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I Year Test Prose 17 Oranges 21.5.2020

The document is a test with three sections about the short story "Seventeen Oranges". [SECTION I] requires matching terms from the story with their definitions. [SECTION II] asks to find synonyms for italicized words. [SECTION III] asks to find antonyms for underlined words in sentences from the story. The test examines comprehension of vocabulary and key events in the short story.

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I Year Test Prose 17 Oranges 21.5.2020

The document is a test with three sections about the short story "Seventeen Oranges". [SECTION I] requires matching terms from the story with their definitions. [SECTION II] asks to find synonyms for italicized words. [SECTION III] asks to find antonyms for underlined words in sentences from the story. The test examines comprehension of vocabulary and key events in the short story.

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Seventeen Oranges – Test

I Match the following:

1. dock a. used to indicate that

a person has been

discovered in the act

of doing something

wrong

2. to conceal b. to eat

3. furiously c. an enclosed area of

water in a port for the

loading, unloading

and repair of ships

4. red-handed d. the outer covering or rind of a fruit or


vegetable.

5. to swallow e. extremely angry

6. pip f. to reveal secrets

indiscreetly and

thoughtlessly

7. peel g. a small hard seed in a fruit.

8. to blab h. To keep

something secret or

hidden

Answer: 1)c 2)h 3)e 4)a 5)b 6)g 7)d 8)f


II

Find the synonym of the italicized word:

1. The voice in his head asked the narratorto eat the evidence.

a) proof b) contradict

c) disprove d) refute

2. Clem looked at Pongo furiously.

a) politely b) gently

c) angrily d) calmly

3. When Pongo caught the narrator with the oranges, he was very frightened.

a) undaunted b) afraid

4. The narrator was quiet, when Pongo

questioned him.

a) calm b) noisy

c) silent d) agitated

5. The narrator was in trouble because he took the oranges.

a) peace b) diffi culty

c) harmony d) comfort

c) valiant d) brave

III Find the antonyms for the underlined words in the following sentences.

1. Seventeen oranges were hidden in the narrator’s pockets.

a) exposed b) masked

c) concealed d) buried

2. Clem Jones was ordered to open the box.

a) prepared b) arranged
c) forced d) requested

3. Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.

a) closed b) sealed

c) released d) chocked

4. Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.

a) attentively b) carelessly

c) cautiously d) strictly

5. The narrator of the story felt very sick for a week

a) healthy b) disordered

c) feeble d) unhealthy

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