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from ,begin bold,The Country between Us,end bold,
paragraph 1,There are times when something as simple as the rain that freckles slate grey water can take me back to it—that feeling I remember from my boyhood when the ragged line of trees against the sky filled me with a loneliness that had nothing to do with loss. The land sometimes carries an emptiness you feel in you like the breeze.
paragraph 2,It's not a sad feeling. Rather it's a song I learned by rote in the tramp of my young feet through the rough and tangle of the bush,superscript,1,baseline, that shaped me. I come to the land the same way still, expectant, awake to the promise of territories beyond the horizon, undiscovered and wild. All those years in cities never took away that feeling of tremendous awe.
paragraph 3,When I rejoined my native family after twenty years, it was the land that framed our reconnection. It was a balm for the awkwardness of strangers who bore the same blood and history. . . .
paragraph 4,It wasn't easy coming back. I had little of the Ojibway left on me and they had no experience with the urban world I knew. But all of us felt a kinship with the territory we called our home, and it was there, among the muskeg,,superscript,2,baseline, rock and spruce of the northern land, that my family found a way to scrabble past our differences.
paragraph 5,We went camping the second summer I was home. We drove to Silver Lake on the gravel road that leads to Grassy Narrows and found a place above a wide sweep of beach.
paragraph 6,There were five of us: my uncle Archie, my mother, my stepfather, my brother Charles and me.
paragraph 7,I watched as they erected their canvas tent, cut saplings with an axe for the frame, bound the frame with long strips of bark and lined the floor with cedar boughs. When I put up the small orange hump of nylon that was my pack tent, they laughed.
paragraph 8,As we stood on the beach, my uncle told us stories about the lake and the land across the bay from where we stood. He told us about the portages,superscript,3,baseline, the people used according to the season, moose or deer or fish drawing them at different times. He'd learned those routes as a boy, he said, and he could find his way from there to Whitedog, a hundred miles away.
paragraph 9,My brother and I took off in the canoe to find the first portage for ourselves. It was a calm, perfect afternoon and the paddling was easy. We talked some, but mostly we concentrated on looking for the landmarks my uncle had described. We found the portage without a problem. We hauled our canoe up and over the half-mile distance to a long narrow lake edged with wild rice. At the far end we found the stone marker for the next portage. This one was shorter and steeper. The lake we came onto was an almost perfect bowl, encircled by walls of pink granite where eagles nested. We paddled slowly around that lake, neither of us inclined to talk.
paragraph 10,There were no vapour trails above us, no drone of airplanes. We were back in the bush five miles or more, and there were no outboard motors to be heard. There was only the land, the symphony of it, the orchestral manoeuvres of wind and rock and sky. I could feel the presence of my people, the staunch heart of them beating here for millennia, and I felt joined to them.
paragraph 11,We paddled back as evening fell. Both of us were touched by the opportunity to experience history, and we talked about how it must have felt in pre-settlement times to make this same paddle back to a camp set up above the beach. We could smell woodsmoke as we approached, and we saw the fire burning in the middle of our camp.
paragraph 12,It was an idyllic scene, the Ojibway world unchanged, unaffected. But when we beached the canoe and walked to the camp, we found the others in lawn chairs, watching a ball game on a battery-operated television.
paragraph 13,I laugh about it now, that collision of cultures, but back then it confused me. I was so desperate to reconnect, so needy for definition that the cultural anachronism was jarring. I wanted my people to be as tribal as I dreamed them. But time and circumstances had made that impossible.
paragraph 14,All Canadians have felt time disrupt them. Everyone has seen the culture they sprang from altered and rearranged into a curious mélange of old and new. So the country between us is not strange. We all carry a yearning for simpler, truer times. We all crave a reaffirmation of our place here, to hear the voices of our people singing on the land.
This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.
,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
Which statement ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, expresses a central idea developed in the passage?
Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
People can gain new perspectives on life if they travel to new places.
2.
Family relationships take substantial cooperation to develop and maintain.
3.
A physical place can be closely connected to the identity and history of a culture.
