Question

Part A

How does Justine’s perspective change over the course of the story?

A. At the start of the story, she is focused on herself, but then she realizes that she needs to consider other people’s feelings, too.

B. Justine recognizes that her mom feels guilty about her grandmother, and she wants to help her mom feel better.

C. At the beginning she worries about other people's reactions to her clothes, but she realizes that true friends won't make fun of what she wears.

D. Justine realizes that her mom and grandmother are trying to get her to wear clothes for little girls because they don't want her to grow up.
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Part B

How does Justine’s new perspective affect her decisions?

A. She asks her mom if they can talk to her grandmother together about choosing better clothes.

B. She reassures her mom that her grandmother is okay and promises they will visit her grandmother together soon.

C. At the end of the story, Justine chooses to behave in a way that will make her grandmother happy.

D. Justine invites her friends to go the movies with her grandmother and her, just to see which ones are true friends who don't care about her clothes.

Answer 1

A Birthday Tradition

It had been an annual tradition since Justine was five years old. Her maternal grandmother always surprised her with a brand new outfit on her birthday. Justine would put on the clothes, and the grandmother and granddaughter would go to the movie theater together. It sounds like a marvelous tradition, right? The only problem was that Justine’s grandmother did not exactly have a supreme, or the most modern, sense of style, and for a fifteen-year-old fashionista like Justine, the yearly outfit reveal was pure torture. She was known for her sense of style, and wearing an atrocious outfit to the cinema felt like social failure.

Justine reclined on the front porch and looked out at the driveway, awaiting her grandmother’s imminent arrival. Her thoughts drifted back to when she received the cartoon cat sweatshirt for her tenth birthday. It wasn’t so dreadful, yet the matching cat-ear headband made the outfit appear like she was wearing a costume rather than attire appropriate for the movies. She had taken the items from the gift box, put them on, and posed for pictures with her grandmother, as was customary, but then, Justine hid her face until they made it into the darkness of the theater.

Justine remembered how distraught she had been when she got an even worse outfit several years later. The family gathered around as she opened the box her grandmother handed to her, and she shivered as she looked inside to see a tank top and matching leggings covered completely in sequins and rhinestones. Justine felt as though she not only sparkled but also glowed in the dark, and later at the theater, the outfit was so itchy that she was scratching and thrashing around throughout the whole motion picture.

Later that night when Justine had complained to her parents about the embarrassment of going to the movies in her birthday outfit every year, her mother simply told her that she should be grateful. “Your grandmother won’t be around forever; you should be thankful for the time you have with her and the effort she puts into selecting those outfits for you. Cherish your moments with her,” her mother said.

Replaying her mother’s words in her mind, Justine roused from her daydream. Justine was grateful—to an extent. She loved her grandmother and appreciated the effort she went through to buy her clothing, but enough was enough. She was tired of dreading the birthday outfit, and she made a pledge to never again wear a glow-in-the-dark outfit to the cinema. While on the porch, Justine concocted a plan so that she no longer would have to parade around in a hideous outfit. After all, what if someone she knew saw her walking into the theater like that? There was no way she could go out in public and be embarrassed in this year’s repulsive ensemble.

As Justine waited for her grandmother’s car to pull into their driveway, she practiced the excuse she had concocted for herself: “Wow, Grandma, I adore the outfit. How about I put it on, and we can just watch a movie here at the house instead of the theater? I think you’d be much more comfortable on our cozy sofa than in those unbearable theater chairs.” Justine mumbled, “And then after you leave, I’ll incinerate the outfit.” Justine chuckled to herself. Of course, she would leave that second part out when she conversed with her grandmother.

Just then, a mail truck pulled in front of her house, and the driver stepped out to deliver a package with a note to Justine. Justine pried open the package, and inside the box was obviously another grandmother-chosen outfit: a fringe-covered, pink leather jacket and sparkly stretch slacks. Justine wondered, though, why was her grandmother sending the outfit instead of bringing it in person? Justine opened the attached letter, and it read: Justine, I’m sorry to miss your birthday this year. I’m not feeling well, so I won't be able to join you at the movies. I couldn’t resist sending you your gift on your actual birthday, so I decided to mail it to you. Happy birthday, darling. I love you. Sincerely, Grandma.

Justine felt tears well up, even though she realized that this was exactly what she had wanted: She didn’t have to wear the outfit in public—she didn’t have to parade around in those awful clothes. Yet the remorse began to form within her, and she did want to see her grandmother. As she stared at the tacky outfit, she realized in retrospect how selfish she had been, and her mother’s words returned to her: “Your grandmother won’t be around forever.” Justine recognized that the tradition of spending her birthday with her grandmother was way more important than wearing trendsetting attire for a day, and she ran inside to get her phone. She called and thanked her grandmother and rescheduled the trip to the movies so she could wear her new clothes and continue the birthday tradition.

