Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Cavite
AMAYA SCHOOL OF HOME INDUSTRIES
Sahud-Ulan, Tanza, Cavite

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

FIRST SEMESTER, SY 2021-2022
QUARTER 2, SUMMATIVE TEST NO. 1

Name: ___________________________________ Score: _________________

Grade & Section: __________________________ Date: __________________

General Directions: Read the following statements. Write only the LETTER of your choice on the space provided before
each number.

____ 1. This technique is useful when the students are seeking specific information rather than reading for
comprehension.
A. Extensive reading C. Scanning
B. Reading approach D. Skimming

____ 2. Cersei loves reading novels and short stories. It improves her vocabulary a lot. She is using
A. extensive reading. C. scanning.
B. reading approach. D. skimming.

____ 3. Ma’am Arya encouraged her students to read a lot and use techniques in understanding the text and
improving their knowledge. She is talking about
A. extensive reading. C. scanning.
B. reading approach. D. skimming.

____ 4. Jon quickly understood the main idea of the poem he is reading. He used
A. extensive reading. C. scanning.
B. reading approach. D. skimming.

____ 5. Statement A: In scanning, the main idea of a text is quickly identified. The goal is to read shorter texts to
extract accurate detailed information.
Statement B: In skimming, a text is quickly read to get the summary of it. It is a technique wherein students
search for keywords or ideas.
A. Statement A is correct, statement B is wrong.
B. Statement A is wrong, statement B is correct.
C. Both statements are correct.
D. Both statements are wrong.

____ 6. Who are the main characters in the short story “Shimenawa” by Naoko Kumagai?
A. Kazuya, Jiro C. Natasha, Akhmed
B. Maia, Clovis D. Sasuke, Fumi

____ 7. The line of the poem by Maya Angelou, “take the binders from your vision”, means that the
A. author has placed the binders to someone’s ears.
B. author is persuading the people to see their real situation.
C. author has a poor vision.
D. author is crying.

____ 8. “Take the padding from your ears, and confess you’ve heard me crying,” this line wants the readers to
A. cry with their difficulty. C. listen to their pleas.
B. feel what they feel. D. see what they see.

____ 9. Which story took place in a hospital?

A. Chechnya C. Shimenawa
B. Kabuliwala D. The Journey to the River Sea

____ 10. Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another. It may be defined as the hatred
of one person to another because of skin color, language, or customs. Therefore, _____
A. If people speak a different language, they are not racist.
B. If all the people have the same color, no one is racist.
C. All people are racist.
D. Someone who believed that there is a superior race over the other, that person is a racist.