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Summative Test in English 9
QUARTER 3 - Week 1 & 2
Directions: Identify whether the following statement shows bias or prejudice. Shade the letter of the correct answer.
A. Bias B. Prejudice
1. That man has an indifferent attitude because he came from a
poor family.
2. It is difficult to be with Peter because he is affiliated in that
religion.
3. I always wanted to be with Gemma because she is good and
talented.
4. Living in the province is hard.
5.The president came from Davao the reason why he imposes a
strong personality.
6. Boys are more intelligent than girls.
7. The company hires only women because they are more
competent than men.
8.The
people voted for a certain candidate because of his affiliation
to a superstar.
9. Black Americans are slaves in their country.
10. Indigent people will only cause trouble in the city.
Directions: Determine the mood best described in the following paragraphs as hinted by the italicized words/lines.
11. She found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof. There were doors
all ’round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying
every door, she walked down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again. (from Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
A. excited B. funny C. mysterious D. ridiculous
12. The front door, which had neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and stained. Passersby snuck into the recess and
struck matches on the panels. Children kept shop upon the steps. More than one schoolboy had scratched his initials on
the moldings. For close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their
damages. (From The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A. welcoming and appealing C. gloomy and decaying
B. protective and guarded D. calm and restful
13. Saturday morning has come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh and brimming with life. There was a
song in every heart, and if the heart was young, the music issued at the lips. (From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by
Mark Twain)
A. doubtful B. graceful C. powerful D. cheerful
14. There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour
in the morning; but since dinner (Mr. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought
with it clouds so somber, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question. (From
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte)
A. disappointed B. satisfied C. agreeable D. questionable
15. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.
The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was carrying his wares. The notes of a distant
song, which someone was singing, reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. (From The
Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin)
A. pleasant B. serious C. cautious D. amusing
PERFORMANCE TASK
Directions:
1. Choose any type of prejudice or bias you think you can easily write about.
2. Use this type to write a short comics strip that exhibits prejudice or bias.
3. Do this on the space provided below.
Content – 15 points
Creativity – 15 points
