BIT International College- Talibon

Basic Education Department

San Jose, Talibon, Bohol

Monthly Examination
ENGLISH 9

NAME:_______________________________DATE:_______________ SCORE:____________

A. Directions: Choose True or False based on the given statements.

1. Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge,
thought or reason.
 True
 False
2. Most people perceive women as being more understanding, kind, and helpful than men.
 True
 False
3. Racism refers not only to attitudes but also to behavior and institutional practices that
subordinate people of a given race.
 True
 False
4. The less our familiarity with a social group, the more we tend to stereotype them.
 True
 False
5. Most women feel personally discriminated against.
 True
 False
6. Children of employed women have less stereotyped views of men and women.
 True
 False
7. Compared to nonprejudiced people, prejudiced people take less time to categorize others by
race.
 True
 False
8. When students get bad grades, research has found that they rate both male and female
professors equally harshly.
 True
 False
9. The term "group-serving bias" refers to negative judgments we make about individuals in our
own family and circle of friends.
 True
 False
10. People whose positive self-image is threatened tend to be more prejudiced.
 True
 False

B. Directions:Arrange the jumbled letters to form a word. Use another sheet of paper for your
answer.

1. PRESDEPSION______________________________
2. NAGETEE CYNANPREG ______________________________
3. TOYVERP ______________________________
4. GRUD SUBEA ______________________________
5. NIGSKOM ______________________________
6. DIESUCI ______________________________
7. MELESSNESSHO ______________________________
8. SITEBOY ______________________________

C. Directions:Read the questions carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is the central topic of a text.It maybe “what the reader think the work is about” or “
what the work says about the subject.”
a. idea b. theme c. resolution d. climax

2. This means that we can grow and mature, learning from our mistakes.
a. True b. Truth c. Real d. Correct

3. This involves being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere.

a. Faithfulness b. Honesty c. Truthfulness d. Correctness

4. It has proved important but elusive concept because the solution of any problem requires
the prior identification.
a. Importance b. Instructional c. Relevance d. Dependable

5. Joey wants to explain to his mother how the unit on conflict is relevant to him. He could
write her a note saying:
a. Conflict is relevant to me because there are a lot of conflicts everywhere.
b. It was not relevant to me at all.
c. Conflict is a serious disagreement between at least two sides.
d. Conflict is relevant to me because I have serious disagreements with at least one of my
brothers everyday.
6. Garth Brooks has been in town for 5 days and sold 90,000 tickets. How is this relevant to
Mrs. Stieler’s husband Nate?
a. Nate once danced with a pretty girl to “The Dance”.
b. Nate works a few blocks from the lowa Events Center and traffic was crazy Friday night
after work.
c. It’s not. He hates country music.
d. Dancing. Nate loves dancing.

7. Eli lives next door to a lot where a new Dunkin’ Donuts is being built. Why is this relevant
to him?
a. Eli’s favorite breakfast is a McGriddle.
b. It’s not really.
c. He is allergic to sugar.
d. Eli loves donuts and is often unsure of what to make for breakfast.

8. Zach tells his teacher that he should not have to study genocide because it is not relevant
to his life. What might he say as a valid explanation?
a. Countries far away don’t have any impact on his life.
b. He lives in the U.S. and the U.S has never participated in any acts of genocide.
c. Genocide is just a political term for violence during war. It doesn’t really exist.
d. It would only be relevant to his life if there were a genocide in a country that was a close
ally to the U.S.