Mr. Fornnarino's English 2, Practice Quiz 4 for ELL Students

Directions: For questions 1-10, choose the correct definition for each vocabulary word.

callous
1. unsympathetic or uncaring
2. hate
dissemble
1. to secure or to make safe
2. to mask or to hide
aversion
1. hate
2. to mask or to hide
practicality
1. necessity
2. wreckage (parts of something broken)
remonstration
1. showiness
2. complaining
transfix
1. to hold
2. sick
dyspeptic
1. sick
2. wreckage (parts of something broken)
flotsam
1. sick
2. necessity
3. wreckage (parts of something broken)
melancholy
1. showiness
2. sad
ostentation
1. showiness
2. frozen
Look at the example sentence below.
Irene a homebody rarely left the house in fact she didn’t even go out to buy wool.

In the example sentence, which of the following words should be followed by a semicolon?
1. homebody
2. house
3. fact
4. out
In Life of Pi, who has the worst sea sickness?
1. Richard Parker
2. Pi
3. Orange Juice
What literary device is exemplified by the words “TREEEE” (p.97), “HUMPF” (p.98), and “yip” (p.114)?
1. onomatopoeia
2. alliteration
Why does Pi believe that his brother, Ravi, was right about Pi being “the next goat” (p. 99)? (Why does Pi think he soon might die?)
1. He gets up and goes outside during the storm.
2. He helps Richard Parker get into the lifeboat.
What dilemma (problem) causes Pi to spend hours hanging off the lifeboat by an oar? (What problem with two choices makes Pi spend hours hanging off the lifeboat?)
1. sharks in the water; a tiger in the boat
2. family on the ship; safety on the boat
What does Pi mean by, “…a hyena’s catholicity of taste is so indiscriminate…” (p. 123)? (The word "catholicity" means "to have a wide or big range." "Indiscriminate" means "not caring."
1. Hyenas will eat anything.
2. Hyenas have good taste in the finer things.
At the end of Ch. 46, which animal (does it appear) will die first, and how will it die?
1. Orange Juice; sickness
2. Richard Parker; drowning
3. hyena; starvation
4. zebra; eaten by hyena
Which sentence is written correctly?
1. Yes, Mary, their going to welcome whoever wants to join, whether Democrat or Republican; it’s that simple.
2. Yes, Mary, they’re going to welcome whoever wants to join, whether Democrat or Republican; it’s that simple.
How does Orange Juice get from the sinking Tsimtsum to Pi’s life boat, and what does this prove?
1. Orange Juice floats from the Tsimtsum to the lifeboat on a bunch of bananas, proving that bananas do indeed float.
2. Orange Juice swims from the Tsimtsum to the lifeboat, proving that orangutans can swim.
Pi narrates, “When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival” (Ch. 45, p.120).

(Pi is saying that when people think they are going to die, they do not think about others. They think only about saving their own lives.)

What does Pi think he should have done differently? Is he correct? Would you have acted the same way as Pi did?
1. Pi thinks he should not have helped Richard Parker get on the lifeboat. Pi is sad because he thinks he should have protected the other animals by letting Richard Parker die. I think Pi should not be sad about not helping Richard Parker because, in helping the strongest animal, he could have saved his own life. I understand Pi's sadness because people should care about other living things. It makes sense that Pi feels bad that he is so helpless in this particular situation. For the first time, Pi understands the laws of the animal kingdom, which are very different than the laws of human society. As a human being, I would react the same way as Pi did to the unfamiliar situation, and that I would feel the same amount of sadness. Surely, Pi’s reaction to this situation and his feelings about it are are normal.
2. Pi thinks he should have protected the zebra by killing the hyena. I think Pi should not be sad about not helping the zebra because, in trying to kill the hyena, he could have lost his own life. I understand Pi's sadness because people should care about other living things. It makes sense that Pi feels bad that he is so helpless in this particular situation. For the first time, Pi understands the laws of the animal kingdom, which are very different than the laws of human society. As a human being, I would react the same way as Pi did to the unfamiliar situation, and that I would feel the same amount of sadness. Surely, Pi’s reaction to this situation and his feelings about it are are normal.