Question

Which of the following is a moment of high suspense in the story?
A. Tom sees the yellow paper fly out the window a second time.
B. Tom stares through the window into his living room.
C. Clare leaves.
D. Tom looks down and panics.

Answer 1

Which line from Swimming to Antarctica would logically lead a reader to predict that Lynne Cox's swim would be extremely difficult?
A. I knew that the weather could suddenly change and the swim would be off.
B. Gabriella came in to take a core temperature; it was up to 100.4 degrees.
C. I wondered if in thirty-two-degree water the water in my cells would freeze ….
D. In the protection of the Antarctic Peninsula, the wind dropped off and the sea grew calmer.

Which of the following is a moment of suspense in “Games at Twilight”?
A. The children are released from the house to play.
B. Ravi squashes a spider that had been tickling his neck.
C. The children continue playing their funeral game.
D. Ravi imagines creatures are watching him in the dark shed.

Vocabulary and Grammar. Anita Desai describes the furniture in the shed as “defunct” because it was discarded. What is another word for defunct?
A. dirty
B. dead
C. thriving
D. empty

Answer 2

Which of the following is NOT a detail Carson uses to describe the pool in the cave at low tide?
A. A starfish hangs from the ceiling and is reflected in the water below.
B. Hundreds of periwinkles browse the branches and roots of the trees.
C. The water is clear as glass and the bottom is carpeted with green sponge.
D. Pale pink hydroid Tubularia look like flowers hanging from the ceiling.

In what does Framton seem to be mainly interested?
A. Vera's coquettish behavior
B. Mrs. Sappleton's mood
C. his own problems
D. the masculine atmosphere

What do “Tepeyac” and “Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer” have in common?
A. They both tell about someone important to the author.
B. They both describe the author's childhood neighborhood.
C. They are both written in a simple, direct style.
D. They are both addressed to a single person.

Answer 3

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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