4.
It is important for people who live in urban areas to learn how to survive in the wilderness.
paragraph 1,There are times when something as simple as the rain that freckles slate grey water can take me back to it—that feeling I remember from my boyhood when the ragged line of trees against the sky filled me with a loneliness that had nothing to do with loss. The land sometimes carries an emptiness you feel in you like the breeze.
paragraph 2,It's not a sad feeling. Rather it's a song I learned by rote in the tramp of my young feet through the rough and tangle of the bush,superscript,1,baseline, that shaped me. I come to the land the same way still, expectant, awake to the promise of territories beyond the horizon, undiscovered and wild. All those years in cities never took away that feeling of tremendous awe.
paragraph 3,When I rejoined my native family after twenty years, it was the land that framed our reconnection. It was a balm for the awkwardness of strangers who bore the same blood and history. . . .
paragraph 4,It wasn't easy coming back. I had little of the Ojibway left on me and they had no experience with the urban world I knew. But all of us felt a kinship with the territory we called our home, and it was there, among the muskeg,,superscript,2,baseline, rock and spruce of the northern land, that my family found a way to scrabble past our differences.
paragraph 5,We went camping the second summer I was home. We drove to Silver Lake on the gravel road that leads to Grassy Narrows and found a place above a wide sweep of beach.
paragraph 6,There were five of us: my uncle Archie, my mother, my stepfather, my brother Charles and me.
paragraph 7,I watched as they erected their canvas tent, cut saplings with an axe for the frame, bound the frame with long strips of bark and lined the floor with cedar boughs. When I put up the small orange hump of nylon that was my pack tent, they laughed.
paragraph 8,As we stood on the beach, my uncle told us stories about the lake and the land across the bay from where we stood. He told us about the portages,superscript,3,baseline, the people used according to the season, moose or deer or fish drawing them at different times. He'd learned those routes as a boy, he said, and he could find his way from there to Whitedog, a hundred miles away.
paragraph 9,My brother and I took off in the canoe to find the first portage for ourselves. It was a calm, perfect afternoon and the paddling was easy. We talked some, but mostly we concentrated on looking for the landmarks my uncle had described. We found the portage without a problem. We hauled our canoe up and over the half-mile distance to a long narrow lake edged with wild rice. At the far end we found the stone marker for the next portage. This one was shorter and steeper. The lake we came onto was an almost perfect bowl, encircled by walls of pink granite where eagles nested. We paddled slowly around that lake, neither of us inclined to talk.
paragraph 10,There were no vapour trails above us, no drone of airplanes. We were back in the bush five miles or more, and there were no outboard motors to be heard. There was only the land, the symphony of it, the orchestral manoeuvres of wind and rock and sky. I could feel the presence of my people, the staunch heart of them beating here for millennia, and I felt joined to them.
paragraph 11,We paddled back as evening fell. Both of us were touched by the opportunity to experience history, and we talked about how it must have felt in pre-settlement times to make this same paddle back to a camp set up above the beach. We could smell woodsmoke as we approached, and we saw the fire burning in the middle of our camp.
paragraph 12,It was an idyllic scene, the Ojibway world unchanged, unaffected. But when we beached the canoe and walked to the camp, we found the others in lawn chairs, watching a ball game on a battery-operated television.
paragraph 13,I laugh about it now, that collision of cultures, but back then it confused me. I was so desperate to reconnect, so needy for definition that the cultural anachronism was jarring. I wanted my people to be as tribal as I dreamed them. But time and circumstances had made that impossible.
paragraph 14,All Canadians have felt time disrupt them. Everyone has seen the culture they sprang from altered and rearranged into a curious mélange of old and new. So the country between us is not strange. We all carry a yearning for simpler, truer times. We all crave a reaffirmation of our place here, to hear the voices of our people singing on the land.
This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.
,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
Which statement ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, expresses a central idea developed in the passage?
Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
People can gain new perspectives on life if they travel to new places.
2.
Family relationships take substantial cooperation to develop and maintain.
3.
A physical place can be closely connected to the identity and history of a culture.
