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