The Game Post Test

1.

1 point

Read the sentence below:
“But don’t you think you might have become bored after a few years of listening to the same complaints, finding the same neuroses, year after year back on Earth?”
In this sentence, the word neuroses means

whiney people

neurological disabilities

emotional disorders

physical problems

2.

1 point

Which character makes the BEST insightful connections?

Karen

Benta

Trent

Rich

3.

1 point

An example of a simile in the story is...

A whole world, new and unspoiled, like a land-scape directly after a snowfall..

There was native copper and iron from the meteor crater …

... the real criminal elements could be kept under control by the thought police.

Hundreds of acres of untouched land that’s all ours

4.

1 point

This excerpt is written from whose point of view?

Lisse’s

Karen’s

Benta’s

Trent’s

5.

1 point

Who has not quite accepted this new life?

Karen

Scylla

Benta

Rich

6.

1 point

Which sentence BEST captures the theme?

Innovation opens one to opportunities and possibilities

Lisse and her tribe are innovators.

Technology opens one to opportunities and possibilities.

Rich is the least technological.

7.

1 point

In this excerpt, the author BEST develops character traits through...

dialogue

setting

actions

description

8.

1 point

Which genre BEST reflects this excerpt?

science fiction

historical fiction

realistic fiction

memoir

9.

1 point

Read the sentence below:
The coconut, or robber, crab, native to the South Pacific, lives in a burrow rather than a shell.
In this sentence, the word burrow means

specific tree

cave or nest

hole or tunnel

tiny mole

10.

1 point

Which word best describes the Hermit Crab?

scavenger

exoskeleton

predator

anemone

11.

1 point

The primary organizational pattern of the first paragraph is...

description

enumeration.

fact and opinion

comparison and contrast.

12.

1 point

Which of the following BEST explains the author’s use of subheadings in “Hermit Crabs”?

to define new words

to add additional information

to highlight scientific words

to ask pertinent questions

13.

1 point

Anemones provide Hermit Crabs

camouflage

a food source

friendship.

a natural enemy.

14.

1 point

Which genre BEST reflects this excerpt?

informational article

technical writing

newspaper editorial

persuasive essay

15.

1 point

This article would MOST likely be read by a...

scientist.

professor.

oceanographer.

pet owner

16.

1 point

Read the sentence below
Land hermit crabs are picky about their shells. They seem to “shop” for the perfect shell.
Once they find one they like, they move in and simply enjoy it.

The author employs what literary device in this sentence?

personification

simile

metaphor

understatement

17.

1 point

What is/are an important assumption(s) of both selections?

Scrounging can be very important to survival.

Protecting one’s body is important to survival.

All humans and animals can use help from others.

All of the above

18.

1 point

What advice might the author of “Hermit Crabs” give to the characters in Invitation to the Game?

Fight back in adverse situations

Be picky about where you live.

The best way to succeed is to steal.

Seek creative solutions to problems.

19.

1 point

Both selections demonstrate the writers’

knowledge of human nature.

attention to facts.

knowledge of science

empathy for others

20.

1 point

In what way are both selections similar?

They are both about life on other planets.

They both deal with life in the present time.

They are both about crustaceans.

They both deal with solving problems to survive