"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 correct answer is: a young boy with a disability.
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
The correct answer is: 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
Without the specific text of the poem, it is not possible to accurately determine the "first lesson" described in the poem.
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
The correct answer is: 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.
The correct answer is: a fourteen-year-old African American girl.
Question 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
