Mr. Fornnarino's English 2, Practice Quiz 9 for
ELL Students
For Questions 1-10, please mark the letter of the correct definition of the given vocabulary word.
diurnal
active by day
relating to smell
subtly
unnoticeably
relating to smell
olfactory
unnoticeably
relating to smell
bereft
deprived
(to have had something taken away)
dirty
delude
to fool
bendable
precipitously
abruptly
(suddenly)
bendable
bedraggled
dirty
abruptly
(suddenly)
symbiotic
interdependent
dirty
indelibly
permanently
abruptly
(suddenly)
pliable
permanently
bendable
Which of the following sentences is written
correctly?
Turl got the wrong answer from his machine.
He could have shutted his machine off.
Which of the following sentences is written
incorrectly?
The mayor and aldermen flung Turl.
Friendship nearly costed him his life.
What—according to the manual—is the best judge of land, and how is Pi’s island
different from land?
the eyes; It’s green.
a foot; It’s flexible.
According to Pi, which fear can be trained out of humans?
startle reaction at noises
hunger
Why aren’t the meerkats on the island afraid of Pi and Richard Parker?
They have existed for generations without predators.
They are blind and cannot see them.
Why are the ponds on the island filled with fresh water and how does Pi prove this?
The salt evaporated (dried up), and Pi puts some water in the sun.
The algae takes the salt out of the water, and Pi tastes the water.
What does Pi find in the algae island’s “fruit” tree that makes him realize the true nature of the island?
blankets
teeth
Where do Pi and Richard Parker end their journey, and why does Pi weep
(cry)?
Mexico; He doesn’t give a proper goodbye to RP.
Hawaii; He wants to stay on the lifeboat.
Which sentence is written
correctly?
“They might have swum farther if they hadn’t drunk so much pool water,” claimed Coach Barnes.
“They might of swum farther if they hadn’t drunk so much pool water,” claimed Coach Barnes.
Where do Richard Parker and the meerkats choose to sleep every night, and what do these two choices have to do with one another?
Note:Carnivorous means eater of flesh or meat.
Richard Parker sleeps in the lifeboat and the meerkats sleep in the trees because there are other predators on the island.
Richard Parker sleeps in the lifeboat and the meerkats sleep in the trees because the algae island is a deadly carnivorous organism that feeds at night.
Before learning the truth about algae island, Pi
describes it as “Gandhian” (p. 270). How did the island at first seem like
the Indian leader named Gandhi? Later, when Pi knows the truth about the
island, he learns that the island is different from Gandhi. How is it
different and what does Pi decide to do? Note:Resist
means to fight against or to not do something.
The algae island that Pi discovers behaves like the Indian leader Gandhi because it “resists by not resisting” (p. 270).
The island lets waves pass through it without resistance. When Pi learns that the island is actually consumes
(eats) animals, Pi sees that the island is aggressive (the opposite of
non-resisting) and he decides he must leave immediately.
Pi describes the algae island as “Gandhian” because the island
is like a person. It makes fish want to visit and then eats them. It
protects meerkats like the Indian leader did. When Pi learns that the island
eats only fish, he decides to stay on the island as long as he can.