<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>Quiz 3 - Reading Comprehension</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="fontstyle0"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">Pr. Aziz Qaissi</span></em></span></strong></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="fontstyle0"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;">---</span></em></span></strong></span></span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>Directions</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="fontstyle0"><strong>: </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span class="fontstyle2">Read the passage below carefully and actively. Answer the questions that follow.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffff99; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', monospace; background-color: #ffff99;">TEXT 3</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;"><strong>The Crossing</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;"><strong>Chapter I: The Blue Wall</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <span class="fontstyle0">(excerpt from the opening of a novel by Winston Churchill)</span> <br /></span><strong><img class="img-auto" style="min-width: 100px; max-width: undefinedpx;" src="//cdn.poll-maker.com/52-1826176/last.jpg" alt="last" width="737" height="994" /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', monospace; font-size: 18pt; background-color: #99ccff;"><strong><span class="fontstyle0">QUESTIONS</span></strong></span></span></span></span></div> | Take the Quiz

Why did the narrator enjoy it when his father drank too many “horns,” or drafts of liquor?

The father spoke brilliantly at those times.

The boy was then allowed to do as he pleased.

These were the only times when the father was not abusive.

The boy was allowed to sample the drink himself.

Judging by the sentences surrounding it, the word “surmise” in the third paragraph most nearly means

To form a negative opinion.

To praise.

To desire.

To guess.

The mention of the dress in the second paragraph is most likely meant to

Show the similarity between its owner and other members of the community.

Show how warm the climate was.

Show the dissimilarity between its owner and other members of the community.

Give us insight into the way most of the women of the region dressed.

It can be inferred from the passage that Alec Trimble is

A traveler.

A neighbor.

A poet.

What is the meaning of the lines of verse quoted in the passage?

“Virtuous and vicious every man must be,
Few in the extreme, but all in a degree.”

�Virtuous and vicious every man must be, Few in the extreme, but all in a degree.”

Moderate amounts of virtuousness and viciousness are present in all men.

Virtuous men cannot also be vicious.

Whether men are virtuous or vicious depends on the difficulty of their circumstances.

Which of the following adjectives best describes the region in which the cabin is located?

Remote

Urban

Agricultura

Flat

The author most likely uses dialect when quoting the question, “Whar Alec Trimble got his larnin’?” in order to

Show disapproval of the father’s drinking.

Show how people talked down to the narrator.

Show the speakers’ lack of education.

Mimic the way the father talked.

Quiz 3 - Reading Comprehension

Pr. Aziz Qaissi

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Directions: Read the passage below carefully and actively. Answer the questions that follow.

TEXT 3

The Crossing

Chapter I: The Blue Wall

(excerpt from the opening of a novel by Winston Churchill)

QUESTIONS