Question

PART A

What sentence best describes a theme of the passage?

A. Memories are often unreliable.

B. Family relationships can be complex.

C. Seeking new experiences is important.

D. Expressing honest opinions is difficult.

Answer 1

Las Papas
Julio Ortega



1 At first, when he began to care for the child all by himself, he tried to simplify the ordeal of meals by going out to the corner restaurant. But he soon found that if he tried to cook something passed the time, and he also amused himself with the child’s curiosity

2 He picked up the cut slices. There wasn't much more to discover in them. It wasn't necessary to expect anything more of them than the density they already possessed, a crude cleanliness that was the earth's flavor. But that same sense transformed them right there in his hands, a secret flowering, uncovered by him in the kitchen. It was as if he discovered one of the lost varieties of the Andean potato: the one that belonged to him, wondering, at noon.

3 When the chicken began to fry in the skillet, the boy returned, attracted by its aroma. The man was in the midst of making the salad

4 "Where's this food come from?" the child asked, realizing it was a different recipe.

5 "Peru," he replied.

6 "Not Italy?" said the child, surprised.

7 "I'm cooking another recipe now," he explained. "Potatoes come from Peru. You know that, right?"

8 "Yeah, but I forgot it."

9 "They're really good, and there are all kinds and flavors. Remember mangoes? You really used to like them when we went to see your grandparents."

10 "I don't remember them either. I only remember the lion in the zoo."

11 "You don't remember the tree in Olivar Park?"

12 "Uh-huh. I remember that."

13 "We're going back there next summer, to visit the whole family."

14 "What if there's an earthquake?"

15 The boy went for his Spanish reader and sat down at the kitchen table. He read the resonantresonant-having the ability to evoke or suggest enduring images, memories, or emotions names out loud, names that were also like an unfinished history, and the man had to go over to him every once in a while to help explain one thing or another.

16 He tasted the sauce for the amount of salt, then added a bit of tarragontarragon-a perennial plant of the daisy family, with narrow aromatic leaves that are used as a culinary herb, whose intense perfume was delightful, and a bit of marjorammarjoram-an aromatic southern European plant of the mint family, the leaves of which are used as a culinary herb; another term for oregano, a sweeter aroma.

17 He noticed how, outside, the light trapped by a tree slipped out from the blackened greenness of the leaves, now spilling onto the grass on the hill where their apartment house stood. The grass, all lit up, became an oblique field, a slope of tame fire seen from the window.

18 He looked at the child, stuck on a page in his book, he looked at the calm, repealed blue of the sky; and he looked at the leaves of lettuce in his hands, leaves that crackled as they broke off and opened up like tender shoots, beside the faucet of running water.

19 As if it suddenly came back to him, he understood that he must have been six or seven when his father, probably forty years old, as he was now, used to cook at home on Sundays. His father was always in a good mood as he cooked, boasting beforehand about how good the Chinese recipes were that he had learned in a remote hacienda in Peru. Maybe his father had made these meals for him, in this always incomplete past, to celebrate the meeting of father and son.

20 Unfamiliar anxiety, like a question without a subject, grew in him as he understood that he had never property acknowledged his father's gesture, he hadn't even understood it. Actually, he had rejected his father's cooking one time, saying that it was too spicy. He must have been about fifteen then, a recent convert devoutly practicing the religion of natural foods, when he left the table with the plate of fish in his hands. He went out to the kitchen to turn on the faucet and quickly washed away the flesh boiled in soy sauce and ginger. His mother came to the kitchen and scolded him for what he had just done, a seemingly harmless act, but from then on an irreparableirreparable-impossible to rectify or repair one. He returned to the table in silence, sullen, but his father didn't appear offended. Or did he suspect that one day his son's meal would be refused by his own son when he served it?

21 The emotion could still wound him, but it could also make him laugh. There was a kind of irony in this repeating to a large extent his father's gestures as he concocted an unusual flavor in the kitchen. However, like a sigh that only acquires some meaning by turning upon itself, he discovered a symmetry in the repetitions, a symmetry that revealed the agony of emotions not easily understood.

Answer 2

@SmokeyBrown

Answer 3

I think B is probably the best answer for this one. Even though memories and experiences do have a role in the passage, the main point seems to be the relationship between the father and his son

Answer 4

PART B

Which piece of evidence from the passage supports the answer selected in Question #1?

