Question 8

Question

A) What comes after a story’s climax? Select the two correct answers. (1 point)
exposition
falling action
rising action
inciting incident
resolution
Question 9
A)
Use the story description to answer the question.
A story begins with two characters working together to change a tire. The characters are
trying to avoid speaking to each other, and it becomes clear that they had an argument
before they ended up in this situation. A red car pulls up behind them. A scene shows
one of the two characters riding in the red car, having a lighthearted conversation with its
driver. Another scene shows the two characters who were working to change the tire
arguing about the driver of the red car. As the driver of the red car approaches the two
characters, their eyes meet. It is clear their argument has not been resolved.
How does the author use a plot device to create an effect?
(1 point)
A plot device creates a sense of mystery.
A plot device increases the conflict.
A plot device creates a sense of surprise.
A plot device increases tension.
Question 10
The Summer of El
Pintor
by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Lucia was a narrow street lined with small houses
fronted by dry patches of lawn. Old pepper trees,
whose branches hung limply over the scattered
red berries below them, grew alongside the curbs.
On a dusty driveway two teenage boys in greasespotted T-shirts were working on a torn-down car.
They shot glances in their direction. Monica shrank
into the black leather of the bucket seat. She
wanted to hide. But why? She took a deep breath,
sat up, and forced herself to look around again.
The morning mist was completely gone. The sun
was strong and bright, intensifying the color of a
row of potted marigolds on the front porch of one
of the houses.
Excerpt from "Summer of El Pintor" by Ofelia
Dumas Lachtman is being reprinted with
permission from the publisher (©Arte Público
Press - University of Houston)
A)
Use the excerpt from “The Summer of El
Pintor” by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman to answer
the question.
Which sentence or sentences from the
passage help readers determine the story’s
setting?
(1 point)
She wanted to hide. But why? She took
a deep breath, sat up, and forced
herself to look around again.
The morning mist was completely gone.
The sun was strong and bright,
intensifying the color of a row of potted
marigolds on the front porch of one of
the houses.
They shot glances in their direction.
Monica shrank into the black leather of
the bucket seat.

Answer 1

Question 8
A) What comes after a story’s climax? Select the two correct answers.

• falling action
• resolution

Question 9
A) How does the author use a plot device to create an effect?

• A plot device increases tension.

Question 10
A) Which sentence or sentences from the passage help readers determine the story’s setting?

• The morning mist was completely gone. The sun was strong and bright, intensifying the color of a row of potted marigolds on the front porch of one of the houses.