Read the next two selections. Then choose the best answer to each question. You have 2 questions below these passages to answer.

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The Antique Shop

1 Jesse walks the short distance from school to the front door of Tio Roland and Tia Gloria's small antique business, just as he does every Monday and Wednesday afternoon. He passes by the neighborhood cafe where his friends sit in booths, talking and laughing. He wishes he could join them, but "helping family is important." Or at least that's what Papa tells him every time he complains about working for his uncle for free.

2 As he approaches the shop, Jesses sees his uncle through the large window, chatting happily with a customer. Pausing to glance at all the junk set out in the window display, Jesse remembers Papa bringing him here when he was little. The shop had seemed magical then, packed with shiny instruments, diverse decorations, and some strangely shaped furniture.

3 One summer morning, Papa had released Jesse's tiny hand to open the door, inviting him to enter this wonderland. Jesse's eyes shot from one end of the wide room to the other, taking in its treasures.

4 "Mi hijo," Papa said, "come see what is back here."

5 At the top of the shop, behind the glass counter was a shelf displaying a cowboy hat like Jesse had seen in those old movies Papa liked to watch.

6 "This is the first item your abuelo displayed when he opened the shop over 40 years ago," Papa explained. "It's nineteenth-century charro cowboy sombrero, given to him by his own grandfather back in Mexico.

7 Jesse's young mind tried to grasp this information. His abuelo had an abuelo, and that hat was old!

8 "Is Tio Roland going to sell it?" Jesse asked.

9 "Oh, no," Papa had replied. "This is a family heirloom. We just keep it here for customers to admire."

10 The bell on the door rings as a customer leaves, and Jesse snaps out of his thoughts.

11 He enters the shop and joins his uncle behind the counter, letting his backpack fall to the floor. The store no longer fills Jesse with awe. Although the sombrero still sits in its stately place, everything else seems like old junk.

12 Jesse sits on a tall wooden stool and watches people come and go. Not everyone who comes into the store buys something, but those who do often find that one perfect item in the sea of clutter and always seem to have silly grins on their faces when they leave, like children exiting a candy store.

13 "Why do people like all this junk?" Jess wonders out loud as he looks around the store. "It's old, and some of it doesn't work anymore."

14 Tio Roland sighs and shakes his head. "When people come here, they're not just buying a rusted trombone or an old bicycle. Customers are taking a piece of history with them, something that brings back a happy memory or sparks their imagination."

15 Jesse can tell that Tio Roland is tired of trying to explain this to him, so when Tia Gloria walks in carrying a large brown box, Jesse welcomes the diversion.

16 "Here," Tia Gloria grins as the box lands on the counter with a heavy thud. "This is what I got from that garage sale yesterday."

17 "What's this?" Tio Roland asks as he reaches into the box. Inside, in perfect condition, is an action figure from one of Jesse's favorite film sagas, and it is still in the original packaging.

18 "Oh, wow! How cool!" Jesse gasps as he grabs for the action figure.

19 "Ha!" Tio Roland exclaims, pointing to Jesse with a huge grin on his face. "You feel that? That's what customers feel when they come here, like they found just the thing they needed."

20 Jesse nods as if to tell his uncle that he understands. He turns the item over, squinting to read the print on the package and wiping the dust off his shirt. "Can I keep it?" Jesses asks quietly, feeling a little sheepish. Tio Roland and Tia Gloria look at each other, and after a brief moment, they both nod. Jesse waves the action figure triumphantly in the air.

21 "Thank you!" Jesse exclaims as he slips the item in his backpack. Maybe this shop is a place of great discoveries and history, he thinks, glancing back at the sombrero.



Don't Go Into the Library

by Alberto Rios

The library is dangerous--

Don't go in. If you do

You know what will happen.

It's like a pet store or a bakery--

5 Every single time you'll come out of there

Holding something in your arms.

Those novels with their big eyes.

And those no-nonsense, all muscle

Greyhounds and Dobermans,

10 All non-fiction and business,

Cuddly when they're young

But then when the first page is turned.

