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Cabarrus Catholic College, Inc.

San Jose, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental
English -8

Name: __________________________________________________Subject: _______________

Test I: Circle the letter of the correct answer. Make your test paper neat and clean.

1. It is an African oral literature.

A. oration B. orature C. orally d. oratory

2. A body of literature from Africa.

A. African poetry B. African Proverbs C. African Literature D. African prose

3. It is an essential ingredient in African food.

A. palm oil B. cooking oil C. corn oil D. coconut oil

4. These are palm oil in which words are eaten.

A. proverbs B. prose C. poem D. legend

5. Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet. What does this mean?

A. This is as simple as it sounds: If you upset someone, apologize to him or her.

B. The best approach to solving a problem is to take it bit by bit; one at a time .

C. You can easily foresee the future of something through the character and tell-tale signs it
exhibits today.

D. You don’t jump straight into a situation without thinking about it first.

II. Underline the subject in the following apostrophe statements. Tell whether the subject type
is DEAD, INANIMATE, ABSTRACT, or PRESENT. Write your answer on the blank before each
number.

______________________1. Why do you bother me so much! You idiot computer!

______________________2. Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone without a dream in my

heart without a love of my own.

______________________3. "Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief."

______________________4. Love, who needs you?

______________________5. Thank you, my guardian angel, for this parking space!

III. Determine the literary device used in the following statements. Write APOSTROPHE,
PARADOX, ALLITERATION, or PARALLELISM on the blanks before each number.

_________________1. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief….

_________________2. "While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew."

_________________3. Her mother mutters mawkishly

_________________4. This is the beginning of the end.

__________________5. "Men work together whether they work together or apart."

Prepared by: Mrs. Liezel A. Dinglasam