4.
It is important for people who live in urban areas to learn how to survive in the wilderness.
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Answer
Part B,end emphasis,
Which sentence from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, develops the central idea from Part A?
Question 2 Answer options with 4 options
1.
"The land sometimes carries an emptiness you feel in you like the breeze." (Paragraph 1)
2.
"He'd learned those routes as a boy, he said, and he could find his way from there to Whitedog, a hundred miles away." (Paragraph 8)
3.
"The lake we came onto was an almost perfect bowl, encircled by walls of pink granite where eagles nested." (Paragraph 9)
4.
"I could feel the presence of my people, the staunch heart of them beating here for millennia, and I felt joined to them." (Paragraph 10)
Which sentence from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, develops the central idea from Part A?
Question 2 Answer options with 4 options
1.
"The land sometimes carries an emptiness you feel in you like the breeze." (Paragraph 1)
2.
"He'd learned those routes as a boy, he said, and he could find his way from there to Whitedog, a hundred miles away." (Paragraph 8)
3.
"The lake we came onto was an almost perfect bowl, encircled by walls of pink granite where eagles nested." (Paragraph 9)
4.
"I could feel the presence of my people, the staunch heart of them beating here for millennia, and I felt joined to them." (Paragraph 10)
Answer
How does the author develop the idea that his upbringing has distanced him from his native family's way of life?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
by contrasting his family's traditional camping with his own nylon tent
2.
by describing the sense of wonder he feels upon seeing the fire at his family's camp
3.
by showing his hesitation to speak with his brother during the beginning of their trip
4.
by revealing his decision to travel with his brother to find the portage from his uncle's stories
Answer options with 4 options
1.
by contrasting his family's traditional camping with his own nylon tent
2.
by describing the sense of wonder he feels upon seeing the fire at his family's camp
3.
by showing his hesitation to speak with his brother during the beginning of their trip
4.
by revealing his decision to travel with his brother to find the portage from his uncle's stories
Answer
This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.
,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
Which phrase ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, describes the tone of paragraph 2?
Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
victorious pride
2.
casual friendliness
3.
reflective appreciation
4.
lighthearted amusement
,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
Which phrase ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, describes the tone of paragraph 2?
Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
victorious pride
2.
casual friendliness
3.
reflective appreciation
4.
lighthearted amusement
Answer
Part B,end emphasis,
Select ,begin emphasis,two,end emphasis, phrases from paragraph 2 that ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, show how the correct tone from Part A is developed.
Question 2 Answer options with 5 options
1.
"the tramp of my young feet"
2.
"the rough and tangle of the bush"
3.
"I come to the land the same way still"
4.
"awake to the promise of territories beyond the horizon"
5.
"that feeling of tremendous awe"
Select ,begin emphasis,two,end emphasis, phrases from paragraph 2 that ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, show how the correct tone from Part A is developed.
Question 2 Answer options with 5 options
1.
"the tramp of my young feet"
2.
"the rough and tangle of the bush"
3.
"I come to the land the same way still"
4.
"awake to the promise of territories beyond the horizon"
5.
"that feeling of tremendous awe"
Answer
In paragraph 4, the author states, "my family found a way to ,begin emphasis,scrabble,end emphasis, past our differences."
What does the word ,begin emphasis,scrabble,end emphasis, help to suggest?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
conscious effort
2.
cautious reluctance
3.
spirited cooperation
4.
hopeful anticipation
What does the word ,begin emphasis,scrabble,end emphasis, help to suggest?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
conscious effort
2.
cautious reluctance
3.
spirited cooperation
4.
hopeful anticipation
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3. A physical place can be closely connected to the identity and history of a culture.
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
Explain how the passage supports the central idea you chose in Part A.
The passage describes the protagonist's deep connection to the land of their native family and how returning to that land helped them reconnect with their family members. The land is described as a central aspect of their identity and history, framing their reconnection with their family members and providing a sense of belonging and unity. The passage also highlights the protagonist's reverence and awe for the wilderness and the traditional ways of their people, emphasizing the importance of the physical place in shaping their cultural identity.
