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THIRD PERIODIC TEST IN GRADE 9

SY 2018-2019

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read each item carefully and follow the directions indicated. BLACKEN the
circle that corresponds to the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

I. READING COMPREHENSION
DIRECTIONS: Read the following paragraphs carefully. BLACKEN the circle that corresponds to the letter of the correct
answer. (4pts.)

Summer Rain
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/9_Summer_Rain_Free_Sample.pdf

The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and
long, hot days. All of winter, with its dreary gray days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach,
laying on the sand and soaking in the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.

As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered
through months of school and miserable weather for those scant ten weeks of freedom and balmy weather. Any day
that I could not spend at the beach or playing ball with my friends seemed like a punishment for something I didn’t
even do.

On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a
Dickensian orphan. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I
was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was technically at work. It was those days that I
would resign myself to whatever was on television or any books that I could find lying around. I’d crawl through the
day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.

As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer
is not as eagerly anticipated. Mostly, the days run together, bleeding into each other so that they no longer seem
like separate entities and instead feel like continuations of the same long day. Everything seems monotonous and
dull, and an ennui or listlessness kicks in. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend
the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter.

When summer comes, I complain about how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain
brings with it a cold front, which offers a reprieve—admittedly one that is all too short—from the torture of 100° and
humid days. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful—
and considerably cooler—weather tomorrow.

1. Throughout the first passage, the narrator uses language that is figurative and not literal. What dominant
figure of speech was used by the author in describing her anticipation for the summer season as a child?

A. Metaphor B. Oxymoron C. Personification D. Simile

2. The narrator explains her views of summer as an adult. She clearly made a contrast on how summer is for
children and adults. Which among the statements below BEST describes why summer is different for adults?

A. They better know how to occupy their downtime.

B. The weather is much warmer than it is for children.
C. They do not get a long time off from work for the season.
D. Rain brings with it cold temperatures for the following days.

3. The first two paragraphs of the passage make it clear that the narrator looked forward to summer as a
child, while the fourth paragraph states that all days seem “monotonous and dull”. Compared to how
she was as a child, how can you describe the narrator as an adult?

A. more realistic C. less excitable

B. more idealistic D. less calm

4. When summer comes, I complain about how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings
with it a cold front, which offers a reprieve—admittedly one that is all too short—from the torture of 100° and humid
days.

How was the word reprieve used in the sentence found at the final paragraph?

A. a permanent conclusion C. a higher level of pain

B. a short continuation D. a temporary break

The Telephone
by Edward Field

My happiness depends on an electric appliance

And I do not mind giving it so much credit
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Yes my telephone is my joy
It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends.

"The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself Lucky. © Black Sparrow Press, 1992.

5. “My happiness depends on an electric appliance.

And I do not mind giving it so much credit.”

The lines above are found at the first two lines of the poem. Using these lines, what is the predominant
feeling of the speaker that he wants to convey?
A.
V. WRITING

A. Sequencing of Events

DIRECTIONS: Arrange the following events according to their occurrence in the play of “Sorry, Wrong Number” by
Lucille Fletcher. BLACKEN the circle that corresponds to the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

A. She accidentally overheard a conversation between two men planning a murder.

B. One night, while she was waiting for her husband to return home, she picked up the phone and called his office.
C. Mrs. Stevenson is an invalid confined to her bed and her only lifeline was the telephone.
D. Desperate to prevent the crime, she began a series of calls--to the operator, to the police, and others.
E. Her conversation with Sgt. Duffy made her realize the description of the crime scene and victim.

B. Character Map
Directions: Still using the one act play, “Sorry, Wrong Number”, fill in the “Character Map” as Mrs. Stevenson as
the main character. Write her characteristics on the circles that surrounds the main character. Use another sheet if
needed.