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
on a fishing trip
at Uncle Harry's house
What is it Ted wants 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
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.
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
bleeding 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 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