Question

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1. Why does Laetitia move away from home? (1 point) She wants to live with her boyfriend. She and her mother have a huge argument. She is pregnant. She is bored. “Delfino II: Diez in the Desert” 2. The word __________ is used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico- U.S. border. (1 point) coyote border patrolista ranchera cougar 3. The first thing that went wrong on Diez’s ill-fated trip was that _____. (1 point) a woman became delirious and died a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles Diez got in a fist

Answer 1

1. Why does Laetitia move away from home? (1 point) She wants to live with her boyfriend. She and her mother have a huge argument. She is pregnant. She is bored. “Delfino II: Diez in the Desert” 2. The word __________ is used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico- U.S. border. (1 point) coyote border patrolista ranchera cougar 3. The first thing that went wrong on Diez’s ill-fated trip was that _____. (1 point) a woman became delirious and died a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles Diez got in a fistfight with his coyote trainee the group was spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter “Mexicans Begin Jogging” 4. In the poem “Mexicans Begin Jogging,” why does the speaker run when the immigration officers raid the factory where he works? (1 point) He’s not a legal U.S. citizen. He’s terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not. He’s afraid of his fellow workers finding out he’s not an illegal like them. His boss tells him to run, and he is on his boss’s time. Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 5–6. 5. [H]e had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique… (1 point) hurt rubbed caved in stuck out 6. You extinguish them all, send them to the hospital. (1 point) excite turn on quench deliver Poems Across the Divide 7. The neighbor of the speaker in the poem “Mending Wall” believes (1 point) “good fences make good neighbors.” “good neighbors make good fences.” his wall will keep out wild animals and other predators. his wall will make him forget what he fears. 8. Before he would build a wall, the speaker in “Mending Wall” would want to know (1 point) what he was walling in or walling out. who might be profiting from it. what his family would think of it. how effective it was going to be. 9. In “I Am the Land. I Wait.,” the speaker is (1 point) an Italian woman. an angry environmentalist. some binoculars. the land. 10. What is it that angers the speaker in the poem “I Am the Land. I Wait.”? (1 point) the prospect of being chained and fenced the idea of being cut into smaller parcels the problem of getting people to conserve the difficulties of writing “green” poetry 11. The speaker of the poem “Your World” goes from living in a small nest in a corner to (1 point) being welcomed into a larger flock of birds. being devoured by the family’s hungry cat. soaring “to the uttermost reaches” of the sky. thriving with other wildlife in a big airy barn. “Hip-Hop Planet”, “Ka’Ba”, and “Harlem II” 12. According to McBride, the roots of hip-hop music began in (1 point) West Africa centuries ago. a 19th-century slave ship. the streets of Harlem. Puerto Rico and Jamaica. 13. Hip-hop music is a type of music that is (1 point) popular wherever there is a large minority population. globally popular. popular in two places—West Africa and the Bronx. steadily losing its popularity. 14. The tone of the poems “Ka’Ba” and “Harlem II” might be called (1 point) bitter. defeated. optimistic. syrupy. Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 15–16. 15. Dr. Smith had a rationale for giving his students “A’s”: he believed grades hindered learning. (1 point) choice promise reason manifesto 16. One affluent suburb decided to outlaw bus stops in its neighborhoods. (1 point) backward groomed scheming wealthy 17. What could save black people, according to poet Amiri Baraka? (1 point) the “sacred words” that unloose their imaginations rich benefactors in major cities a socialist political system discarding tired beliefs about racism 18. What images does Langston Hughes use in his poem “Harlem II”? (1 point) raisins in the sun festering sores stinky, rotten meat all of the above 19. In the story “Borders,” what answer will the mother not provide to the border guards? (1 point) her tribal citizenship her national citizenship her last name in English her last name in the Blackfoot language

Answer 2

I will help you, but I will not do your homework for you. Put what you think is right, and me or someone else will check your work. Sorry, I know English can suck, but it's your responsibility. :(

