class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Unit 10: A Short Novel

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

Track E · Klasse 10 · Niveau E · 45 Minuten

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 45 points.

Task 1 — Listening (10 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“By the third week, the bus stop had become a small kingdom. The same six people, every weekday morning. Anya had stopped predicting each arrival; the predictability itself had become the comfort. Nevertheless, on Wednesday, one was missing.”

  1. Time: ___ . 2. Number of regulars: ___ . 3. Anya’s shift: ___ . 4. Wednesday event: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (12 BE) Link to heading

Read the Slow Hour ch. 3 extract above.

  1. Setting: ___ . 2. Anya’s relationship to the rhythm: ___ . 3. The absent person’s hidden role: ___ . 4. The chapter’s reveal: ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (10 BE) Link to heading

Build the cleft + register match.

  1. Cleft on the predictability: → ___
  2. Cleft on the missing person: → ___
  3. Choose: however / though in (an essay sentence) → ___
  4. Choose: however / though in (a quoted line of dialogue) → ___

Task 4 — Writing (13 BE) Link to heading

Write 300 words: a literary essay on the Slow Hour extract. Use 2 quotes + 1 cleft + 2 register markers.

Answer key
T1. third week; six; stopped predicting — predictability became the comfort; one missing. T2. bus stop, third week of mornings; she stopped predicting because she had finally trusted the rhythm; the missing person had been keeping the kingdom together; the chapter ends on the reveal of that person’s role. T3. It was the predictability that had become the comfort. It was the missing person who had been keeping the kingdom together. however / though. T4. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 45)
| 42–45 | 1 | 36–41 | 2 | 30–35 | 3 | | 22–29 | 4 | 13–21 | 5 | 0–12 | 6 |