What is the Aztec symbol for family?

What is a public symbol?

• A) A symbol that relates to a particular country or region B) A commonly accepted symbol C) A symbol used to represent organizations or institutions D) A symbol that stands for people 2. To interpret an ongoing storm in a story as a symbol of despair, a reader must A) make an association between elements of the story. B) examine the story’s conflict. C) identify the author’s purpose for writing. D) understand the characters’ backgrounds. 3. Which of the following statements about symbols is false? A) Symbols may appear several times in a work. B) Symbols are often visual. C) Symbols can have more than one meaning. D) All literary works contain symbols. 4. In “The Rat Trap,” what does the rat trap symbolize? A) Poverty B) The world C) Deceit D) The forest 5. In addition to overcoming the dangers of the water, Jerry, from “Through the Tunnel,” has to contend with A) his mother’s reluctance. B) his own rigorous training. C) taunts from the other boys. D) weather problems. 6. Which statement best expresses the theme of “Through the Tunnel”? A) Friendship is life’s great prize. B) A mother’s love conquers all. C) Proving one’s worth is never easy. D) Never judge a book by its cover. 7. A reader finds the symbolic meaning in a story by A) outlining the events in the story’s plot. B) interpreting and making connections among all of the story’s symbols. C) discovering the reasons a character acts the way he or she does. D) determining who the narrator is and how he or she is connected to the story’s characters. 8. Of the following details from “Through the Tunnel,” the most important symbol in the story is the A) pair of goggles. B) umbrella. C) tunnel. D) villa. 9. The wild bay is a symbol for A) Jerry’s entrance into a new phase in his life. B) the ways in which Jerry’s mother coddles him. C) life in a foreign country. D) vacations and other exciting adventures. 10. Which of the following descriptions from the story helps to create a mood of danger? A) “There she was, a speck of yellow under an umbrella that looked like a slice of orange peel” (478). B) “Soon the biggest of the boys poised himself, shot down into the water, and did not come up” (479). C) “It was as if he had eyes of a different kind—fish eyes that showed everything clear and delicate and wavering in the bright water” (480). D) “[R]ocks lay like discolored monsters under the surface…” (478).

• Answer:

  1.B 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.D