Read the following sentences from "In the Shadow of War."
He sat on the windowsill and waited for the woman. The last time he saw her she had glided past with agitated flutters of her yellow smock. The children stopped what they were doing and stared at her. They had said that she had no shadow. They had said that her feet never touched the ground. As she went past, the children began to throw things at her. She didn't flinch, didn't quicken her pace, and didn't look back.
Which pair of words best describes the woman in the yellow smock?
(1 point)
Responses
timid and resolute
timid and resolute
fearful and guarded
fearful and guarded
secretive and reliable
secretive and reliable
mystifying and unwavering
mystifying and unwavering
Read the following sentences from "First Confession."
Then, to crown my misfortunes, I had to make my first confession and Communion. It was an old woman called Ryan who prepared us for these. She was about the one age with Gran; she was well-to-do, lived in a big house on Montenotte, wore a black cloak and bonnet, and came every day to school at three o' clock when we should have been going home, and talked to us of Hell. She may have mentioned the other place as well, but that could only have been by accident, for Hell had the first place in her heart.
Which pair of words best describes Ryan?
(1 point)
Responses
gloomy and unhappy
gloomy and unhappy
dark and foreboding
dark and foreboding
weathered and stingy
weathered and stingy
prompt and meticulous