1. What is the purpose of the description of the “dusk-shrouded path”?
A. It signals that a new day is taking place in the timeline of the story.
B. It indicates in which time of year the story takes place.
C. It suggests that it is difficult for Gortsby to see who is in the park.
D. It shows that most of the people in the park are feeling anxious. It shows that most of the people in the park are feeling anxious.
2. How does the setting of the room momentarily shift when the aunt enters?
A. It seems to remind Nuttel of his own home and sister.
B. It seems to darken into a deeper tragedy.
C. It seems to become less creepy and more dynamic.
D. It seems to spin with her movements.
3. What does the imagined interaction between Rosemary and the shop attendant over the lilacs suggest about Rosemary?
A. People are frustrated by Rosemary because she is indecisive.
B. Rosemary is dissatisfied with her current life and is seeking change.
C. Rosemary has a discerning eye that can find details that others miss.
D. What does the detail “Romance at short notice was her specialty” reveal about the character Vera, the niece?
4. What does the detail “Romance at short notice was her specialty” reveal about the character Vera, the niece?
A. She has many talents and enjoys using them.
B. She has a goal of mastering the romance genre.
C. She likes to embellish and mislead others.
D. She doesn’t enjoy her life.
5. Which is the best objective summary of this excerpt?
A. in this hilarious episode, indicative of Jack London’s comedy skill, Spot mysteriously frees himself from an island exile and gets the narrator in trouble with the police.
B. Steve was known for his cruelty to animals.
C. Spot was a supernatural beast; he looked like a dog but had otherworldly powers.
D. Steve and the narrator tried to strand Spot on an island, but somehow he found them again, even in a large settlement.
C. Rosemary is dissatisfied with her current life and is seeking change.
C. Rosemary has a discerning eye that can find details that others miss.
C. She likes to embellish and mislead others.
D. Steve and the narrator tried to strand Spot on an island, but somehow he found them again, even in a large settlement.