1. The document is an English achievement test from October 2015 for Class VIII students at St. Goretti H.S.S. in Punalur, India. 2. The test contains questions about passages on Rosa Parks and shipwrecked sailor, character sketches, rhyme schemes, alliteration, editing, and a profile of Victor Hugo. 3. The questions assess comprehension, analysis, writing character sketches, identifying literary devices, editing skills, and profiling an author.

1. ST. GORETTI H.S.S, PUNALUR
ACHIEVEMENT TEST, OCTOBER 2015
ENGLISH
Class: VIII
Marks: 25
Time: 1 hour
I. Read the given passage from the story Rosa Parks Sat Still and answer the following
questions.
Rosa was an ordinary woman with a job in a dress- maker’s shop. The day was an
ordinary working day. It was the first day of December in the year 1955. Rosa had a loving
family. She envied nobody. Her manners were mild. She spoke in a quiet, soft voice. She
always obeyed the laws of the country and broke no rules. But in those days, not all laws and
rules were fair. That day when Rosa sat in that seat on that bus she had not thought of
breaking any rule. It happened before the bus started. When the warning bell rang,
passengers rushed in. Many of them were white Americans. Each time a white passenger
climbed into the bus, a black passenger got up from a seat and moved away.
1. When did the story take place?
2. What happened when the bus was about to start?
3. What was the rule in the bus?
4. Find a word from passage which means ‘go or come with great speed’? (1x4=4)
II. Write the character sketch of the little girl in the story The Light on the Hills. (2)
III. Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle
All through the meadows the horses and cattle;
1. Find out the rhyming words and rhyme scheme of the above lines?
2. Pick out the simile used in the lines?
3. Pick out the alliteration used in the lines? (1x3=3)
IV. Arrange the major events of the story ‘ The Shipwrecked Sailor’

2.  He managed to get on a raft.
 Velasco and his shipmates were travelling to Colombia.
 Velasco floated on the raft for many days alone in the sea, without food and water.
 He lost his shipmates in the shipwreck (2)
V. Pick out the correct usage from the bracket.
1. His serenity was _______________ than sea.
( Strong, Stronger, Strongest )
2. If you had your work with dedication, people ________________ known how hard you
had tried.
( will, would, would have ) (1/2x2=1)
VI. Prepare a speech to be presented in the school assembly highlighting the importance of
motivation and hard work to attain success in life. (3)
VII. Imagine that you are the little boy in the story The Little Round Red House. What will be the
dairy entry in that rainy, Saturday in October. (3)
VIII. Prepare four questions for interviewing the artist in the story ‘The Light on the Hills’. (2)
IX. Edit the following passage.
The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, when was working as an journalist is granted a
series of exclusive interviews by Velasco. He write these up and published them
under Velasco’s name. (2)
X. Write a profile of Victor Marie Hugo, the author of the poem The Sower.
[hints: born- 1802 French poet, drama French poet, dramatist
Books: Les Miserable, The Man Who Laughs, Les contemplate, Toilers of the Sea] (3)