Grade 9 ENGLISH

PRE TEST
NAME:________________________________________ DATE:
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YEAR & SECTION:_______________________________ TEACHER:
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PART I: READING AND LITERATURE
Read the poem very carefully. Copy the letter of the word or group of
words that best completes each numbered item.
SONG OF THE SKY LOOM
By TEWA group of Pueblo American Indian
1
the Sky

Oh our Mother the Earth, Oh our Father

Your children are we, and with tired backs
We bring you gifts that you love.

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Then weave for us garments of
brightness,
May the warp be the white light of
morning,
May the weft be the red light of evening
May the border be the standing rainbows.
8
Then weave for us garments of
brightness
That we may walk fittingly where birds
sing,
That we may walk fittingly where grass is
green,
Oh our Mother the Earth, Oh our Father
the Sky!
1. The pronoun we in the song refers to the ________________.
A. birds
B. garments
C. rainbows
D. singers
2. The word in the song that refers to threads that run lengthwise in the
woven fabric is the
___________________.
A. border
B. warp
C. weave
D. weft
3. The word in the song that refers to threads that are interlaced at the right
angle through the
warp thread in the woven fabric is the __________________.
A. border

B. garments

C. warp

D. weft

4. In the song, the antonym of the word withdraw or move away is

___________________.
A. bring
B. loom
C. love
D. weave
5. The opposite of the word evening that is used in the poem is
__________________.
A. brightness B. border
C.morning
D. standing
6. A synonym for the word fittingly is __________________.
A. appropriately
B. briskly
C. carefully
D. suddenly

7. The childrens feelings for nature can be best described as

____________________.
A. fondness B. intimacy
C. kindness
D. sympathy
8. Line 2 appeals to the sense of _________________.
A. feeling
B. hearing
C. sight
D. smell
9. Lines 5 and 8 appeal primarily to the sense of _____________________.
A. feeling
B. hearing
C. sight
D. smell
10. Line 9 best appeals to the sense of ______________________.
A. feeling
B. hearing
C. sight
D. smell
11. The predominant sensory impression in the song is the sense of
____________________.
A. feeling
B. hearing
C. sight
D. smell
12. Line 4 is an example of ____________________.
A. hyperbole B. metaphor
C. personification D. simile
13. The figure of speech used in line 9 is __________________.
A. apostrophe
B. metaphor
C. personification D. simile
14. The last line of the song is an example of ____________________.
A. alliterationB. connotation
C. denotation
D.
interjection
15. The rhyming words in the poem are _________________.
A. backs-rainbows B. morning-evening
C. love-Sky
D. singgreen
16. The predominant poetic device used in the poem is __________________.
A. alliterationB. onomatopoeia C. repetition
D. symbolism
17. The different colors of the rainbow symbolize ___________________.
A. bravery
B.happiness
C. misfortune
D.
peace
18. The phrase white light of morning connotes __________________.
A.
freshness B. order
C. perfection
D. sadness
19. The connector used in line 2 is ________________.
A. and
B. children
C. with
D. your
20. Another sequence signal/ marker that is used in the poem is
__________________.
A. for
B. may
C. that
D. then
21. The examples of inverted order of words in the song can be found in lines
______________.
A. 2 and 3
B. 2 and 5
C. 3 and 4
D. 10 and 11
22. The Song of the Sky Loom tells us about the importance of
___________________.
A. intimacy to God
C. reverence to nature
B. intimacy to nature
D. reverence and intimacy to God
through nature
PART II: USING CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION MARKS
CORRECTLY
Read the mini-dialogue carefully. Choose from the following word pool
the most appropriate punctuation mark for each numbered blank. Then on
the spaces provided, rewrite two words from the dialogue that are written
incorrectly.
A. comma (,)
B. dash (-)
()
D. exclamation point (!) E. period (.)
()

C. ellipsis
F. quotation mark

Yes _23__ now somebody give me an example of a person_ 24_ you,

vick rush.
Teresa, Vick said automatically.
What if__25__never mind.
ben shouted, Bingo_26__ you really had a crush on her.
Ok, I had enough.__27__
Vick whispered, Quit shouting too much__28_Im tired of it.

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