English II Mrs. Daniel Everyday Use SATP Practice 1.

. Read the following excerpt from the story: I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man. I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing. One winter, I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledgehammer and had the meat hung up to chill before nightfall. What can the reader infer about Mama from the excerpt above? a. She is ashamed of how she leads her life. b. She is a very violent woman with little regard for life. c. She is a woman who is used to hard work. d. She is a woman who is arrogant about her abilities.
Objective 2C, DOK 2.

2. Read the following excerpt from the story: How long ago was it that the other house burned? Ten, twelve years? Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggies arms sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dress falling off her in little black paper flakes. And Dee. I see her standing off under the sweet gum treea look of concentration on her face as she watched the last dingy gray board of the house fall in toward the red hot brick chimney. Why dont you do a dance around the ashes? Id wanted to ask her. Which of the following best explains the authors use of literary elements in this passage? a. The author uses personification to invoke a nostalgic tone. b. The author uses metaphor to show Dees love of their old home. c. The author uses idiom to show the pain and turmoil Maggie went through. d. The author uses flashback to reveal Dees aloof character and Maggies nervous personality.
Objective 1D, DOK 2

3. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the storys point-of view? a. The story uses third person omniscient narration to allow the reader to see what every character is thinking and feeling. b. The story uses third person limited narration to show Maggies deep embarrassment about her scars. c. The story uses first person point-of-view to express a tone of adulation. d. The story uses first person point-of-view to give a very realistic tone.
Objective 2E, DOK 2

4. Based on pages 70 71, what can the reader infer about the narrators relationship with her two daughters? a. The narrator feels a great deal of sympathy for Dee. b. The narrator is much closer to Maggie than Dee. c. The narrator envies Maggie and Dees success. d. The narrator is angry because of Dees homecoming.
Objective 2C, DOK 2

5. Read the following excerpt from the story: She washed us in a river of make believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didnt necessarily need to know. Which of the following best explains the authors use of figurative language? a. The author uses simile to show Dees cruelty towards her mother and sister. b. The author uses metaphor to show how overbearing Dees personality was. c. The author uses personification to explain how Dee embarrassed her family. d. The author uses oxymoron to demonstrate the contradiction between Dees education and her familys.
Objective 1B, DOK 2

6. She talked a blue streak is an example of __________. a. Idiom b. Personification c. Simile d. Oxymoron
Objective 1B, DOK 1

7. Which of the following is NOT an issue surrounding the quilts? a. Dee and Mama argue over the use of the quilts. b. Maggie plans to use the quilts for everyday use. c. Dee wants to make sure that Maggie is able to hold on to a bit of her culture. d. Dee believes she should own the quilts as her family is ignorant of their value.
Objective 2C, DOK 1

8. Read the following excerpt from the story: [You dont understand] your heritage, she said. And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her and said, You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie. Its really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live, youd never know it. What is ironic about the above passage? a. It is Dee who does not really understand her heritage. b. Dee really does not want Maggie to make anything of herself, so she is being verbally ironic. c. Because of her victory with the quilts, Maggie has made something of herself.

d. Both A and C
Objective 1B, DOK 2