SECONDARY SCHOOL

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022

Midterm Test 2
Name of Student: _____________________________________
Class : Year 7__________
Date of Exam : _____ January, 2021
Subject : English
Teacher : Fatima Alizada
HOD : Sabina Farajova
Duration: 60 minutes
Raw mark: 25
Total: ______ %
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FIRST -Candidates answer on the
Question Paper. -Write in dark
blue or black pen. -Do not use
staples, paper clips, glue or
correction fluid. -Answer all
questions in the space provided. -
The question number(s) must be
clearly shown. -Dictionaries are
not permitted

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I. Elements of story structure /17/

The Way of the World

Bob Petersburg had been the top salesman at Midwest Motor Parts for years. He had a network
of clients that spread out in every direction for about as far as he was willing to drive. His clients
loved him for his affable manner and his honesty, and Bob felt that the world was his.

Maybe it was Bob’s for a little while, but then the world started changing around him. It
happened slowly at first with some of the other salesmen carrying pagers and using email to deal
with clients. Bob just said that there was no substitute for a firm handshake. Then his sales base
started eroding. Many of his old clients were retiring. He'd visit their offices and only to find that
the old, familiar faces had been replaced by young, cold faces. These new faces asked Bob for
his email address. Bob said that email could never replace the intimacy of a handwritten letter.

Time passed and it continued to pass by Bob. Rick Summers was Bob’s manager and he changed
too. Bob had always thought that Rick was a great guy. They played golf together and barbecued
occasionally, but Rick's wife got sick and he retired. Rick was replaced by Mike Christmas.

Mike Christmas was not as understanding of Bob's shortcomings as Rick had been. Rick hated
computers just as much as Bob did, so he never bothered Bob about embracing new business
standards, but Mike was from the new school. One of Mike's first actions as sales chief was to
issue company smart phones to every salesman. When Bob did not send emails, take photos of
signed purchase orders, or reply to Mike’s text messages, Mike grew impatient with Bob.

One night Bob came home in a particularly somber mood. Mike had just thrashed him around the
office for the better part of an hour after Bob had lost a few more clients, and Bob felt that the
world had become a terrible place. He wanted nothing more than to run away from his job, but
he felt that he had to watch over his family. At that moment, however, Bob’s family was
watching over him.

Noticing the pain that his father wore on his face, Bobby Junior approached and asked him what
was wrong. Bob Senior attempted to keep his troubles from his son, but his emotional state was
such that he just couldn't help but to pour out his heart. Bobby wanted to help his Dad and he
tried to listen, but he didn't know anything about motor parts, salesmanship, or what Mike
Christmas's problem was. But one thing Bobby did know was how to work a mobile phone.

Bobby spent the next month teaching his old man how to use his company phone. He started his
dad off by playing Angry Birds so that he could learn basic swiping and tapping gestures. It took
Bob Senior three nights to beat the first level. Over the next few weeks they worked on sending
text messages, and then taking pictures, and then attaching pictures to the text messages. Bob
Senior took a long time to complete these tasks, but he was steadily learning. By the time Bobby
Junior finished teaching him about email, Bob had become so passionate about his phone that he

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went out and bought a belt holster to protect the screen. He wore this proudly despite Bobby
Junior's protests.

Soon Bob began applying the skills that his son had taught him to his business. Bob was stunned
at how technology simplified many of the problems that he had run into in the past. He filled
orders for his clients though a purchase management system accessed from his mobile phone
while he waited for more purchase orders to arrive in his email. As his sales climbed, Bob
couldn't believe that it had taken him this long to adopt such useful technology. There was even
some talk that Bob might be up for salesman of the year again. Even though Mike Christmas and
Bob would never go on to play golf or barbecue, Mike did leave Bob alone after that, which was
all that Bob ever wanted from him anyway.

1. Author’s Purpose: entertain inform persuade /1/

Why did the author write this?

2. Genre: ____________________________
fiction Subgenre: ________________________________
realistic
Ex: Nonfiction, fiction, or folklore /1/ Ex: Autobiography, science fiction, fable, informational writing, etc. /1/

3. Narrator’s Point of View: ______________________________________________________

Third-person
/1/
1st-person, 2nd-person, 3rd-person objective, 3rd-person limited, or 3rd-person omniscient

4 & 5. Summarize the text: /4/

Five key events from beginning, middle, & end.

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Bob has the best salesman at Midwest Motor Parts, lines line up at his cafe and

everyone loves him. But all the people and cafes use technology and Bob refuses to
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use technology, also all the people leave including the manager and new people come
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who Bob does not communicate with. At one point, Bob comes home in a gloomy

mood and cries to his son and asks for help with technology and after a while Bob
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starts using technology. Bob implements the technology in his cafe and old customers
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come back and Bob can once again claim the title of best salesman of the year. In the
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end, Bob's life gets better and he has fun again.

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6. Exposition /2/

A. Setting:__________________________________________________________________________
Midwest Motor Parts, Bob's house
When and where does the story take place?

B. Conflict: Bob
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is getting old and not using technology, and he doesn't want to keep up with the times
Describe the conflict in the story.

7. Rising Action: List some events that occur before the climax. /3/

1. Bob
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Petersburg was a top salesman at Midwest Motor Parts for many years and
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all was well in his life.
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2. Bob
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starts to get tired because he didn't want to use technology and doesn't
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communicate with new people and plus Bob has a changing manager that he
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doesn't get along with.
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3. Mike
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became impatient with Bob because Bob wasn't responding to his messages
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and Bob is crying to his son because Bob's life is breaking down.
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Climax: /1/ Bob asks his son to help him adapt to technology
The turning point

Falling Action: List some events that occur after the climax. /2/

1. ________________________________________________________________________
Bob begins to use technology and incorporates the functions of
technology into his cafe
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2. His
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cafe becomes profitable again, all the old customers return to his cafe,
аnd Bob himself claims to be the salesman of the year.
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Resolution: /1/ Bob is doing great again.

When the conflict is solved

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Write the following sentences from the text in Passive voice. /3/

1. His clients loved him for his affable manner and his honesty.

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For his affable manner and his honesty was love his clients

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2. Bob had lost a few more clients.

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A few more clients had been lost by Bob.

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3. At that moment, however, Bob’s family was watching over him.

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At the moment, However, over him was being watch Bob's family

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I. Figurative language/ Reported Speech /5/

1. Identify the kinds of figurative language used in the text. /2/

Crow tapped Miss Hickory’s hickory nut head with his long yellow beak. “Don’t be so hard-

headed, Miss Hickory,” he said. “It is just as I have told you. The family is leaving, and you

should start getting ready to move.” Miss Hickory held on tight as Crow flew her to the new

house he had found for her. He set her down on the edge of a large bird’s nest. She looked

around for a while, and decided to make the best of things. “It is a penthouse!” she

exclaimed.

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 Write the sentences that figurative language is used in and identify their types:

Crow___________________________________________________________________________
tapped Miss Hickory’s hickory nut head with his long yellow beak. = Personofication

“Don’t___________________________________________________________________________
be so hardheaded, Miss Hickory,” he said. = Hyperbole

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“It is just as I have told you. = Simile

2. Now find the examples of direct speech in the text and convert them to indirect

(reported) (3) + (1 bonus).

1._________________________________________________________________________
“Don’t be so hardheaded, Miss Hickory,” he said

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“It is just as I have told you. The family is leaving, and you should start getting ready to move.”
2._________________________________________________________________________

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“It is a penthouse!” she exclaimed.
3._________________________________________________________________________

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4(bonus)___________________________________________________________________

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