8th Grade Comprehension Test: My Orange Lime Plant
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SUBJECT: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
COURSE: 8th GRADE
COMPREHENSION TEST OF SUPPLEMENTARY READING 'MY ORANGE LIME PLANT'
JOSÉ MAURO DE VASCONCELOS
Puntaje total: 56 Puntaje de aprobación: 34
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Date: _________________________
Develop reading habits.
The objectives of this evaluation are the following:
1. Understand the argument of the literary work 'My Sweet Orange Tree'.
2. Characterize the main and secondary characters of the story.
3. Relate the work to your own life experience.
4. Value literary reading as a way to approach other worlds and realities.
Instructions:
1. Read each question carefully, think, and then answer only what is requested.
2. Use clear handwriting, pay attention to your spelling and writing (answers with smudges or stains will not be accepted)
considered).
Write only with a ballpoint pen.
I. Multiple choice. Mark with an X the correct alternative. (20 points)
What does 'singing inward' mean?
to whisper.
b. Sing mentally.
c. Sing as if no one is listening.
d. Sing out loud.
e. Hiding to sing, a product of shame.
What peculiarity does Uncle Edmundo have?
I had a tree as a friend, just like Zezé.
b. He was patient, which is why he was able to teach Zezé to read.
He was a bit unhinged.
d. He lost his sight as a result of diabetes.
e. He taught new words and knowledge to Zezé.
What did Totoca think about Uncle Edmundo?
He was "half touched."
b. Totoca and Uncle Edmundo did not know each other.
c. That was excellent company for Zezé.
d. He was nothing more than a millionaire with nothing to do.
That discriminated against the other siblings of Zezé.
In don Pablo's family, each brother took care of a younger brother. Accordingly, it is correct.
to assert that:
a. Zezé takes care of Luis, and no one takes care of Zezé.
b. Totoca takes care of Luis, and the latter takes care of Zezé.
c. Totoca takes care of Zezé, and the latter takes care of Luis.
d. Luis takes care of Zezé, and the latter takes care of Totoca.
e. Totoca takes care of Zezé and Luis.
What was Zezé's dream for the future?
To be a poet. c. Ser médico. d. Estudiar en el extranjero. To be an entrepreneur.
6. What does the title of the book refer to?
It is the nickname of a friend of Totoca.
b. A term of endearment for calling Zezé.
c. An imaginary friend of Zezé.
d. To the tree that Portuga presented to Zezé.
e. To the work of Zezé's mother as a seasonal worker.
7. Which of the following facts is not part of history?
Two children visiting an imaginary zoo.
b. Zezé talking to a tree.
A child receiving help from a man he barely knows.
A small child receiving a cruel beating.
A baby being gifted to a family.
8. Why did Zezé admire Edmundo?
Because I used to give him pastries.
b. Because he was a wise man.
c. Because it gave him ideas for new pranks.
d. Due to their economic resources.
e. Because he managed to ensure that his family no longer mistreated him.
What did Zezé and his younger brother want to do at Christmas?
a. Go to receive toys at a distant place in the city.
b. Prepare a surprise dinner for the whole family.
c. Sell marbles to buy a gift for your father.
d. Launch homemade fireworks to surprise their neighbors.
e. Sleep as soon as possible, to forget his sad poverty.
10. What did Zezé do for his younger brother after the Christmas disappointment?
He took him to see the school.
He taught her to 'sing inwardly.'
He taught him how to polish shoes.
He left him as the owner of the family zoo.
He gifted her a wooden horse.
What did Zezé give to his father at Christmas time?
He polished his shoes.
a pack of cigarettes.
c. A bottle of liquor.
a pastry that he received on the street.
The money he gathered after working all day.
12. What genre does the literary work 'My Sweet Orange Tree' belong to?
a. Narrative. b. Lyrical. c. Dramatic. d. Romance novel. Existential.
13. What type of narrator predominates in the story?
Omniscient. b. Witness. c. Objective. d. Protagonist. e. Character.
14. Why did Zezé bring a flower to his teacher every day?
a. Because his mother entrusted it to him.
b. To avoid her reprimanding him during class.
c. In gratitude for the food she gave to the child.
d. Because I felt sorry for her and her empty vase on the table.
To imitate his peers, who did it daily.
15. How did Zezé and Portuga become friends?
a. Portuga invited Zezé to breakfast, as he saw him hungry.
b. Portuga helped Zezé to treat an injury.
c. Zezé made a nice joke to Portuga.
d. Both discovered that they had tree-friends.
e. Thanks to Gloria for introducing them.
16. What did the neighbors of the Zezé neighborhood think?
They said that Zezé was a little wise man.
They complained about his ignorance.
They claimed he was 'a bandit'.
They thought he was inattentive to orders.
e. They didn't know Zezé.
17. Which of the following is not a theme addressed by the work?
Child labor. b. Poverty.
c. Physical violence. d. Couple's love.
e. Child innocence.
18. Why couldn't Zezé enter one of the cinemas in the city?
Well, he didn't let others listen to the movies with his constant questions and comments.
b. Because in the past he was caught entering without paying his entrance fee.
Well, on one occasion he urinated inside the movie theater.
d. Because he bothered the ladies by throwing popcorn at them.
e. Because it was forbidden to accept poorly dressed children, like Zezé.
19. What did Zezé's shock produce?
a. The news of the accident in Portuga.
b. The brutal beating he received from his father.
c. Finding out that his family would move again.
d. The news of her mother's death.
e. The run-over of his little brother, Luis.
20. The last chapter shows Zezé:
Poor and helpless.
b. Animated and dreamy.
c. Pessimistic and dying.
d. Adult and realistic.
e. Cheerful and selfless.
II. Paired terms. Indicate, using the numbers, which character from the work they correspond to.
provided descriptions. (10 points)
Don Zacarias ______ Tree friend of Zezé.
2. Cecilia Paim ______ Zezé's uncle.
3. Manuel Valadares ______Zezé's Teacher.
4. Gloria ______Bat.
5. Minguito ______Train.
6. Luciano ______Sister of Zezé.
7. Jandira ______Portugal.
8. Xururuca ______Herald, flyer seller.
9. Edmundo ______Sister of Zezé.
10. Mangaratiba ______Lima orange plant.
III. Open response. Answer each of the following questions. Do not forget to take care of your
spelling, cleanliness, and writing. (26 points)
1. Why can we assert that Zezé's personality is contradictory? Explain. (6 points)
2. What do the games of Zezé and Luis consist of? Describe in detail. (4 points)
3. Describe the social environment in which the story takes place. (4 points)
4. Choose two characters (excluding Zezé) that represent positive aspects of human behavior (values)
and describe them. (6 points)
The following text corresponds to the end of the book. Read it and answer question 5.
At that time… in the time of our time, I did not know that many years before, an Idiot Prince, kneeling before a
altar, I asked the icons, my eyes filled with tears:
WHY DO THEY TELL THINGS TO THE CREATURES?
And the truth is, my dear Portuga, that I was told things too soon.
Goodbye!
Ubatuba, 1967
5. What does the question written in capital letters refer to? Explain. (6 points)
COMPREHENSIVE READING COMPREHENSION TEST 'MY PLANT OF
ORANGE LIMA, JOSÉ MAURO DE VASCONCELOS
EXPECTED ANSWERS FORM “A”
MULTIPLE CHOICE PAIRED TERMS
1 B 11 B 5-8
2 E 12 A 9
3 A 13 D 2
4 C 14 D 6
5 A 15 B 10
6 C 16 C 7-4
7 E 17 D 3
8 B 18 C 1
9 A 19 A 3
10 E 20 D 5-8