Answer 3

Why does Laetitia move away from home? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) She wants to live with her boyfriend.
Unselected answer (0 pts) She and her mother have a huge argument.
Unselected answer (0 pts) She is pregnant.
Correct answer (1 pt) She is bored.
1 /1 point
2.
Why didn’t Diez stay hydrated? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) He gave all of his water to his clients.
Unselected answer (0 pts) He lost his way from the others and had no supplies.
Correct answer (1 pt) He kept vomiting up any nourishment or fluid he took in.
Unselected answer (0 pts) He thought he could make it without drinking because of his experience.
1 /1 point
For questions 3-5, choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
3.
Sometimes small dogs show more bravado than the larger breeds; they may need to in order to be noticed. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) boldness
Unselected answer (0 pts) fear
Unselected answer (0 pts) perseverance
Unselected answer (0 pts) stamina
1 /1 point
4.
He had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique. (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) hurt
Unselected answer (0 pts) rubbed
Unselected answer (0 pts) caved in
Correct answer (1 pt) stuck out
1 /1 point
5.
The fee seemed paltry in exchange for the quality education of her children. (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) abnormal
Unselected answer (0 pts) appropriate
Unselected answer (0 pts) expensive
Correct answer (1 pt) insignificant
1 /1 point
6.
The factory in “Mexicans Begin Jogging” was under investigation for (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) employing illegal immigrants.
Unselected answer (0 pts) unsafe working conditions for employees.
Unselected answer (0 pts) manufacturing illegal parts and products.
Unselected answer (0 pts) forcing labor from undocumented immigrants.
1 /1 point
7.
The neighbor of the speaker in the poem “Mending Wall” believes (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) “good fences make good neighbors.”
Unselected answer (0 pts) “good neighbors make good fences.”
Unselected answer (0 pts) his wall will keep out wild animals and other predators.
Unselected answer (0 pts) his wall will make him forget what he fears.
1 /1 point
8.
What is it that angers the speaker in the poem “I Am the Land. I Wait.”? (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) the prospect of being chained and fenced
Unselected answer (0 pts) the idea of being cut into smaller parcels
Unselected answer (0 pts) the problem of getting people to conserve
Unselected answer (0 pts) the difficulties of writing “green” poetry
1 /1 point
9.
According to McBride, the roots of hip-hop music began in (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) West Africa centuries ago.
Unselected answer (0 pts) a 19th-century slave ship.
Unselected answer (0 pts) the streets of Harlem.
Unselected answer (0 pts) Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
1 /1 point
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
10.
I began to worry about my grandmother when I noticed how gaunt she had become eating the nursing home food. (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) distracted
Unselected answer (0 pts) pale
Correct answer (1 pt) thin
Unselected answer (0 pts) unsure
1 /1 point
11.
The tone of “I am the Land. I Wait.” Might be described as (1 point)
Incorrect Answer (0 pts) bitter.
Unselected answer (0 pts) joyous.
Unselected answer (1 pt) patient.
Unselected answer (0 pts) syrupy.
0 /1 point
For questions 12-14, choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
12.
The sound of the bat hitting the baseball reverberated through the stadium. (1 point)
Correct answer (1 pt) echoed
Unselected answer (0 pts) howled
Unselected answer (0 pts) rang
Unselected answer (0 pts) targeted
1 /1 point
13.
The legion of soldiers advanced on the small group of rebels. (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) calvary
Unselected answer (0 pts) line
Correct answer (1 pt) multitude
Unselected answer (0 pts) school
1 /1 point
14.
Improvisation is so difficult because it cannot be planned. (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) winning the lottery
Unselected answer (0 pts) surprising someone with a party
Unselected answer (0 pts) growing wealth in the stock market
Correct answer (1 pt) inventing on the spur of the moment
1 /1 point
15.
What images does Langston Hughes use in his poem “Harlem II”? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) raisins in the sun
Unselected answer (0 pts) festering sores
Unselected answer (0 pts) stinky, rotten meat
Correct answer (1 pt) all of the above
1 /1 point
16.
The theme of “Ka’Ba” can best be inferred from which line? (1 point)
Unselected answer (1 pt) “Return, destroy, and create. What will be”
Unselected answer (0 pts) “Defying physics in the stream of their will”
Unselected answer (0 pts) “Though we sprawl in gray chains in a place”
Incorrect Answer (0 pts) “Full of masks and dances and swelling chants”
0 /1 point
17.
The resilient tone in “Diez in the Desert” can best be inferred from which line? (1 point)
Unselected answer (0 pts) “But the desert’s denizens could only hunker down and endure June.”
Unselected answer (0 pts) “Diez never knew the words of anyone on the trip. He preferred not to ask.”
Incorrect Answer (0 pts) “On the way, Diez imparted what wisdom his seventeen trips across the desert had taught him.”
Unselected answer (1 pt) “As they ate, in his crackly voice and dry laugh, he told them the story of how a heavyset woman he’d known only as ‘Senora’ had died. . . and almost expired himself.”
0 /1 point
18.
The author of “Hip-Hop Planet” describes the legend of the Great Rock of Toubab Dialaw in order to (1 point)
Unselected answer (1 pt) describe an image of hope that is similar to hip-hop.
Unselected answer (0 pts) show the lack of education of the people of Toubab Dialaw.
Unselected answer (0 pts) describe the setting of the Chez Las restaurant to give it context.
Incorrect Answer (0 pts) represent some non-French history in the story because the residents say they only learn French history.
0 /1 point
19.
Which of the following most effectively conveys the development of the mother as a character in “Borders”? (1 point)
Unselected answer (1 pt) her actions.
Incorrect Answer (0 pts) her thoughts.
Unselected answer (0 pts) the dialogue of others.
Unselected answer (0 pts) the narrative description.

Answer 4

medal pls that took me forever and this is for anyone els who also needs this

Answer 5

thanks :)