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9 weeks exam
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21
Language - English
10th Grade
10/06/2009

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1. What is “The Starving Time”?
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when they first got to land and then all the members started to die
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2. Who is Squanto?
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indian who could speak english
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3. How did Bradford feel about Squanto?
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4. To whom does Anne Bradstreet address her 2nd poem?
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5. What is the main idea of Bradstreet’s 2nd poem?
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6. Why did Edwards want to frighten his congregation with his sermon?
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7. What is the central message of main idea of the sermon?
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not to send
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8. How does Edwards stress the powerlessness of mankind?
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9. Why does Edwards tell his congregation about all the people from the East and West who are getting saved and how awful it must be to see their joy while people in his congregation 9. Why does Edwards tell his congregation about all the people from the East and West who are getting saved and how awful it must be to see their joy while people in his congregation are still lost?
are still lost?
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10. What is the main characteristic of the Puritan style of writing?
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11. What did the Puritans believe should be the main purpose of writing?
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12. Why do we still read Puritan literature?
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13. Based on their literature, what do we know Puritans believed in?
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14. Whom does Bradford credit for the success of the colony (“Of Plymouth Plantation”)?
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15. What role did Samoset play in helping the colonists?
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16. What were the terms of the peace agreement between the Indians and the colonists?
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17. Define the parts of speech
a. noun
b. pronoun
c. verb
d. adjective
e. adverb
f. preposition
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18. Know the use of the apostrophe in forming possessives.
  Singular possessive : Dog


Plural possessive: Dog

 

Singular possessive : child
Plural possessive: child

Singular possessive : man
Plural possessive: man

Singular possessive : rose
Plural possessive: rose

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19. Know the proper way to form the plurals of nouns.
Woman-

Box-

Alumnus-

Punch-

Loaf-

Mother-in-law

Private eye
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20. Know the proper subject-verb agreement for special subjects.
The theory is/are untested.

Several of my friends is/are going to the dance.

In the pool was/were several floats.

Social studies is/are my weakest subject.

“The Weeping Willows” is/are my favorite short story.

Ten miles is/are a long distance to run.

Ketchup and mustard is/are condiments normally used with hamburgers and hotdogs.

Peaches and cream is/are a typical kind of homemade ice cream.
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21. Identify indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, nouns, verbs, auxiliary verbs, linking verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions in sentences.
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