Reading Selection #12 "Enemies Meet"
  • 1. What is the setting for this selection?
A) along a stream
B) a busy village
C) the woods
D) a quiet city street
  • 2. What was the reason that George was in the area?
A) George was the cook for the soldiers.
B) He had been sent to scout the land before the next day's battle.
C) He was looking for the Union general to give a message about supplies.
D) He was lost.
  • 3. What type of figurative language is being used in this example? "The log groaned under his weight."
A) alliteration
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) personification
  • 4. What did the two men have in common?
A) Both men were old and tired.
B) They were both soldiers.
C) They were each from South Carolina.
D) They both had the same name.
  • 5. What was George doing when Elijah saw him?
A) cleaning his rifle
B) looking at a map
C) staring in to space
D) making coffee
  • 6. What does the word "savor" mean?
A) chew
B) slowly
C) bite
D) enjoy
  • 7. What injury did Elijah have?
A) a hurt wrist
B) a severe cut on his face
C) a broken ankle
D) a bump on his head
  • 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the items mentioned that was scarce or in limited supply?
A) ammunition
B) coffee
C) meat
D) guns
  • 9. If George and Elijah happened to meet on the battlefield, what would they probably have to do?
A) prepare another meal
B) look for more supplies
C) share more stories
D) fight each other
  • 10. What was Elijah sent to get?
A) logs
B) guns
C) food
D) spies
  • 11. What is the genre of this selection?
A) nonfiction
B) fantasy
C) biography
D) historical fiction
  • 12. In what time period does this story take place?
A) Civil War
B) War of 1812
C) Battle of Lexington and Concord
D) Revolutionary War
  • 13. What is the prefix in the word "unfinished"?
A) un
B) fin
C) ed
D) finish
  • 14. Which word in paragraph 9 was used to mean the same as "Yankee"?
A) Confederacy
B) Federal
C) Rebel
D) Johnnycake
  • 15. Why did the Confederate soldiers need to find logs?
A) for a signal fire
B) to trick th enemy into believing they had more cannons
C) to build a log cabin for the officers to use as their headquarters
D) to build a fire for cooking
  • 16. What character trait could best be used to describe both individuals in this selection?
A) dreadful
B) polite
C) old
D) angry
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