Question

Heyy, just need someone to check these for me because I have the IQ of a dead plant. :) Three of the following questions are in reference to Margaret Atwood's "At the Tourist Centre in Boston"!!

1. The "country under glass" refers to ____.
a) an advertisement in a brochure
b) photos in an album
c) life under a lake's surface
d) a map on the wall**

For questions 2-3, identify the type of verb or verb phrase in brackets in each sentence.

2. Every time my family went to the circus, my grandmother would tell me the story of a lion tamer [would] enter a cage with 15 lions and tame them all.
a) action**
b) linking
c) helping

3. The train [grew] louder as it entered the tunnel.
a) action
b) linking**
c) helping

4. The photo of the family is portrayed as ____.
a) unrealistic **
b) frightening
c) beautiful
d) true to life

5. The poet would like tourists to see her country's ____.
a) families on camping trips.
b) fish and birds.
c) garbage and slush.**?
d) mountains and lakes.

Answer 1

1. the "country under glass" refers to
Answer: a map on the wall
2.every time my family went to the circus, my grandmother would tell me a story of a lion tamer that WOULD enter a cadge with 15 lions and tame them all.
Answer: helping
3. the train GREW louder as it entered the tunnel.
Answer: linking
4. the photo of the family is portrayed as
Answer: Unrealistic
5. The poet would like tourists to see her country
Answer: garbage and slush