Remnant Christian Colleges-Palawan

Developmental Reading 1
Midterm Examination

Name: ____________________________________ Date: _________ Score: ______

I Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer before the number.

1. ____________ can take larger units at a time, taking in an increased and longer
unit of meaning.
a. poor reader b. average reader c. good reader
d. excellent reader

2. __________________ is also known as part-to-whole model.

a. Top-Down Approach b. Interactive Model c. Bottom-Up
Approach

3. ________ is the attitude of the writer towards the subject, while ________ is the
emotion that the reader feels while reading.
a. mood; tone b. tone; theme c. mood; theme d. tone;
mood

4. Identify the authors tone in the following passage:

Whether love is defined as the sweetest thing, whether it makes the world go
round, or whether as the song claims, its all you need, a popular belief is that love
is as important as breathable air. Even the high divorce rate has not interfered with
the belief that living alone is unnatural or that there is no happiness outside
commitment to one other person. A first mistake requires the search for the right
choice next time, and a newly single persons claim of being happy is met with
disbelief and offers of matchmaking. The myth is not only that there is someone for
everyone but that love and talk of love can substitute for every other human
a. happy b. nostalgic c. sentimental
attribute. Janaro and Altshuler, The Art of Being Human, 7th ed.
d. anger

5. This kind of reading is also called reading between the lines.

a. interpretive b. creative c. inferential d. literal

6. ________ is the process of locating a particular fact or figure in a selection.

a. Skimming b. Scanning c. Reading d.
Researching

7. ________________ attempts to combine the two known reading models.

a. Interactive Model c. Top-Down Approach
b. Bottom-Up Approach d. none of the above

8. Identify the authors tone in the following passage:

Gregory is my beautiful gray Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace,
performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the
delicacy of a ballet dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his appearance,
for he spends most of his time indoors watching television and growing fat. He
enjoys TV commercials, especially those for Meow Mix and 9 lives. His familiarity
with cat food commercials has led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor
of only the most expensive brands. Gregory is as finicky about visitors as he is
about what he eats, befriending some and repelling others. He may snuggle up
against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and stain your
favorite trousers. Gregory does not do this to establish his territory, as many cat
experts think, but to humiliate me because he is jealous of my friends. After my
guests have fled, I look at the old fleabag snoozing and smiling to himself in front of
a. endearment b. tone c. happy d. bliss

9. The following characterization techniques used in telling a story except;

a. physical description c. characters thoughts
 b. actions and words d. reactions of other characters

10.This kind of reader takes in meaning word for word.

a. poor reader b. average reader c. good reader d.
excellent reader

11.The following are features of Top-Down Approach except;

a. It allows readers to decode a text even without understanding the
meaning of each word.
b. It emphasizes the ability to decode or put into sound what is seen in a
text.
c. It engages readers in meaningful activities instead of concentrating on the
enhancement of word-attack skills.
d. It identifies the amount and kind of information derived from reading as
an important element.
12.___________________ goes beyond its usual meaning, and is not to be taken
literally.
a. figurative language b. tone c. mood d.
poetic language

13._________ is an exaggeration of statement.

a. Understatement b. Hyperbole c. Onomatopoeia d.
Simile

14.In this level, reading goes beyond the direct and explicit statement; also
called interpretive reading.
a. literal b. creative c. inferential d.
developmental

15.An average reader covers ______ W.P.M.

a. 250 b. 500-600 c. 900 d.
1000

16.The following are features of Bottom-Up Approach except;

a. It is a reading model that emphasizes the written or printed text;
b. It stipulates that the meaning of any text must be decoded by reader.
c. It is based on the phoneme or smallest meaningful unit of sound.
d. It emphasizes readers bringing meaning to text based on their
experiential background.