A. “‘I’m cooking another recipe now,’ he explained.” (paragraph 7)


B. “‘I only remember the lion in the zoo.’” (paragraph 10)


C. “The boy went for his Spanish reader and sat down at the kitchen table.” (paragraph 15)


D. “Or did he suspect that one day his son's meal would be refused by his own son when he served it?” (paragraph 20)

Answer 5

For this question, I think D is the only one that deals with familial relationships

Answer 6

Part A

What is the most significant realization the father has as he prepares the meal?

A. His relationship with his son is based on his skill as a cook.


B. His own past is reflected in the present moment.


C. His mother supported his reaction at dinner.


D. His father was hurt by his thoughtless behavior

Answer 7

I think the answer is definitely B here. I mean, the other answer choices aren't really true

Answer 8

Part B

Which sentence from the passage provides the best evidence to support the answer selected in Part A of question #3?

A. “But he soon found that if he tried to cook something it passed the time, and he also amused himself with the child's curiosity.” (paragraph 1)


B. “There wasn't much more to discover in them.” (paragraph 2)


C. “As if it suddenly came back to him, he understood that he must have been six or seven when his father, probably forty years old, as he was now, used to cook at home on Sundays.” (paragraph 19)


D. “His mother came to the kitchen and scolded him for what he had just done, a seemingly harmless act, but from then on an irreparable one.” (paragraph 20)

Answer 9

Definitely C here. It directly relates to the previous answer, how his past ties into the present moment

Answer 10

How does the author create tension in this passage?

A. through the boy's inability to remember his own past


B. through the boy's problems with reading Spanish


C. through the man's reflections on his own father


D. through the man's interactions with the boy

Answer 11

I think C, the man's reflections on his own father, makes the most sense. When the man remember's his father, he feels a certain uneasiness that contributes to tension in the story

Answer 12

K SO WHAT WAS THE STORY ABOUT TO YOU ?

Answer 13

correct all of them 100%

Answer 14

Read the summary of A Christmas Carol. Then identify the protagonist and tell how you know.

In Charles Cakeens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebeneezer Scrooge is a cruel, greedy man who is unkind to his worker, Bob Cratchit. One Christmas Eve, he is visited by three ghosts, who show him his past, present, and future if he does not change. Upon awakening, he decides to make amends and gives Bob Cratchit a raise, and treats everyone more kindly.

Answer 15

Neato

Answer 16

i'm gonna get the summary

Answer 17

https://www.shmoop.com/christmas-carol/summary.html after you read press next

Answer 18

i just did that test today lol

Answer 19

which one ?

Answer 20

the first one about las papas

Answer 21

oh really you're in k12 ?

Answer 22

yeah

Answer 23

im in LAVCA

Answer 24

what grade are you in ?

Answer 25

me too

Answer 26

10th

Answer 27

where you at ?

Answer 28

out of amite wbu

Answer 29

Baton Rouge

Answer 30

oh cool we mightve see each other at the testing sites

Answer 31

you in baton rouge ?

Answer 32

but i'm originally from New Orleans

Answer 33

no pine grove

Answer 34

mm ok but i got to this building its on Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge,

Answer 35

same

Answer 36

pm me maybe we can help each other out with school

Answer 37

sure sounds good

Answer 38

alright cool

Answer 39

so have you seen how i look before ?

Answer 40

not sure

Answer 41

k hold on

Answer 42

no i havent seen you before

Answer 43

your in 10th?

Answer 44

yes unfortunately i'm supposed to be in 11th but then something happened trying to graduate in my right year which is 2020

Answer 45

instead graduating in 2021

Answer 46

when did you start k12

Answer 47

but i'm trying to see about getting in my right grade

Answer 48

i started k12 back in 2016

Answer 49

hbu

Answer 50

oh okay cool and ive been in here since 4th grade

Answer 51

wow really

Answer 52

i've been going to public schools all my life but my mom put me into this school

Answer 53

yeah its a long time i know XD

Answer 54

oh cool

Answer 55

how old are u ?

Answer 56

15

Answer 57

oh ok

Answer 58

do you have a pic of your whole appearance ?

Answer 59

haha no

Answer 60

you workout before ?

Answer 61

not really

Answer 62

ok tell me about yourself

Answer 63

private message me lol