English 2 Q1 Final Exam 2024/25 PDF

Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________________ English 2 Q1 Final Exam - 2024/25 Directions: Read passage 1 and answer questions 1-12....

Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________________ English 2 Q1 Final Exam - 2024/25 Directions: Read passage 1 and answer questions 1-12. excerpt #1 from “To Build a Fire” by: Jack London Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. It was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o’clock. There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall 1over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. This fact did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun. It had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view. The man flung a look back along the way he had come. The Yukon2 lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of ice. On top of this ice were as many feet of snow. It was all pure white, rolling in gentle undulations where the ice-jams of the freeze-up had formed. North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken white, save for a dark hairline that curved and twisted from around the spruce-covered island to the south, and that curved and twisted away into the north, where it disappeared behind another spruce-covered island. This dark hairline was the trail—the main trail—that led south five hundred miles to the Chilcoot Pass, Dyea, and salt water; and that led north seventy miles to Dawson, and still on to the north a thousand miles to Nulato, and finally to St. Michael on Bering Sea, a thousand miles and half a thousand more. But all this—the mysterious, far-reaching hairline trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all—made no impression on the man. It was not because he was long used to it. He was a new-comer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter. The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks. Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head. As he turned to go on, he spat speculatively. There was a sharp, explosive crackle that startled him. He spat again. And again, in the air, before it could fall to the snow, the spittle crackled. He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had crackled in the air. Undoubtedly it was colder than fifty below—how much colder he did not know. But the temperature did not matter. He was bound for the old claim on the left fork of Henderson Creek, where the boys were already. They had come over across the divide from the Indian Creek country, while he had come the roundabout way to take a look at the possibilities of getting out logs in the spring from the islands in the Yukon. He would be in to camp by six o’clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys would be there, a fire would be going, and a hot supper would be ready. As for lunch, he pressed his hand against the protruding bundle under his jacket. It was also under his shirt, wrapped up in a handkerchief and lying against the naked skin. It was the only way to keep the biscuits from freezing. He smiled agreeably to himself as he thought of those biscuits, each cut open and sopped in bacon grease, and each enclosing a generous slice of fried bacon. He plunged in among the big spruce trees. The trail was faint. A foot of snow had fallen since the last sled had passed over, and he was glad he was without a sled, traveling light. In fact, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief. He was surprised, however, at the cold. It certainly was cold, he concluded, as he rubbed his numbed nose and cheek-bones with his 1 Pall- a gloomy feeling 2 Yukon- the territory in northwest Canada between Alaska and British Columbia. mittened hand. He was a warm-whiskered man, but the hair on his face did not protect the high cheek-bones and the eager nose that thrust itself aggressively into the frosty air. At the man’s heels trotted a dog, a big native husky, the proper wolf-dog, gray-coated and without any visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf. The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold. It knew that it was no time for traveling. Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man’s judgment. In reality, it was not merely colder than fifty below zero; it was colder than sixty below, than seventy below. It was seventy-five below zero. Since the freezing-point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that one hundred and seven degrees of frost obtained. The dog did not know anything about thermometers. Possibly in its brain there was no sharp consciousness of a condition of very cold such as was in the man’s brain. But the brute had its instinct. It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man’s heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted3 movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire. The dog had learned fire, and it wanted fire. 1. (L.F.2.3.3) What evidence below BEST proves that this 4. (L.F.2.3.2) Which sentence BEST describes the excerpt belongs to the EXPOSITION of the short relationship of the setting to the main character in the story? passage? a. “Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, a. The setting has no effect on the main character. when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and b. The setting is the dog’s native habitat. climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and c. The setting is unfamiliar to the main character. little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce d. The setting is familiar to the main character. timberland.” b. “The dog had learned fire, and it wanted fire.” 5. (L.F.1.1.3) Read the sentence from the passage. c. “He smiled agreeably to himself as he thought of those “He was a warm-whiskered man, but the hair on his face did biscuits, each cut open and sopped in bacon grease, and not protect the high cheek-bones and the eager nose each enclosing a generous slice of fried bacon.” that thrust itself aggressively into the frosty air.” d. “He would be in to camp by six o’clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys would be there, a fire would be How does the author’s use of personification help to going, and a hot supper would be ready.” communicate an idea? a. It shows that the man is completely covered and safe from 2.) (LF.2.3.4) Which sentence best states the theme of the the freezing temperatures. passage? b. It suggests the man’s annoyance with the whiskers on his a. Nature is forgiving and beautiful. face. b. Nature is like a dog that needs care. c. It shows that the man’s face is exposed to the freezing c. Nature is powerful and relentless. temperatures. d. Nature is the reason people live in towns and cities. d. It shows the man’s satisfaction with his travelling companion. 3. (L.F.2.3.2) Which sentence BEST describes the relationship of the setting to the plot in the passage? 