Question
On the walls of every room in Maria Lopez's home, there were multiple paintings, all done by her. The avid 14-year-old artist devoted almost every waking moment to painting and rarely discarded any of her work because, in her mind, every one of her paintings should be classified as a masterpiece. All her paintings shared the same subject, still life, though the details in them—table settings, musical instruments, jewelry—were different.
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"What a day!" her father complained as he walked through the front door and haphazardly tossed the mail onto the table.
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Maria was about to ask what was tough about his day when the return address on an envelope, from the High School Art Institute, distracted her. She snatched it up and ripped open the envelope. As she scanned the contents, a frown emerged on her face and then she slapped the letter down on the table.
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"Another rejection letter?" her father asked, and when Maria nodded, he hugged her.
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With new determination, Maria strode off to her bedroom, exclaiming, "I know I'm good enough for that school, and I'm going to prove it!"
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Standing before her easel, she picked up a paintbrush intending to paint a basket of fruit, but then she reconsidered. She loaded the bristles with a hefty gob of blue acrylic paint and flicked her paintbrush, sending dark blue streaks across the white paper. Then Maria swirled her paintbrush in the water and selected orange. Again, she quickly snapped her wrist, and the orange color splattered onto the paper.
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Over the next few weeks, Maria dedicated herself to mastering this new art form, eventually creating what she considered her finest work yet. She snapped a photo of it with her phone and uploaded it along with a quick humorous message to her social media page. She added several tags, including the High School Art Institute, and soon she had numerous comments. One comment, from the Institute, quickly caught Maria's attention: "Excellent abstract. Truly shows your emotion."
Question 2 of 9
Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.
A theme of the text is
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"What a day!" her father complained as he walked through the front door and haphazardly tossed the mail onto the table.
3
Maria was about to ask what was tough about his day when the return address on an envelope, from the High School Art Institute, distracted her. She snatched it up and ripped open the envelope. As she scanned the contents, a frown emerged on her face and then she slapped the letter down on the table.
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"Another rejection letter?" her father asked, and when Maria nodded, he hugged her.
5
With new determination, Maria strode off to her bedroom, exclaiming, "I know I'm good enough for that school, and I'm going to prove it!"
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Standing before her easel, she picked up a paintbrush intending to paint a basket of fruit, but then she reconsidered. She loaded the bristles with a hefty gob of blue acrylic paint and flicked her paintbrush, sending dark blue streaks across the white paper. Then Maria swirled her paintbrush in the water and selected orange. Again, she quickly snapped her wrist, and the orange color splattered onto the paper.
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Over the next few weeks, Maria dedicated herself to mastering this new art form, eventually creating what she considered her finest work yet. She snapped a photo of it with her phone and uploaded it along with a quick humorous message to her social media page. She added several tags, including the High School Art Institute, and soon she had numerous comments. One comment, from the Institute, quickly caught Maria's attention: "Excellent abstract. Truly shows your emotion."
Question 2 of 9
Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.
A theme of the text is
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A theme of the text is **perseverance in the face of rejection**.