Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

The seashells were iridescent in the sunlight.
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Responses

cloudy
cloudy

drying out
drying out

breaking into pieces
breaking into pieces

shimmering with colors
shimmering with colors

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Mrs. Gonzales reiterated the directions to the class.
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Responses

stated
stated

repeated
repeated

retracted
retracted

yelled

shimmering with colors

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Mrs. Whitney did not look pleased with the present of mole entrails her cat left on the front step.
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Responses

feathers
feathers

rodents
rodents

inner organs
inner organs

balls of string
balls of string

inner organs

repeated

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Mrs. Gonzales reiterated the directions to the class.
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Responses

stated
stated

repeated
repeated

retracted
retracted

yelled

reiterated is italic

repeated

Match each word to its appropriate definition.(2 points)

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insistent
menacing
bleak
lithe
prestigious

insistent - demanding or persistent

menacing - threatening or intimidating

bleak - without hope or optimism, gloomy

lithe - agile, flexible, or graceful in motion

prestigious - having a high reputation, esteemed or respected

In "My Brother's Keeper," Ted and Jamie are developed in contrast to one another by describing their

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Responses

fears of the unknown.
fears of the unknown.

emotional reactions.
emotional reactions.

interactions with their parents.
interactions with their parents.

distrust of one another.

fears of the unknown.

The narrator of “The Scarlet Ibis” was uncomfortable about teaching Doodle to walk because

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Responses

he hurt him in the process.
he hurt him in the process.

he hadn’t asked his parents’ permission.
he hadn’t asked his parents’ permission.

he was embarrassed by Doodle’s disability.
he was embarrassed by Doodle’s disability.

he only did it because of a dare from his friends.
he only did it because of a dare from his friends.

he was embarrassed by Doodle’s disability.

The scarlet ibis is a symbol for Doodle because

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it was afraid of human interaction.
it was afraid of human interaction.

it was hatched from a caul.
it was hatched from a caul.

it was unique and awkward.
it was unique and awkward.

it thrives only in the warm climate.
it thrives only in the warm climate.

it was unique and awkward.

According to the speaker in "The First Lesson," a dead man's float is

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Responses

lying face down in the water.
lying face down in the water.

diving energetically in the tidewater.
diving energetically in the tidewater.

thrashing to the island aimlessly.
thrashing to the island aimlessly.

the sea holding the swimmer facing upward.
the sea holding the swimmer facing upward.

lying face down in the water.

The author creates a tone of regret in the poem “On Turning Ten.” Which line best demonstrates the tone of regret? Select all that apply.

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Responses

“Disfiguring chicken pox of the soul”
“Disfiguring chicken pox of the soul”

“The perfect simplicity of being one”
“The perfect simplicity of being one”

“But now I am mostly at the window”
“But now I am mostly at the window”

“You tell me it is too early to be looking back”

“You tell me it is too early to be looking back”

In “Hanging Fire,” the recurring line “and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed” creates the feeling of

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Responses

confidence.
confidence.

connection.
connection.

isolation.
isolation.

poverty.
poverty.

isolation.

In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the speaker states she felt like crying when she heard the lines “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” What did she feel was keeping her from being the master of her fate?

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Responses

growing up in the South
growing up in the South

the prejudice against her race
the prejudice against her race

being outperformed by Henry Reed
being outperformed by Henry Reed

dropping out of school in the eighth grade
dropping out of school in the eighth grade

the prejudice against her race

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Susan’s mother refused to buy her more candy, so Susan walked away sullenly.
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Responses

happily
happily

relieved
relieved

resentfully
resentfully

surprised
surprised

sullenly in italics

resentfully

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

The ugliness they left was palpable.
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Responses

able to be felt
able to be felt

strange
strange

hurtful
hurtful

imagined
imagined

palpable in italics

able to be felt

Narguesse, in My Forbidden Face, starts a rebellion among the women. What kept the guards from killing her?

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Responses

Her brother testified in her defense.
Her brother testified in her defense.

The company vouched for her helping build profits.
The company vouched for her helping build profits.

The other women took off their chadri and refused to leave.
The other women took off their chadri and refused to leave.

They punished her by beating her and pushing her into barbed wire.
They punished her by beating her and pushing her into barbed wire.

The other women took off their chadri and refused to leave.