6. (L.F.1.2.3) Read the passage from the excerpt a. The setting makes it easy for the protagonist to solve a below: problem. b. The setting is an important element only at the beginning. He plunged in among the big spruce trees. c. The setting contributes little to the rising action. d. The setting is the main source of the conflict. What does the word plunged mean? a. rose b. thrust c. stumbled d. Crashed 7. (L.F.1.2.3) Read the passage from the excerpt below: 11. (LF.2.3.1) Read the passage from the excerpt: There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a He smiled agreeably to himself as he thought of those cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an biscuits, each cut open and sopped in bacon grease, and intangible pall 3over the face of things, a subtle gloom that each enclosing a generous slice of fried bacon. made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. What does the word agreeably mean? This fact did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of a. unsatisfyingly sun. It had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew b. satisfyingly that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due c. mutually south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately d. dreadfully from view. 8. (L.F.2.3.3) What event would MOST LIKELY Which excerpt from the excerpt BEST shows that the man indicate the climax of the short story “To Build a is not worried about the temperature? Fire?” a. “There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a a. The man begins a long and arduous journey in cloud in the sky.” dangerously cold temperatures. b. “a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due b. The man freezes to death due to poor planning and to the absence of sun.” dangerously cold temperatures. c. “ It had been days since he had seen the sun” c. The man’s frozen body is found by travelers and d. “This fact did not worry the man.” taken to town for a proper burial. d. A funeral is held for the man. 12. (L.F.2.3.1) In the last paragraph, how does the man’s dog feel about the journey? 9. Read the following sentence: “It was all pure white, a. happy rolling in gentle undulations where the ice-jams of the b. concerned freeze-up had formed.” What answer below best c. excited represents a synonym for the word, “undulations.” d. neutral a. Harshness b. Smoothness c. Curves d. Warmth 10. Read the following sentence: “As for lunch, he pressed his hand against the protruding bundle under his jacket.” What answer below best represents an antonym for the word, “protruding”. a. Invisible b. Bulging c. Striking d. Unmistakable 3 Pall- a gloomy feeling Directions: Read passage 2 and answer questions 13-18. excerpt #2 from Emma by: Jane Austin Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex4 her. She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father. Her mother had died too long ago for her to have more than an indistinct remembrance of her caresses; and her place had been supplied by an excellent woman as governess5, who had fallen a little short of a mother in affection. Sixteen years had Miss Taylor been in Mr. Woodhouse’s family, less as a governess than a friend, very fond of both daughters, but particularly of Emma. Between them it was more the intimacy of sisters. They had been living together as friend and friend very mutually attached, and Emma doing just what she liked; highly esteeming Miss Taylor’s judgment, but directed chiefly by her own. The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy6 to her many enjoyments. The danger, however, was at present so unperceived, that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her. Sorrow came—a gentle sorrow—but not at all in the shape of any disagreeable consciousness. Miss Taylor married. It was Miss Taylor’s loss which first brought grief. It was on the wedding day of this beloved friend that Emma first sat in mournful thought of any continuance. The wedding over, and the people gone, her father and herself were left to dine together, with no prospect of a third to cheer a long evening. Her father composed himself to sleep after dinner, as usual, and she had then only to sit and think of what she had lost. The event had every promise of happiness for her friend. Mr. Weston was a man of unexceptionable character, easy fortune, suitable age, and pleasant manners; and there was some satisfaction in considering with what self-denying, generous friendship she had always wished and promoted the match; but it was a black morning’s work for her. The want of Miss Taylor would be felt every hour of every day. She recalled her past kindness—the kindness, the affection of sixteen years—how she had taught and how she had played with her from five years old—how she had devoted all her powers to attach and amuse her in health—and how nursed her through the various illnesses of childhood. A large debt of gratitude was owing here; but the last seven years, the equal footing and perfect unreserve which had soon followed Isabella’s7 marriage, on their being left to each other, was yet a dearer, tenderer recollection. 4 Vex- annoy 5 Governess- a woman who supervises children in a household 6 Alloy- something added that decreases value 7 Isabella- Emma’s sister 13. (L.F.2.3.3) Which event marks the climax of the 17. (L.F.1.1.3) Read the excerpt below. passage? a. Isabella’s marriage “The event had every promise of happiness for her friend. Mr. b. Miss Taylor’s marriage Weston was a man of unexceptionable character, easy c. Isabella’s move to London fortune, suitable age, and pleasant manners; and there d. Miss Taylor’s arrival at Hartfield was some satisfaction in considering with what self-denying, generous friendship she had always wished 14. (L.F.1.1.3) What effect does the author’s description and promoted the match; but it was a black morning’s have in the first paragraph of the passage? work for her.” a. It establishes the physical setting. b. It introduces the conflict. What effect does the author’s use of metaphor, “but it was c. It hints at the main theme. a black morning’s work for her,” have on the reader’s d. It establishes the main character. perception of Emma? 15. (L.F.1.2.3) Read the passage from the excerpt below: Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a a. Emma had every reason to be happy at Miss Taylor’s comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to wedding, but her selfishness made the wedding unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had unpleasant for her. lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little b. Emma had no reason to be happy at the wedding to distress or vex8 her. because Mr. Weston was an unsuitable husband for Miss Taylor. What does the word disposition as it’s used above? c. Emma was upset by the awful wedding during the a. aversiveness morning wedding. b. reasoning d. Emma missed her friend Miss Taylor, but was also happy c. attitude for her. d. hair color 18. Which theme is conveyed through the protagonist of 16. (LF.2.3.1) Read the passage from the excerpt below: the passage? A. It is difficult to be a young woman that is married. The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the B. It is difficult to feel differently from those around us. power of having rather too much her own way, and a C. People often doubt themselves when facing a great disposition to think a little too well of herself; these challenge. were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her D. It is sometimes difficult to feel happy for the people we love. many enjoyments. Which word BELOW BEST describes Emma according to the passage above? a. evil b. powerful c. cocky d. well-dressed 8