A Certain Slant of Light Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Laura Whitcomb
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Certain Slant of Light Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Laura Whitcomb
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James say about the woman's spirit?
(a) It has left her body.
(b) It's evil.
(c) It's still in her body.
(d) It's a kind spirit that is reaching out for help.

2. What are the two kinds of ghosts according to James?
(a) Old and new.
(b) Those who need to find their past and those who need to learn their future.
(c) Those who know they are dead and those who don't know.
(d) Gentle and scary.

3. How does Mr. Brown feel after he gets back from James' house?
(a) He is exhausted.
(b) He is proud of his student.
(c) He feels ill.
(d) He feels like he lost something.

4. The ghost remembers all the following regarding her past life except what?
(a) How she died.
(b) Her age.
(c) Her name.
(d) The fact that she is a woman.

5. How does James think Helen will feel when Helen gets a body?
(a) Content.
(b) It will be odd, but she will get used to it.
(c) He says she will love being in flesh again.
(d) It's frightening at first but gets better.

6. What flash memory does Helen have as she sees a girl hiding a book?
(a) She is eating an apple.
(b) She is holding a child.
(c) She is writing.
(d) She is taking a small blue book out of brown paper.

7. How long have the brothers been doing their ritual?
(a) Four years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) Three months.

8. What does Helen memorize?
(a) The look on Mr. Brown's face.
(b) The look on James' face.
(c) James' address.
(d) The poem Mr. Brown read.

9. What embarrasses Helen and James?
(a) The amount of food eaten.
(b) Their unfamiliarity with modern culture.
(c) Lewd images in the book.
(d) The movie scenes.

10. How do Helen and James communicate in class?
(a) They write notes.
(b) They don't.
(c) They use sign language.
(d) They whisper.

11. What won't Mitch tolerate from James?
(a) Sassing.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Excuses.
(d) Problems.

12. What does Mr. Brown read to the class?
(a) Part of his own novel.
(b) The homework James wrote.
(c) A news article about ghosts.
(d) A poem Helen wrote.

13. What does Helen do that impresses James?
(a) She calms a mean soul.
(b) She can heal others.
(c) She can write beautiful poems.
(d) She passes through objects easily.

14. Why is Helen good at passing through objects?
(a) She doesn't even see the objects.
(b) She has practiced for years.
(c) Another spirit taught her how.
(d) She isn't. She can't do it.

15. What does James propose that Helen consider?
(a) Showing herself to the humans.
(b) Finding another host.
(c) Going back to her grave.
(d) Taking over someone else's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Helen and James go to work together?

2. Who joins Mitch and James for the monthly ritual?

3. Who does Helen see on the street corner as she feels herself pulled back to the grave?

4. Where do James and Helen go to find a body?

5. What signifies a soul leaving?

(see the answer keys)

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