Answer 2

For the first question, I'd say A is the best choice. Justine changes her perspective by considering other people's feelings, namely her grandmother's.
For the second question, C is the only choice that actually takes place in the story, so I'd have to go with that.

Answer 3

Which statement best describes the effect of this story's literary point of view?

A. The second-person point of view allows the author to address readers directly at several points.

B. The third-person omniscient point of view allows the reader to know what every character thinks and feels.

C. The third-person limited point of view allows the author to focus solely on the inner thoughts and feelings of Justine.

D. The first-person point of view allows the author to present and describe events in Justine's voice.

Answer 4

Well, the story is told in a third-person perspective, so that limits our choices to B and C. I'd say C is the most correct, since the story focuses only on Justine's inner thoughts and feelings.

Answer 5

Read this sentence from paragraph 3.

Justine remembered how distraught she had been when she got an even worse outfit several years later.

Select the word from the drop-down menu that has the same meaning as the word distraught as it is used in paragraph 3.

Justine felt _________

A. delighted.

B. upset.

C. jealous.

D. puzzled.

Answer 6

"upset" is definitely the definition that best fits here

Answer 7

Part A

What is a theme in the story?

A. Traditions change and evolve over time.

B. Always be honest with those you love.

C. If something is wrong, take action.

D. Focus on the things that truly matter.

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Part B

Which quotation best supports the answer in Part A?

A. "It had been an annual tradition since Justine was five years old. Her maternal grandmother always surprised her with a brand new outfit on her birthday."

B. "Justine felt as though she not only sparkled but also glowed in the dark . . . "

C. "Justine recognized that the tradition of spending her birthday with her grandmother was way more important than wearing trendsetting attire for a day . . . "

D. "She had taken the items from the gift box, put them on, and posed for pictures with her grandmother, as was customary, but then, Justine hid her face . . . "

Answer 8

I'd say "focus on the things that really matter" is the main theme, and the quote for answer C best supports this

Answer 9

Part A

Which statement best describes how the author uses pacing in the story?

A. The fast pace throughout the story creates excitement.

B. The slow pace throughout the story creates tension.

C. The slow pace in the first half of the story creates suspense.

D. The fast pace in the first half of the story creates engagement.
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Part B

Which evidence best supports the answer in Part A?

A. Throughout the story, the author uses a significant amount of dialogue.

B. The first half of the story includes dialogue between only two characters, Justine and her mother.

C. The first half of the story includes details of various outfits and why Justine dreads wearing them.

D. Throughout the story, the author uses short, simple sentences.

Answer 10

I'd say B makes sense; I wouldn't describe the pace of the story as "fast" in any part, and I think tension is a better way to describe the mood than suspense.
For the second question, C would support the slow pace.

Answer 11

Read this excerpt from Langston Hughes's story "Thank you, M'am." This exchange takes place after the boy has unsuccessfully tried to steal the woman's purse, and she has grabbed him and brought him back to her home.

"You gonna take me to jail?" asked the boy, bending over the sink.

"Not with that face, I would not take you nowhere," said the woman. "Here I am trying to get home to cook me a bite to eat, and you snatch my pocketbook! Maybe you ain't been to your supper either, late as it be. Have you?"

"There's nobody home at my house," said the boy.

“Then we’ll eat,” said the woman, “I believe you’re hungry—or been hungry—to try to snatch my pockekbook.”

“I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said the boy.

“Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “You could of asked me.”


What do readers learn about the woman from her interaction with the boy?

A. The woman is kind and generous, offering to feed the boy and suggesting that she would have given him the money for the shoes if he'd asked.

B. The woman is dishonest, pretending that she has so much money that she's willing to give it away so the boy can buy some shoes.

C. The woman is optimistic, thinking that the boy will learn that stealing is wrong if she simply cleans him up and feeds him.

D. The woman is confused, believing the boy to be hungry when, in fact, he's not hungry at all.

Answer 12

I think you could read into the story to make a case for any of the answer choices, but I think A is the most obvious choice from the text itself.

Answer 13

Select the noun phrase to complete the sentence.

The two parts of a moon's shadow ________ move across Earth's surface during an eclipse.

A. , as many people know,

B. , the umbra and the penumbra,

C. slowly and eerily

D. create darkness and

Answer 14

I think grammatically either A or B would be acceptable, but B makes more sense given the context.

Answer 15

can i start a new question ?

Answer 16

Yeah, that'd be fine

Answer 17

thank you for these questions smoke

Answer 18

No prob