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1. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
Samantha tried to look IMPASSIVE when they announced her essay as a finalist in the competition. (1 point)
surprised***
unemotional
unsure
vibrant
2. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
As a species, we were an ABOMINATION. All of us. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
something worthy of fear
something worthy of anxiety
something worthy of shock
something worthy of disgust***
3. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
Mrs. Gonzales REITERATED the directions to the class. (1 point)
stated
repeated***
retracted
yelled
4. Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
The ugliness they left was PALPABLE. (1 point)
able to be felt***
strange
hurtful
imagined
Match the definitions to the words by filling in the correct letter.
A. hopeless; depressing BLEAK
B. threatening MENACING
C. not giving up INSISTENT
D. highly respected PRESTIGIOUS
E. graceful; agile LITHE
Use the word bank to answer the question.
5.
prestigious MY ANSWER:D HIGHLY RESPECTED
Use the word bank to answer the question.
6.
lithe MY ANSWER: GRACEFUL;AGILE
Use the word bank to answer the question.
7.
bleak MY ANSWER: A. Hopeless;Depressing
Use the word bank to answer the question.
8.
insistent MY ANSWER: NOT GIVING UP
Use the word bank to answer the question.
9.
menacing MY ANSWER: THREATENING
10. The author of “My Brother’s Keeper” emphasizes Jamie’s conflict by (1 point)
describing the car accident in detail.
detailing Jamie’s physical appearance and good grades.
flashing back to earlier events with his brother Ted.***
including the incident of his parents’ death.
11. The story “My Brother’s Keeper” is told through the point of view of (1 point)
Harry.
Jamie.
Ted.
a narrator.***
12. At the end of “The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant,” the narrator feels that (1 point)
Sheila would be better off with a different guy.
Sheila will eventually like him.
Sheila is missing out when she rejects him.
He should do more to impress Sheila.***
13. In “The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant,” the narrator invites Sheila to (1 point)
see a band in Dixford.
see a movie at the theater in town.
go out to dinner.
go for a walk around the lake.***
14. According to the speaker in "The First Lesson," a dead man's float is (1 point)
lying face down in the water.***
diving energetically in the tidewater.
thrashing to the island aimlessly.
the sea holding the swimmer facing upward.
15. The author of “On Turning Ten” includes the childhood fantasies, such as being invisible or a prince, in order to (1 point)
show the creativity of the speaker.
explain why he no longer rides his bike.
contrast the playfulness of younger days with the more serious present.***
show how the child narrator spent his time before he was terminally ill.
16. In “Hanging Fire,” the recurring line “and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed” creates the feeling of (1 point)
confidence.
connection.
isolation.***
poverty.
17. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the speaker states she felt like crying when she heard the lines “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” What did she feel was keeping her from being the master of her fate? (1 point)
growing up in the South
the prejudice against her race***
being outperformed by Henry Reed
dropping out of school in the eighth grade
18. The speaker in My Forbidden Face sets her canary loose because (1 point)
her father forced her.
it symbolized her freedom.***
they could no longer afford to feed it.
they had to move to a new apartment.
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ANSWERS FOR CONNECTIONS
1.B
2.B
3.D
4.E
5.D
6.B
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.C
11.D
12.A
13.A
14.C
15.B
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2.C
3.D
4.D
5.B
6.B
7.C
8.C
9.B
10.C
11.D
12.C
13.D
14.C
15.B
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