The doughnut scent of it all, knowledge,

The aroma of coffee being made

15 In all those books, something for everyone,

The deli offerings of civilization itself.

The library is the book of books,

Its concrete and wood and glass covers

Keeping within them the very big,

20 Very long story of everything.

The library is dangerous, full

Of answers. If you go inside,

You may not come out

The same person who went in.



Question 1
#1 Which paragraph is the best summary of the story "The Antique Shop"?(1 point)
Responses

Jesse walks from school to an antique shop where he works twice a week. He would rather spend time with his friends after school. Jesse's aunt comes to the shop with a box of items from a garage sale. He sees an action figure in its original packaging. He thinks the figure is cool. He reads the fine print on the package and wipes the dust off his shirt. Then, he waves the action figure in the air.
Jesse walks from school to an antique shop where he works twice a week. He would rather spend time with his friends after school. Jesse's aunt comes to the shop with a box of items from a garage sale. He sees an action figure in its original packaging. He thinks the figure is cool. He reads the fine print on the package and wipes the dust off his shirt. Then, he waves the action figure in the air.

Jesse's father took him to the family antique shop when he was young. He saw a cowboy hat that used to belong to the first owner of the shop---his grandfather's grandfather. He used to think the shop was full of wonders. Now Jesse works in the shop after school and finds a treasure of his own there. He is as happy as the people who find old things in the shop that make them smile.
Jesse's father took him to the family antique shop when he was young. He saw a cowboy hat that used to belong to the first owner of the shop---his grandfather's grandfather. He used to think the shop was full of wonders. Now Jesse works in the shop after school and finds a treasure of his own there. He is as happy as the people who find old things in the shop that make them smile.

A family heirloom is displayed behind the counter in the antique shop where Jesse works. Jesse's father brought him to the shop when he was a child. The shop was interesting to the small boy. Jesse now works in the shop, which he finds boring. Jesse cannot understand why people would want to purchase old junk or why they grin when they leave the store with their purchases.
A family heirloom is displayed behind the counter in the antique shop where Jesse works. Jesse's father brought him to the shop when he was a child. The shop was interesting to the small boy. Jesse now works in the shop, which he finds boring. Jesse cannot understand why people would want to purchase old junk or why they grin when they leave the store with their purchases.

Jesse works in his family's antique shop. As a child, he thought the items in the shop were treasures, such as a cowboy hat his grandfather's grandfather owned, but now he thinks the items are junk. Jesse cannot understand why people would want them until he finds a cool action figure in a box his aunt got at a garage sale. Jesse's feelings about the action figure help him understand why people find joy in things in the shop.
Jesse works in his family's antique shop. As a child, he thought the items in the shop were treasures, such as a cowboy hat his grandfather's grandfather owned, but now he thinks the items are junk. Jesse cannot understand why people would want them until he finds a cool action figure in a box his aunt got at a garage sale. Jesse's feelings about the action figure help him understand why people find joy in things in the shop.
Question 2
#2 Which statement describes how the setting of the story "The Antique Shop" and the poem "Don't Go Into the Library" are DIFFERENT?(1 point)
Responses

Only one setting provides wisdom to those who enter.
Only one setting provides wisdom to those who enter.

Only one setting appeals to all kinds of people.
Only one setting appeals to all kinds of people.

Only one setting contains many important objects.
Only one setting contains many important objects.

Only one setting invites visitors to discover something.
Only one setting invites visitors to discover something.
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Answer 1

Question 1:

The best summary of the story "The Antique Shop" is:

Jesse works in his family's antique shop. As a child, he thought the items in the shop were treasures, such as a cowboy hat his grandfather's grandfather owned, but now he thinks the items are junk. Jesse cannot understand why people would want them until he finds a cool action figure in a box his aunt got at a garage sale. Jesse's feelings about the action figure help him understand why people find joy in things in the shop.

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Question 2:

The statement that describes how the setting of the story "The Antique Shop" and the poem "Don't Go Into the Library" are DIFFERENT is:

Only one setting provides wisdom to those who enter.

In "The Antique Shop," the setting represents personal and family history, while the library in the poem symbolizes knowledge and wisdom.