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
Explain how the passage supports the central idea you chose in Part A.
The passage describes the protagonist's deep connection to the land of their native family and how returning to that land helped them reconnect with their family members. The land is described as a central aspect of their identity and history, framing their reconnection with their family members and providing a sense of belonging and unity. The passage also highlights the protagonist's reverence and awe for the wilderness and the traditional ways of their people, emphasizing the importance of the physical place in shaping their cultural identity.
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4. "I could feel the presence of my people, the staunch heart of them beating here for millennia, and I felt joined to them." (Paragraph 10)
This sentence best develops the central idea of a physical place being closely connected to the identity and history of a culture. It emphasizes the protagonist's deep connection to their people and the land, highlighting how being in that place evokes a sense of ancestral presence and unity.
This sentence best develops the central idea of a physical place being closely connected to the identity and history of a culture. It emphasizes the protagonist's deep connection to their people and the land, highlighting how being in that place evokes a sense of ancestral presence and unity.
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GPT 3.5
1. by contrasting his family's traditional camping with his own nylon tent
The author develops the idea that his upbringing has distanced him from his native family's way of life by highlighting the differences in their camping practices, specifically by contrasting his own modern nylon tent with his family's traditional canvas tent made with saplings and cedar boughs. This physical contrast symbolizes the cultural and lifestyle differences that have emerged due to his time spent in urban areas.
The author develops the idea that his upbringing has distanced him from his native family's way of life by highlighting the differences in their camping practices, specifically by contrasting his own modern nylon tent with his family's traditional canvas tent made with saplings and cedar boughs. This physical contrast symbolizes the cultural and lifestyle differences that have emerged due to his time spent in urban areas.
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GPT 3.5
3. reflective appreciation
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
Explain how the phrase you chose in Part A contributes to the overall meaning of the paragraph.
The phrase "reflective appreciation" describes the tone of paragraph 2 as the author reflects on their upbringing and connection to the land. The author's sense of awe and respect for the territories beyond the horizon and the wildness of the land is evident in this tone. It conveys a deep sense of gratitude and introspection towards the impact the land has had on their identity and perspective, emphasizing the importance of nature in shaping their worldview.
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
Explain how the phrase you chose in Part A contributes to the overall meaning of the paragraph.
The phrase "reflective appreciation" describes the tone of paragraph 2 as the author reflects on their upbringing and connection to the land. The author's sense of awe and respect for the territories beyond the horizon and the wildness of the land is evident in this tone. It conveys a deep sense of gratitude and introspection towards the impact the land has had on their identity and perspective, emphasizing the importance of nature in shaping their worldview.
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2. "the rough and tangle of the bush"
5. "that feeling of tremendous awe"
These phrases from paragraph 2 convey the reflective appreciation tone by emphasizing the author's childhood experiences in nature ("the rough and tangle of the bush") and their continued sense of awe and wonder towards the land ("that feeling of tremendous awe"). They capture the emotional and nostalgic connection the author feels towards the land, highlighting their appreciation for the natural world and the impact it has had on their life.
5. "that feeling of tremendous awe"
These phrases from paragraph 2 convey the reflective appreciation tone by emphasizing the author's childhood experiences in nature ("the rough and tangle of the bush") and their continued sense of awe and wonder towards the land ("that feeling of tremendous awe"). They capture the emotional and nostalgic connection the author feels towards the land, highlighting their appreciation for the natural world and the impact it has had on their life.
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GPT 3.5
1. conscious effort
The word "scrabble" suggests a sense of conscious effort as it implies that the author and their family had to work together and make a deliberate attempt to navigate and overcome their differences. It conveys the idea of actively trying to move past obstacles and disagreements, showing that it was not an easy or spontaneous process.
The word "scrabble" suggests a sense of conscious effort as it implies that the author and their family had to work together and make a deliberate attempt to navigate and overcome their differences. It conveys the idea of actively trying to move past obstacles and disagreements, showing that it was not an easy or spontaneous process.
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