Read the following passage from "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner and answer the question.

1 To-morrow they were there. In the early afternoon the wagon stopped before a paintless

two-room

2 house identical almost with the dozen others it had stopped before even in the boy's ten

years, and again,

3 as on the other dozen occasions, his mother and aunt got down and began to unload the

wagon,

4 although his two sisters and his father and brother had not moved.

5 "Likely hit ain't fitten for hawgs," one of the sisters said.

6 "Nevertheless, fit it will and you'll hog it and like it," his father said, "Get out of them

chairs

7 and help your Ma unload"

8 The two sisters got down, big, bovine, in a flutter of cheap ribbons, one of them drew

from the

9 jumbled wagon bed a battered lantern, the other a worn broom. His father handed the reins to the

10 older son and began to climb stiffly over the wheel "When they get unloaded, take the team to the

11 barn and feed them" Then he said, and at first the boy thought he was still speaking to h 12 brother "Come with me

13

"Me?" he said

14 "Yes," his father said. "You"

15 "Abner, his mother said. His father paused and looked back the harsh level stare beneath the shaggy.

16 graying, irascible brows

17 "I reckon I'll have a word with the man that aims to begin to-morrow owning me body

and soul for

18 the next eight months."

19 They went back up the road. A week ago or before last night, that is he would have asked where

20 they were going, but not now His father had struck him before last night but never before had he paused

afterward to explain why, it was as if the blow and the following calm, outrageous voice still rang.

21 repercussed, divulging nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young, the light

weight of his

22 few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but

23 not heavy enough to keep him footed solid in it, to resist it and try to change the course

of

24 its events
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What does the phrase "even in the boy's ten years in line 2 suggest? (1 point)

The family used to move often before the boy was born.

The family has had to move frequently because of the boy

The family has moved a lot during the boy's life.

The family has moved every other year since the boy was born
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The man to whom the father refers in line 17 is most likely alpha point)

Ohis landlord

Chis preacher.

his neighbor

his employer
______________________________________________The last paragraph contains an example of alpha point)

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

none of the above
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Which word best describes the boy based on the descriptions in the last paragraph? (1 por

helpless

confident

stubborn

Aggressive

5 answers

helpless
Read the following passage from "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner and answer the question.

1 To-morrow they were there. In the early afternoon the wagon stopped before a paintless

two-room

2 house identical almost with the dozen others it had stopped before even in the boy's ten

years, and again,

3 as on the other dozen occasions, his mother and aunt got down and began to unload the

wagon,

4 although his two sisters and his father and brother had not moved.

5 "Likely hit ain't fitten for hawgs," one of the sisters said.

6 "Nevertheless, fit it will and you'll hog it and like it," his father said, "Get out of them

chairs

7 and help your Ma unload"

8 The two sisters got down, big, bovine, in a flutter of cheap ribbons, one of them drew

from the

9 jumbled wagon bed a battered lantern, the other a worn broom. His father handed the reins to the

10 older son and began to climb stiffly over the wheel "When they get unloaded, take the team to the

11 barn and feed them" Then he said, and at first the boy thought he was still speaking to h 12 brother "Come with me

13

"Me?" he said

14 "Yes," his father said. "You"

15 "Abner, his mother said. His father paused and looked back the harsh level stare beneath the shaggy.

16 graying, irascible brows

17 "I reckon I'll have a word with the man that aims to begin to-morrow owning me body

and soul for

18 the next eight months."

19 They went back up the road. A week ago or before last night, that is he would have asked where

20 they were going, but not now His father had struck him before last night but never before had he paused

afterward to explain why, it was as if the blow and the following calm, outrageous voice still rang.

21 repercussed, divulging nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young, the light

weight of his

22 few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but

23 not heavy enough to keep him footed solid in it, to resist it and try to change the course

of

24 its events
________________________________
________________________________________
The man to whom the father refers in line 17 is most likely alpha point)

his landlord

his preacher.

his neighbor

his employer
___________________________________
his employer
Read the following passage from "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner and answer the question.

1 To-morrow they were there. In the early afternoon the wagon stopped before a paintless

two-room

2 house identical almost with the dozen others it had stopped before even in the boy's ten

years, and again,

3 as on the other dozen occasions, his mother and aunt got down and began to unload the

wagon,

4 although his two sisters and his father and brother had not moved.

5 "Likely hit ain't fitten for hawgs," one of the sisters said.

6 "Nevertheless, fit it will and you'll hog it and like it," his father said, "Get out of them

chairs

7 and help your Ma unload"

8 The two sisters got down, big, bovine, in a flutter of cheap ribbons, one of them drew

from the

9 jumbled wagon bed a battered lantern, the other a worn broom. His father handed the reins to the

10 older son and began to climb stiffly over the wheel "When they get unloaded, take the team to the

11 barn and feed them" Then he said, and at first the boy thought he was still speaking to h 12 brother "Come with me

13

"Me?" he said

14 "Yes," his father said. "You"

15 "Abner, his mother said. His father paused and looked back the harsh level stare beneath the shaggy.

16 graying, irascible brows

17 "I reckon I'll have a word with the man that aims to begin to-morrow owning me body

and soul for

18 the next eight months."

19 They went back up the road. A week ago or before last night, that is he would have asked where

20 they were going, but not now His father had struck him before last night but never before had he paused

afterward to explain why, it was as if the blow and the following calm, outrageous voice still rang.

21 repercussed, divulging nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young, the light

weight of his

22 few years, just heavy enough to prevent his soaring free of the world as it seemed to be ordered but

23 not heavy enough to keep him footed solid in it, to resist it and try to change the course

of

24 its events

______________________________________________The last paragraph contains an example of alpha point)

hyperbole

simile

alliteration

none of the above
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none of the above (The last paragraph does not contain any figurative language devices, just a description of the boy's state of being.)