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Reading Selection #12 "Enemies Meet"
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. What is the setting for this selection?
A) a quiet city street
B) the woods
C) a busy village
D) along a stream
  • 2. What was the reason that George was in the area?
A) George was the cook for the soldiers.
B) He was lost.
C) He was looking for the Union general to give a message about supplies.
D) He had been sent to scout the land before the next day's battle.
  • 3. What type of figurative language is being used in this example? "The log groaned under his weight."
A) alliteration
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) simile
  • 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) looking at a map
B) cleaning his rifle
C) staring in to space
D) making coffee
  • 6. What does the word "savor" mean?
A) bite
B) chew
C) enjoy
D) slowly
  • 7. What injury did Elijah have?
A) a broken ankle
B) a hurt wrist
C) a severe cut on his face
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) guns
D) meat
  • 9. If George and Elijah happened to meet on the battlefield, what would they probably have to do?
A) prepare another meal
B) share more stories
C) fight each other
D) look for more supplies
  • 10. What was Elijah sent to get?
A) food
B) spies
C) guns
D) logs
  • 11. What is the genre of this selection?
A) nonfiction
B) biography
C) fantasy
D) historical fiction
  • 12. In what time period does this story take place?
A) War of 1812
B) Civil War
C) Battle of Lexington and Concord
D) Revolutionary War
  • 13. What is the prefix in the word "unfinished"?
A) finish
B) un
C) fin
D) ed
  • 14. Which word in paragraph 9 was used to mean the same as "Yankee"?
A) Rebel
B) Federal
C) Confederacy
D) Johnnycake
  • 15. Why did the Confederate soldiers need to find logs?
A) to build a fire for cooking
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) for a signal fire
  • 16. What character trait could best be used to describe both individuals in this selection?
A) polite
B) angry
C) old
D) dreadful
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