Deleruim Book Teaser
Delirium Grammar Passage

(Book Teaser)



Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.



(1) Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. (2) She feels relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and she looked forward to turning eighteen. (3) When she turns eighteen she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. (4) She tries not to think about her mother’s death or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond Portland, Maine. (5) There’s no real point because she believes her government knows how to best protect it’s people. (6) They should do so at any cost. (7) Ninety-five days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter. (8) As there romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure. (9) In this powerful and beautifully written novel, Lauren Oliver throws readers into a tightly controlled society where options don’t exist. (10) She shows the lengths one will go for a chance at freedom and the true meaning of sacrifice.

Question 1 (2 points)
What change is needed in sentence2?

Question 1 options:

delete the comma after decided


change looked to looks


insert a comma after husband


change to to two

Question 2 (2 points)
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 3?

Question 2 options:

change she'll to shell


insert a comma after eighteen


change love to Love


make no change

Question 3 (2 points)
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 5?

Question 3 options:

insert a comma after point


change There's to Their's


change it's to its


make no change

Question 4 (2 points)
What transition word or phrase could best be added to the beginning of sentence 7?

Question 4 options:

Finally


However


As a result


Lastly

Question 5 (2 points)
What change is needed in sentence 8?

Question 5 options:

change there to their


delete the comma after blossoms


change the period to a question mark


change begins to began