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AXOLOTI
ENGLISH FINAL
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English
10th Grade
05/10/2011

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Term
Axolotl is mostly about a person who:
(a) enjoys learning about different animal species
(b) studies salamanders
(c) believes that all living creatures have equal significance
(d) tries to understand what is beyond human understanding
Definition
tries to understand what is beyond human understanding
Term
At the beginning of the story, the narrator has gone to the zoo to:
(a)visit the lions and the panthers
(b) see his friend, the guard
(c)watch the Axolotls
(d) observe the peacock spread it's tail
Definition
visit the lions and the panthers
Term
The narrator learns that the axolotls are:
(a) extinct fish
(b) Mexican salamanders
(c) Spanish
(d) mammals
Definition
Mexican salamanders
Term
The golden eyes of the axolotls suggested to the narrator:
(a) the peace of an aquatic life
(b) a different way of seeing
(c) the kindness of the animal world
(d) the golden wisdom of the ages
Definition
a different way of seeing
Term
The story takes place at a zoo in:
(a) Mexico
(b) Africa
(c) Spain
(d) Paris
Definition
Paris
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Which statement is NOT true about Axolotis?
(a) Axolotls are amphibians
(b) Axolotls breathe with lungs
(c) Axolotls aer in the larval stage
(d) Axolotls have tails.
Definition
Axolotls breathe with lungs
Term
Which word bed describes the narrator of "Axolotl"
(a) obsessed
(b) compassionate
(c) stupid
(d) foolish
Definition
obsessed
Term
The absolute lack of similarity between axolotls and humans proved to the narrator that:
(a) something mysterious and supernatural was going on.
(b) few other people could appreciate the axolotls the way he did.
(c) axolotls were superior to monkeys
(d) his insights about the axolotls were true
Definition
his insights about the axolotls wer true
Term
Near the end of teh story, the narrator says "only one thing was strange, to go on thinking as usual, to know" This was strange to him because:
(a) he was no longer interested in panthers and lions
(b) he realized that other people didn't appreciate axoltols
(c) he was now an axolotl
(d) his old way of thinking was too unsophisticated.
Definition
he was now an axolotl
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