Which is the BEST inference you can make about the narrator?
Responses
A That she is very competitive with her friendsThat she is very competitive with her friends
B That she is selfish and unkind to other peopleThat she is selfish and unkind to other people
C That she is keenly observant of the natural worldThat she is keenly observant of the natural world
D That she looks down on people from other countriesThat she looks down on people from other countries
Question 2
Choose three pieces of evidence to support the inference.
Responses
A Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious.
Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious.
B I used to love to drift along the pale-yellow cornfields, looking for the damp spots one sometimes found at their edges, where the smartweed soon turned a rich copper color and the narrow brown leaves hung curled like cocoons about the swollen joints of the stem.I used to love to drift along the pale-yellow cornfields, looking for the damp spots one sometimes found at their edges, where the smartweed soon turned a rich copper color and the narrow brown leaves hung curled like cocoons about the swollen joints of the stem.
C Sometimes I rode north to the big prairie-dog town to watch the brown earth-owls fly home in the late afternoon and go down to their nests underground with the dogs. Antonia Shimerda liked to go with me, and we used to wonder a great deal about these birds of subterranean habit.Sometimes I rode north to the big prairie-dog town to watch the brown earth-owls fly home in the late afternoon and go down to their nests underground with the dogs. Antonia Shimerda liked to go with me, and we used to wonder a great deal about these birds of subterranean habit.
D During those first months the Shimerdas never went to town. Krajiek encouraged them in the belief that in Black Hawk they would somehow be mysteriously separated from their money. They hated Krajiek, but they clung to him because he was the only human being with whom they could talk or from whom they could get information.During those first months the Shimerdas never went to town. Krajiek encouraged them in the belief that in Black Hawk they would somehow be mysteriously separated from their money. They hated Krajiek, but they clung to him because he was the only human being with whom they could talk or from whom they could get information.
E Antonia loved to help grandmother in the kitchen and to learn about cooking and housekeeping. She would stand beside her, watching her every movement. We were willing to believe that Mrs. Shimerda was a good housewife in her own country, but she managed poorly under new conditions: the conditions were bad enough, certainly!
C That she is keenly observant of the natural world
B She used to love to drift along the pale-yellow cornfields, looking for the damp spots and the smartweed, showing her interest in and appreciation for the natural world.
C She rode north to the big prairie-dog town to watch the brown earth-owls fly home in the late afternoon, demonstrating her curiosity and wonder about the natural world.
E She believed that Mrs. Shimerda was a good housewife in her own country, indicating a level of respect and understanding for people from other countries instead of looking down on them.