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ENG102 English Composition II

Topic 2 Quiz 2.1

Read each of the following passages, and then choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

Short Story:        Use Your Head

Sally’s mother asked her to walk to the local shop and buy milk for her baby sister. “Take this money,” her mother said, handing Sally five dollars. “Be careful that you do not go into the road. No matter what, do not leave the sidewalk.“

“Okay!” Sally responded happily, glad to be able to help.

Running down the sidewalk grasping the money, Sally saw a shadowy elephant figure laid out across the narrow pathway ahead of her. A large oak tree branch had fallen and blocked the entire sidewalk. It was much too big for a small girl like Sally to move, and she remembered that she could not go into the street under any circumstances, so walking around it was out of the question. Going over the branch would be impossible, too, for it was too unsteady. Sally thought of her little sister who needed milk. She felt like crying.

Instead of crying, Sally started thinking. She walked bravely up to the large limb and broke a small branch off. Then, she had an idea.  The young girl broke another branch and tossed it away. She broke branch after branch off. After 10 minutes, Sally had broken that large tree limb into numerous small pieces, all easily manageable for a young, smart girl like herself. Soon, Sally had cleared the entire tree limb off the sidewalk and proceeded on her way.

When Sally returned home with the milk for her sister, her mother asked her what had taken her so long. Sally explained how a limb had fallen and blocked the sidewalk. “How did you ever get it out of the way, Sally? Did someone come along and help you?”

“No,” Sally responded. “I helped myself.”

“How could you have moved that large tree limb all by yourself, Sally?” her mother wondered.

“I moved it,” Sally answered, “by using my mind.” Then, she explained to her mother what had happened.

Relieved that Sally was not hurt, and proud of her initiative, the mother poured a tall glass of milk, placed two fresh chocolate chip cookies on a plate, and handed them to Sally. They looked at each other and smiled big, knowing grins.

Poem:

Ode to My Beagle

My beagle is a golden ring

That shows pure love

He is a song that I sing

And heard above.

By day my beagle loves to play

Like a dandelion in the wind

Rolling, lolling in the hay,

Oh he makes me laugh and grin!

When the daily egg-yolk sun

Slips, slides, slithers slowly down

I whistle up my beagle one

And drive us quickly in to town.

Man and bud a film to see;

We stand with quite a crowd

But horror! A note from God bespeaks me:

NO DOGS ALLOWED!

The dark dooming clouds form

Above our tousled heads

A despondent dreary storm

Calls forth our lingering dread.

My thoughts cry, “What a nice place!”

My voice silenced, sad, I dare not speak

Until a slow smile sneaks across my face

As my beagle licks my tear-stained cheek.

We cruise and sing and yowl and bay

Heading to safety, heading to home.

Celebrating togetherness, a happy day,

My beagle, my friend, and me alone.

Man’s best friend

My Beagle is,

And I like to think

I am his.

Question 1What might be the moral of the poem?

a. That dogs are better than people

b. That dogs are like weather, ever changing

c. That sometimes it is better to appreciate what we have than to mourn what we cannot do

d. That often is better to feel upset and despondent over simple things than to find solutions.

Question 2In the story, the milk symbolizes  _____________.

a. Hardship

b. Goal in life

c. Difficulty

d. Restraint

Question 3Breaking the big branch down into smaller pieces could symbolize:

a. how Sally’s life is falling apart at home.

b. that Sally’s sister will die without milk.

c. tackling big problems one moment or piece at a time.

d. focusing only on the precious things in life

Question 4It doesn’t really matter that Sally is going to get milk. Any item that is needed by her sister and then given as a reward would work in place of milk without changing the moral of the story.

True

False

Question 5The story “Use Your Head” could be an allegory for:

a. The best way to approach problems or obstacles in life that impede our goals

b. How God tests us by purposefully obstructing our path and testing our intelligence

c. How little girls can be smart when it comes to finding trees in their way

d. The worst way to make use of your time while trying to achieve goals

Question 6In the following passage, what is “a note from God” an example of?

But horror! A note from God bespeaks me:

NO DOGS ALLOWED!

a. Figurative Language

b. Literal Language

c. Imagery

d. Paradox

Question 7The following sentence is an example of __________.

My beagle is a golden ring.

a. Simile

b. Metaphor

c. Irony

d. Fable

Question 8Similes and metaphors both make comparisons.

True

False

Question 9Calling the shape in the road an “elephant” helps the reader...

a. understand the moral of the story

b. appreciate elephants and their relationship to trees

c. understand just how big the branch is compared to Sally

d. appreciate Sally’s unique goals

Question 10The phrase “Man’s best friend” is an example of

a. Literal speech

b. irony

c. Figurative speech

d. Paradox