pisa review question from the given text
- 1. PISA REVIEW
- 3. 1. What is the woman’s situation at the beginning of the story? A. She is too weak to leave the house after days without food. B. She is defending herself against a wild animal. C. Her house has been surrounded by flood waters. D. A flooded river has swept her house away.
- 4. 2. When the woman says, “and then I’ll see to you” (line 92) she means that she is….. A. sure that the cat won’t hurt her. B. trying to frighten the cat. C. intending to shoot the cat. D. planning to feed the cat.
- 5. 3. Do you think that the last sentence of “The Gift” is an appropriate ending? Explain your answer, demonstrating your understanding of how the last sentence relates to the story’s meaning.
- 6. 4. “Then creaking and groaning with effort the house struggled up …” (line 24) What happened to the house in this part of the story? A. It fell apart. B. It began to float. C. It crashed into the oak tree. D. It sank to the bottom of the river.
- 7. 5. Here are some of the early references to the panther in the story. “the cry awoke her, a sound so anguished…” (line 32) “The answer was a repeated cry, but less shrill, tired sounding…” (line 44) “She had…heard their cries, like suffering, in the distance.” (lines 51–52) Considering what happens in the rest of the story, why do you think the writer chooses to introduce the panther with these descriptions?
- 8. 6. What does the story suggest was the woman’s reason for feeding the panther?
- 10. 1. To explain the structure of DNA, the author talks about a pearl necklace. How do these pearl necklaces vary from one individual to another? A. They vary in length. B. The order of the pearls is different. C. The number of necklaces is different. D. The colour of the pearls is different.
- 11. 2. What is the purpose of the box headed “How is the genetic identity card revealed”? To explain A. what DNA is. B. what a bar code is. C. how cells are analysed to find the pattern of DNA. D. how it can be proved that a crime has been committed.
- 12. 3. What is the author’s main aim? A. To warn. B. To amuse. C. To inform. D. To convince.
- 13. 4. The end of the introduction (the first shaded section) says: “But how to prove it?” According to the passage, investigators try to find an answer to this question by A. interrogating witnesses. B. carrying out genetic analyses. C. interrogating the suspect thoroughly. D. going over all the results of the investigation again.
- 14. 1. Arnold Jago’s aim in the letter is to provoke: A. guilt. B. amusement. C. fear. D. satisfaction.
- 16. 2. What time does the Fawkner Library close on Wednesday? _________
- 17. 3. Which library is still open at 6 p.m. on Friday evening? A. Brunswick Library B. Campbell Turnbull Library C. Coburg Library D. Fawkner Library E. Glenroy Library