Use the text below to answer the question that follows.

Question

from I, Coriander
by Sally Gardner

It is night, and our old house by the river is finally quiet. The baby has stopped its crying and been soothed back to sleep. Only the gentle lapping of the River Thames can be heard outside my window. London is wrapped in a deep sleep, waiting for the watchman to call in the new day.
I have lit the first of seven candles to write my story by. On the table next to me is the silk purse that holds my mother's pearls, and beside it is the ebony box whose treasure I am only now beginning to understand. Next to that, shining nearly as bright as the moon, stands a pair of silver shoes.
I have a great many things to tell, of how I came by the silver shoes and more. And this being my story and a fairy tale besides, I will start once upon a time . . . .
Which words from the first paragraph reveal the story's point of view?
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it, river
sleep, London
our, my
its, baby

Answer 1

our, my

Answer 2

Use the text below to answer the question that follows.
Passage 1
Tossing Horseshoes
(from Outdoor Fun: A Guide to Yard Games)

Horseshoes is a yard game played between two players or two pairs of players. A horseshoe is a U-shaped iron rib normally nailed to the hooves of horses. People play horseshoes in an area called a "pit." A normal horseshoe pit is 40 feet long with iron or wooden stakes at either end. Players take turns throwing two horseshoes at one stake while standing behind the other.
Cowboys looking for a way to pass the time probably invented the game of horseshoes. The idea is to score a "ringer" or to make the horseshoe wrap around the opposite stake. This makes a loud noise and scores three points. Another way to score points is by throwing the horseshoe closest to the stake. A player wins one point for each throw that lands closer to the stake than the opponent.

Passage 2
Horseshoes
(from an encyclopedia article)

Horses work to carry riders and heavy loads, so it is important that people protect a horse's hooves. Work can cause a horse’s hoof to chip or break. Horseshoes help prevent this kind of damage to the horse's hooves.
A horseshoe is a U-shaped metal slat that is fitted to each hoof. People normally make horseshoes from iron though they use other metals as well. The farrier is the person who shoes a horse. He or she nails the horseshoe onto the hoof, which is like a person's fingernail.
Because the hoof is dense and tough, the nailing of the shoe onto the hoof does not hurt the horse at all. In fact, most farriers say horses enjoy being shod because they like the attention. They say the horse thinks of the process the same way a person might think of a manicure.
Frankie's teacher asked him to write a report on horses and their shoes. Which passage from the text above should Frankie use as a source for his assignment?
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Passage 1 because it describes a typical horseshoe as a U-shaped iron rib.
Passage 1 because it shows how throwing horseshoes can be a lot of fun.
Passage 2 because it explains how cowboys invented the game of horseshoes.
Passage 2 because it reports that a farrier is a person who shoes a horse.