Formative Assessment (Practice Quiz)        /14        Name____________ Blk. _____

Text: Tigers of the Snow

Short Story:  “The Firing Squad” by Colin McDougall  (p. 69).

Comprehension: Circle the LETTER of the BEST response for each question

1. Private ____ is sentenced to death in this story.

a) Adam        b) Konzuk        c) Jones       d) Vincent

2. The setting of the story is located in ____.

a) Volpone         b) London        c) Zurich        d) Paris

3. Which is NOT true? Captain John Adam  had been ____.

a) AWL        b) selected to command the firing squad     c) an excellent commander in the field        

d) given an adverse report

4. Which is NOT true? Sargeant Konzuk was ____.

a) from Winnipeg         b) pleased by Adam’s offer        c) a father        d) married

Vocabulary: Considering each word’s context in this story, match the LETTER to the BEST definition.

a) Salient (p. 69)                     ______ 1.   immovably

b) Conveyed (p. 73)                ______ 2.   most important

c) Implacably (p. 80)                ______ 3.   postponement

d) Reprieve (p. 86)                 ______ 4.   transmitted

Literary Analysis: Circle the LETTER of the BEST response for each question

1. (p.80) “The pitiless truth now leaped out at him.” is an example of ____.

a) personification         b) simile        c) metaphor        d) foreshadowing

2. (p. 83) “he would have done anything for him - he who was his executioner” is an example of ____.

a) allusion                b) metaphor        c) irony        d) simile

3. (p. 86) “...the call came clear and sweet” is an example of ____.

a) irony        b) simile        c) alliteration                d) personification

4(p. 76) “ ...the news has raced to every Canadian in Italy” is an example of ____.

a) personification        b) allusion        c) simile        d) metaphor

Inference:

1. (p. 76) “...this was the inevitable consequence for his lost manhood.”

Circle the LETTER of the inference that is MOST logical.

a) Adam is getting younger.

b) Adam is being rewarded.

c) Adam is being used.

d) Adam is inspired by Hatfield’s confidence in him.

2. (p. 86) “... but Adam’s the one for sentencing now.”

Circle the LETTER of the inference that is LEAST logical.

a) Ramsay feels fear and admiration

b) Ramsay understands the outcome of Adam’s action

c) Ramsay believes that Adam committed the murder

d) Ramsay understands that Adam’s in trouble