General Instructions:

1. Read and understand all instructions before answering. 4. DO NOT USE PENCIL!
2. Use ½ lengthwise sheet of paper. 5. NO ERASURES ALLOWED ON YOUR ANSWER SHEETS.
3. Do not write anything on this questionnaire!

I. TWISTED: Provided the definition and scrambled letters, form the correct word. (20)
_____________________1. decreed, controlled, or marked to happen; destined………………….DEAFT
_____________________2. good at doing something…………………………………………………….FIRCEPOINT
_____________________3. course or route of a journey or tour…………………………………………RITIANEYR
_____________________4. Heavy……………………………………………………………………………..SOURPENDO
_____________________5. to diminish gradually and stop……………………………………………….EDEPERT
_____________________6. Unlimited………………………………………………………………………….ESNOBLUSD
_____________________7. to move with as if with a quick suddenly arrested motion……………..KREEJD
_____________________8. wild; untamed…………………………………………………………………...AAESVG
_____________________9. perfect……………………………………………………………………………MMUCEATSON
_____________________10. thinking about the past; having many thoughts of the past…………..RICESTEMNIN
_____________________11. lacking of grace…………………………………………………………………SUMYLC
_____________________12. done or produced with excessive effort……………………………………AIDERNST
_____________________13. simple or plain; not fancy……………………………………………………...AERESTU
_____________________14. a fascinating event……………………………………………………………..CACESLEPT
_____________________15. revengeful………………………………………………………………………..DIICEVVINT
_____________________16. tiresome because of length or dullness…………………………………….EDIOTUS
_____________________17. a pattern on a cloth……………………………………………………………ONEWV
_____________________18. controlling or prevailing over all others……………………………………..MONTIAND
_____________________19. checking at something in order to find problems………………………..POINTSNICE
_____________________20. sharp and high-pitched………………………………………………………..RHILLS
II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Read and analyze each statement carefully. Write True if the
statement is true. If not, change the underlined word/phrase to make the statement true. (20)
_________________16. The short story “The Mats” was written by Francisco Icaciano
_________________17. Nana Emilia kept a mat given to her by her father during her wedding day.
_________________18. Marcelina was the youngest child of Mr. Angeles and Nana Emilia.
_________________19. Jose was an engineering student already in his third year.
_________________20. Isabela was one of the lost children of Mr. Angeles and Nana Emilia.
_________________21. The other two lost daughters of Mr. Angeles were Concepcion and Victorina.
_________________22. The story began when Mr. Angeles wrote to Nana Emilia, telling her that he
met a marvelous mat weaver.
_________________23. Marcelina’s mat was accentuated with a piano.
_________________24. Jose received a mat designed with an endangered snake.
_________________25. The story was ended by distributing the remaining mats of the dead children.
III. SEQUENCING EVENTS: Arrange, using numbers 1to15, the events in the story “The Mats”
according to how it happened. (30)
________ a. The children wanted to turn away and not to see the face of their father.
________ b. There was a total silence on the house.
________ c. Nana Emilia stepped into the light, wiping her wet hands on her skirt, and received the mat.
________ d. Mr. Angeles had written from Mariveles to Nana Emilia informing that he has a surprise.
________ e. Nana Emila shivered, bowed her head, and gripped her clasped hands between her thighs.
________ f. In the evening Mr. Angeles was with his family.
________ g. The children were very excited for their gifts.
________ h. Mr. Angeles told the many stories about his trip.
________ i. After a long time over his cigar, Mr. Angeles rose from his seat and got his luggage.
________ j. On the lighted area of the house, the mats with distinguish names and symbols on it was given.
________ k. Mr. Angeles is coming home from his periodic inspection trip.
________ l. All the members of the family got their mats but three mats remained.
________ m. Mr. Angeles unfolded it one by one and he spoke in a loud voice that he offers this simple mats
to his three dead children namely Josefina, Victoria, and Concepcion.
________ n. Again, Mr. Angeles had written a letter stating that he would be taking the Bicol express the next day.
________ o. Nana Emilia and Mr. Angeles argue about forgetting the three dead children.

Theme: People would always find ways to remember those whom they have lost.

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