Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Question

Failing that, I could have surreptitiously dumped the whole outfit overboard, written off the forty or so dollars as love’s tribute. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses

happily
happily

slyly
slyly

enthusiastically
enthusiastically

sorrowfully

Answer 1

sorrowfully

Answer 2

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

baffled
baffled

alerted
alerted

calmed
calmed

upset

Answer 3

calmed

Answer 4

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

puzzling
puzzling

too bold
too bold

silly
silly

pitiful

Answer 5

silly

Answer 6

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

able to be felt
able to be felt

strange
strange

hurtful
hurtful

imagined

Answer 7

able to be felt

Answer 8

“I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

sulkily
sulkily

savagely
savagely

suspiciously
suspiciously

swiftly

Answer 9

sulkily

Answer 10

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

oddly
oddly

insecurely
insecurely

enthusiastically
enthusiastically

for all to see

Answer 11

insecurely

Answer 12

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

What are the words that can solder cracked pride? (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

mend
mend

alert
alert

calm
calm

upset

Answer 13

mend

Answer 14

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The bleak feeling was back within him. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses

hopeless
hopeless

optimistic
optimistic

rejected
rejected

dangerous
dangerous

Answer 15

hopeless

Answer 16

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Carmody was a lithe, tanned man with dark alert eyes and a quiet, self-assured voice. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses

handsome
handsome

graceful
graceful

towering
towering

squat

Answer 17

graceful

Answer 18

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Although I do not pretend to understand the science behind it, this is reassuring to me.
(1 point)
Responses

adverb
adverb

adjective
adjective

article
article

compound adjective

Answer 19

adjective

Answer 20

dentify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Scientific information like this does not always hold my attention.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb

Answer 21

adjective

Answer 22

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

However, when a science article is about something that strongly appeals to me, such as snowflakes, I become interested.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb

Answer 23

adverb

Answer 24

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

I sometimes read the science section of the Sunday newspaper.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb
adverb

Answer 25

I think the bot lied...