in the
story?
a. man versus man
b. man versus himself
c. man versus nature
d. man versus society
_____7. What element refers to the events in the
story?
a. Setting b. Plot c. Theme d. Conflict
_____8. What is known as the essence of fiction?
a. Setting b. Conflict c. Theme d. Climax
_____9. What do you call the series of events
when things begin to happen in the story?
a. Rising Action b. Exposition c. Theme d.
Climax
_____10. What element is presented at the final
part of the story?
a. Resolution b. Exposition c. Theme d. Climax
_____14. Based on the text, what does the word
“Sinverguenza” mean?
a. a person who is shameless
b. a person who is calm
c. a person who is sinful
d. a person who is reckless
_____15. What type of character contends with
the main character?
a. opposition b. antagonist c. protagonist d.
instigator
_____16. It is the series of events and characters’
actions that lead to the highest point of interest in
a short story.
a. Exposition b. Climax c. Plot d. Resolution
_____17. It may be a person, the nature, the
society, or any intangible matter that contends
with or creates a problem for the protagonist.
a. Character b. Setting c. Antagonist d.
Plot
_____18. It is the character who learns something
or undergoes some changes throughout the course
of the story.
a. Antagonist b. Setting c. Protagonist d.
Climax
_____19. This is considered as the author’s
message to the readers.
a. Climax b. Theme c. Conflict d.
Exposition
_____20. Which type of POV is where the
narrator participates in and tells the story using the
pronoun ‘I’.
a. First b. Limited Third d. Omniscient Third

Write a brief description on the following

elements of short story based on your
understanding.

21. Characters-
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22. Settings-
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23. Plot-
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24. Climax-
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25. Theme-
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