17._________ is the arrangement of events in the story.

a. Theme b. Plot c. Author d.
Setting

18.__________ is the final outcome or unraveling of events in the story.

a. Introduction b. Denouement c. Plot d. Theme

19.This is knowing what is actually stated; involves surface understanding only.

a. inferential b. literal c. applied d.
creative

20.Hansel has read 1500 words in 5 minutes and 48 seconds. What is her WPM?
a. 301 b. 255 c. 259 d.
258

21.What kind of reader is Hansel?

a. phenomenal b. very good c. average d. none
of the above

22.The following are turn-about signals, except;

 a. yet b. although c. in spite of d.
moreover

23.This refers to the highest point of interest in a story.

a. introduction b. climax c. falling action d.
denouement

24.It is the feeling created at the beginning of the story.

a. place b. time c. mood/atmosphere d.
social conditions

25.The following are conditions or factors that affect reading skills except;
a. physical b. psychological c. physiological d.
environment

26.In this level, the reader sees new ideas or insights from what he reads.
a. critical b. inferential c. literal d.
creative

27._________________ is also known as inside-out model, concept-driven and

whole-to-part.
a. Top-Down Approach c. Interactive Model
b. Bottom-Down Approach d. none of the above

28.The following are good ahead signals, except;

a. but b. also c. likewise d.
furthermore

29.These are words or phrases that conjure up vivid pictures in your mind.
a. figurative language b. theme c. poetic language d. plot

30.Identify the authors tone in the following passage:

Once in a long while, four times so far for me, my mother brings out the metal
tube that holds her medical diploma. On the tube are gold circles crossed with
seven red lines each joy ideographs in abstract. There are also little flowers that
look like gears for a gold machine. According to the scraps of labels with Chinese
and American addresses, stamps, and postmarks, the family airmailed the can from
Hong Kong in 1950. It got crushed in the middle, and whoever tried to peel the
labels off stopped because the red and gold paint come off too, leaving silver
scratches that rust. Somebody tried to pry the end off before discovering that the
tube falls apart. When I open it, the
a. sadness b.smell of China flies out, a thousand-year-old
happiness c. pride bat d.
flying heavy-headed out of the Chinese caverns where bats are as white dust, a
nostalgia

Test II True or False. Write True if the statement is correct, and False if
otherwise.
31.Metacognition states that as we read, we are influenced by the knowledge
previously stored in our memory.
32.In reading, we should also observe signposts for better comprehension.
33.One tip for speed reading is to take a preview of a book or article you plan to
read.
34.Scanning is rapidly grasping information on an entire selection.
35.In Bottom-Up Approach, the hierarchical organization of the written text is
important in reading.
36.Literal level is the first level of comprehension where the reader reads the
lines of the textual message.
37.SQ3R means Survey, Question Read, Rewrite, Review.
 38.In reading, we apply lexical, syntactic, and semantic rules to the phonemic
output.
39.In the Interactive Reading Model, reading is understood at once as both a
perceptual and cognitive process.
40.A man who doesnt care to read actually undergoes intellectual fasting.

Test III Identification.

A. Identify the figure of speech present in the following lines. Write
your answer before the number.
41.What did we say to each other/ That we are as the deer
42.Im a riddle in nine syllables/ An elephant, a ponderous house/ A melon
strolling on two tendrils
43.The wind stood up and gave a shout/ He whistled on his fingers
44.Because I could not stop for Death/ He kindly stopped for me
45.The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance

B. Write five poetic language present in the passage.

Hers

The first time you called her pretty, it didnt occur to me to worry. My nails
are always chipped and my clothes are always black and the scent of
cigarettes buried in my hair wafts into every empty space, filling in all the
cracks, but you one told me that pretty isnt about lace dresses and clean hair
and the smell of lilies on my wrists, and I took that to heart, the way I do your
every word. It didnt occur to me that maybe you wouldnt always mean it,
that just because someone says something on a summer day doesnt mean
theyll still feel it when the ground is brown and wet and the leaves cant hold
on to the drops that side right past them. There is a nook between your jaw
and your shoulder that should be saved for my chin, my cheekbone, for
moments when I need to rest against something true, but these days it smells
like lilies, a perfume-laced threat in my nostrils. We sit in silence more often
now, trying not to drum our fingers on scratched tabletops, or tap our feet out
of sync. You hand in mine feels limp, different, strange. This morning I thought
about buying a white dress, holding it up against my skin. I tried saying
pretty out loud to my reflection, but my tongue felt like it wasnt my own.

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