Conor’s sense of his own infallibility has contributed to his success at chess. (1 point) Responses inability to make an error inability to make an error worth worth open-mindedness open-mindedness strategic skills
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The visitor unfurled the quilt she had brought with her and began to talk about its history. (1 point) Responses pointed at pointed at pulled on pulled on unboxed unboxed opened up
unfurled
you have to pick one of the options
opened up
"My Brother's Keeper" Choose the best answer for questions 9–10. Where does the short story “My Brother’s Keeper” begin? (1 point) Responses in the courtroom in the courtroom at Uncle Harry's house at Uncle Harry's house in Ted's fantasy in Ted's fantasy on a fishing trip
at Uncle Harry's house
What does Ted want Jamie to do for him? (1 point) Responses give him an alibi in court give him an alibi in court forge some documents forge some documents borrow money from Uncle Harry borrow money from Uncle Harry go out with his old girlfriend go out with his old girlfriend
give him an alibi in court
"The Scarlet Ibis" Choose the best answer for questions 11–12. The narrator of the story is _________ (1 point) Responses a young boy with a disability. a young boy with a disability. a young girl with a disabled brother. a young girl with a disabled brother. a parent of a disabled child. a parent of a disabled child. an adult who had a disabled brother. an adult who had a disabled brother.
an adult who had a disabled brother.
The scarlet ibis lands on a __________ in the narrator’s backyard. (1 point) Responses bleeding tree bleeding tree cypress tree cypress tree lilac bush lilac bush wheelchair wheelchair
cypress tree
Poems of Passage: Booth, Collins, Lorde Choose the best answer for questions 13–15. What is the “first lesson” described in the poem by this name? (1 point) Responses how to float on one's back how to float on one's back how to do the backstroke how to do the backstroke how to tread water when one is tired how to tread water when one is tired how to identify the stars out at sea
how to float on one's back
What does this speaker in "On Turning Ten" believe is “the beginning of sadness”? (1 point) Responses putting away his bicycle for the winter putting away his bicycle for the winter saying good-bye to old friends in the neighborhood saying good-bye to old friends in the neighborhood learning that someone in his family is ill learning that someone in his family is ill turning ten years old turning ten years old
turning ten years old
The speaker in the poem “Hanging Fire” is ____ (1 point) Responses a fourteen-year-old African American girl. a fourteen-year-old African American girl. a ten-year-old white boy. a ten-year-old white boy. an immigrant girl who is homeless. an immigrant girl who is homeless. the mother of a fourteen-year-old in trouble.
a fourteen-year-old African American girl.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Choose the best answer for question 16. Henry Reed inspires the audience at the graduation ceremony to ____. (1 point) Responses ask the invited white speakers to leave ask the invited white speakers to leave stand up and shout down the invited speakers stand up and shout down the invited speakers sing the Negro National Anthem sing the Negro National Anthem walk out of the auditorium in silent protest walk out of the auditorium in silent protest
sing the Negro National Anthem
Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 17–18. They're killing us stealthily. (1 point) Responses out in the open out in the open guiltlessly guiltlessly by majority rule by majority rule slowly and deliberately in secret slowly and deliberately in secret
slowly and deliberately in secret
The ugliness they left was palpable. (1 point) Responses able to be felt able to be felt strange strange hurtful hurtful imagined imagined
able to be felt
"My Forbidden Face" Choose the best answer for question 19. The fundamentalist Muslims who took power in Afghanistan at the time of the essay were known as ____ (1 point) Responses the Taliban. the Taliban. the Sharia. the Sharia. the Afghani freedom fighters. the Afghani freedom fighters. the Revolutionary Guard. the Revolutionary Guard.
the Taliban.
Writing Skills True or false: A memoir is a nonfiction narrative focused on a particular relationship or memory of the author. (1 point) Responses true true false
True
Question Diction, syntax, and sentence length are all elements of what? (1 point) Responses a writer's word choice a writer's word choice a writer's style a writer's style a writer's tone
a writer's style
Identify the figurative language used in the sentence below. "During the hard days of high school, my father was my rock." (1 point) Responses personification personification alliteration alliteration metaphor
