Question

from Bead on an Anthill

once followed an ant home. When I was a child, I was
eem preposterous to me now. But as a small child, I
und and imagined all sorts of possibilities. I followed the
eded glass beads to make a ring, a simple string of
inger after the metal washer I had put on it had caused
father had to take me to the appliance store on Main
ervice man, who also sold stoves, refrigerators, and
lipper to snip it off my swollen finger, the finger I had
omething pretty and shiny. I was determined to find or
vould not make my finger swell. So I decided to make
red beads.
owledge among the children in my neighborhood, and
vell, that the ants collected our discarded beads and
, I followed an ant home. In Nebraska the roads are
lirt is an off-white color. I followed the ant up the hill
ouse and to the trail behind her house where the road
rew in clumps. It was easy for the ant to make its way
/e seemed to it a forest of tall trees. I followed it past
scarded potato chip bags, and broken glass to the ant
here the other ants milled about on a mound that rose
es from the ground. The mound had one hole in the
opening, scattered about like planned landscaping,
s and beads. Beads of all colors. I remember the blue,
and even the white beads that were scattered about
lecorations or offerings to a god. I watched the ant enter
track of it. It had led me to what I wanted, and I forgot it

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This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then
answer Part B.

Part A
Select two central ideas developed in the passage.

1. Beading is a meaningful form of art that takes
both patience and skill.

2. The complicated lives of ants are similar to the
complicated lives of people.

3. A person needs the right materials and
equipment to become a great beader.

4. As a child, the author went to great lengths to
get what she needed to create a piece of
jewelry for herself.

5. As a child, the author spent a lot of time
watching ants and was amazed by their
behavior on the anthill.

Part B
Select two details from the passage that best support
the correct answers from Part A.

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Answer 1

Part A
- 4 and 5

Part B
- “I followed an ant home.” — shows the author went out of her way as a child to get the beads she wanted (supports choice 4).
- “I watched the ant enter… The mound had one hole in the opening… Beads of all colors.” — shows the child spent time watching the ants and was fascinated by what she saw at the anthill (supports choice 5).