Cartoon Test Series 2: Education

Directions: Read the following cartoons and choose the best alternative to answer each question.

1. We can infer from this cartoon that ________.

a. the boy is giving his mother good news b. the boy has to repeat the class c. the teacher favors the boy d. the teacher likes to teach the same class

2. We can infer from this comic strip that ________.

a. Children would rather go to school than get jobs. b. Students learn many different things at school. c. parents do not understand children’s feelings about school d. people cannot usually remember what they learn at school

3. Read the story above and choose the best answer.

a. The policeman wanted to interfere the driver. b. The policeman would like to give the driver a license. c. The driver crashed into police car. d. The driver drove too fast in this zone.

Adapted: “Outlook,” Bangkok Post, 8 January 2001, page 4.

4. The reader can infer from this cartoon that “delivery people” have never returned from the area because………..

a. they got lost. b. they were drowned. c. they were eaten . d. they were shot dead.

5. “Your” mentioned in the first scene refer to ……….. a. The owner’s. b. The customer’s. c. The swimmer’s. d. The delivery people’s.

6. To the man, the area where his delivery people have disappeared is considered……

a. unsafe b. exciting c. harmless d. challenging

7. Re-arrange a comic strip into their original order.

a. 1, 2, 3, 4 b. 1, 3, 2, 4 c. 1, 4, 2, 3 d. 3, 2, 4, 1

8. Which part of speech do these have in this comic strip?

'Pure, bald - faced, unadulterated, outrageous, capricious, boundless' a. They are verbs b. They are adjectives c. They are nouns d. They are adverbs

9. Grammatically which of the following would be used after them? a. a noun b. a verb c. a conjunction d. a past participle

10. Which of the following emotional overtones would that followed such a list?

a. happiness b. peace c. insult d. admiration

11. The word that Beetle actually uses however, carries which of the following feelings?

a. despair b. irritability c. admiration d. neutrality

12. The cartoonist wants the reader to get the idea that Blondie is a person

who________. a. prefers to be unnoticed. b. contradicts herself. c. is needy. d. gets easily annoyed.

13. The two pictures could be used in a campaign ________.

a. against racial discrimination. b. for the welfare of the disabled. c. promoting higher education. d. condemning the excessive use of energy.

14. We can conclude from the comic strip above that ________.

a. some air controllers are careful while on duty b. The man is technologically illiterate c. model airplanes are crucial in plotting routes d. sophisticated devices are unreliable during crises

15. The incident most likely takes place at ________. a. a school of aviation b. the scene of an accident c. an airline headquarters d. the control tower