Read the following sentence from "When Greek Meets Greek."
One morning Ramkilawansingh (after this, we calling this man Ram) was making a study of the noticeboards along Westbourne Grove what does advertise rooms to let.
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that
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Ram is unemployed and looking for a job.
Ram is unemployed and looking for a job.
the narrator is on friendly terms with Ram.
the narrator is on friendly terms with Ram.
the narrator is looking for a place to stay.
the narrator is looking for a place to stay.
the story will take place in a congested city.
the story will take place in a congested city.
Read the following sentences from "The Censors."
Poor Juan! One day they caught him with his guard down before he could realize that what he had taken as a stroke of luck was really one of fate's dirty little tricks.
After reading these sentences the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator
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is fearful of "they."
is fearful of "they."
empathizes with Juan's situation.
empathizes with Juan's situation.
has had his own share of bad luck.
has had his own share of bad luck.
learned an important lesson from Juan.
has had his own share of bad luck.
Which of the following sentences from “Day of the Butterfly” does not support the story's theme of the struggle, as humans, to belong and have a friend?
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"Everybody knew of Jimmy Sayla’s shame and at recess...he did not dare go out on the school grounds, where the other little boys, and some bigger ones, were waiting to chase him and corner him against the back fence and thrash him with tree branches."
"Everybody knew of Jimmy Sayla’s shame and at recess...he did not dare go out on the school grounds, where the other little boys, and some bigger ones, were waiting to chase him and corner him against the back fence and thrash him with tree branches."
"Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they would disappear into the teachers’ room and not bother us."
"Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they would disappear into the teachers’ room and not bother us."
"Then we would walk up to her in formal groups of three or four and at a signal, say together, ‘Hel-lo Myra, Hello Myra!’ and follow up with something like, ‘What do you wash your hair in, Myra, it’s so nice and shiny, My-ra.’ ‘Oh, she washes it in cod-liver oil, don’t you, Myra, she washes it in cod-liver oil, can’t you smell it?’"
"Then we would walk up to her in formal groups of three or four and at a signal, say together, ‘Hel-lo Myra, Hello Myra!’ and follow up with something like, ‘What do you wash your hair in, Myra, it’s so nice and shiny, My-ra.’ ‘Oh, she washes it in cod-liver oil, don’t you, Myra, she washes it in cod-liver oil, can’t you smell it?’"
"Myra waited, but she did not look at me; she waited in the withdrawn and rigid attitude with which she always met us. Perhaps she thought I was playing a trick on her, perhaps she expected me to run past and throw an empty Cracker Jack box in her
"Myra waited, but she did not look at me; she waited in the withdrawn and rigid attitude with which she always met us. Perhaps she thought I was playing a trick on her, perhaps she expected me to run past and throw an empty Cracker Jack box in her."
Which of the following sentences from “The Balek Scales” does not support the story's theme of oppression and inequality?
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"For five generations they had been breathing in the dust which rose from the crushed flax stalks, letting themselves be killed off by slow degrees, a race of long-suffering, cheerful people who ate goat cheese, potatoes, and now and then a rabbit..."
"For five generations they had been breathing in the dust which rose from the crushed flax stalks, letting themselves be killed off by slow degrees, a race of long-suffering, cheerful people who ate goat cheese, potatoes, and now and then a rabbit..."
"During the day they would carry the flax stalks to the antiquated machines, with no protection from the dust and at the mercy from the heat which came pouring out of the drying kilns."
"During the day they would carry the flax stalks to the antiquated machines, with no protection from the dust and at the mercy from the heat which came pouring out of the drying kilns."
"Each cottage contained only one bed, standing against the wall like a closet and reserved for the parents, while the children slept all round the room on benches."
"Each cottage contained only one bed, standing against the wall like a closet and reserved for the parents, while the children slept all round the room on benches."
"The children would crawl deep into the green darkness of the forest during the autumn when dampness drove the mushrooms out of the soil, and almost every family had its own places where it gathered mushrooms, places which were handed down in
"The children would crawl deep into the green darkness of the forest during the autumn when dampness drove the mushrooms out of the soil, and almost every family had its own places where it gathered mushrooms, places which were handed down in the"
Read the following lines from the poem "Ten Songs."
Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.
Which word best describes the tone created in these lines?
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alarmed
alarmed
offended
offended
quizzical
quizzical
troubled
troubled
Read the following lines from the poem "Sunjata."
She said, "Younger sister,
You are the owner of sons,
If you ask us for baobab leaves, what are we supposed to do?
Your lame son is sitting right there inside the house.
You are alone in your search for baobab leaves.
Why don't you tell your son to get up and walk?"
Which word best describes the tone created in these lines?
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indignant
indignant
inquisitive
inquisitive
insistent