Question

Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

In order to make sure the rocket could hit its target with reasonable accuracy, the panel called in a ______________ expert.
ballast
ballet
ballistics <---------------------------------------------------------------------
ballantine

2. The idea that Safia’s father must spend his pension to make his daughter presentable even though her future husband is extremely wealthy is an example of
foreshadowing.
situational irony. <--------------------------------------------------------------------
verbal irony.
setting.

3. Abboud’s pat on Safia’s cheeks can best be interpreted as
loving.
patronizing. <-----------------------------------------------------------------
abusive.
threatening.

4. What image from the story most conveys Safia’s feeling of being swept along in events she cannot control?
the water lilies
the boat <--------------------------------------------------------------------
Abboud's gestures
the lights along the river

5. Select the correct word in parentheses.

Mr. Williams is the teacher (who, whom) went to such great trouble to help the students.
who <----------------------------------------------------------------------------
whom

6. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

When my mother caught me out past my curfew, the look in her eyes _____________ a very bad punishment.
immolated
quelled
portended <-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
furrowed

7. Choose the proper word in parentheses in the following sentence.

Would Agnes like to swim at Holden Pond with Ellie and (I, me)?
I
me <------------------------------------------------------------------

8. Choose the proper word in parentheses in the following sentence.

What do you think about (him, his) being chosen as class president?
him <--------------------------------------------------------------------
his

9. In the following sentence, identify the pronoun which is used incorrectly and its replacement.

Us kids gathered the firewood, and then my mom built a fire.
Us; we
then; than
my; me
all correct <----------------------------------------------------

10. Choose the correct word that substitutes for the bold-faced word in the sentence.

The raging fire completely consumed the ancient barn.
portended
betokened
refuted
immolated <-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer 1

7. is I, not me. All the others appear to be correct.