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| In the beginning of his speech, Martin Luther King, Jr., quotes the Bill of Rights to |
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| stress that certain rights are guaranteed by the Constitution |
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| What does King mean he says that one day "every hill and mountain shall be made be low"? |
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| The need to struggle for basic rights will no longer exist |
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| The ending of "I Have a Dream" evokes a strong feeling of |
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| Choose the phrase that best describes the workers mentioned in "I hear America Singing." |
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| People working hard and being satisfied by their work |
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| What is the meaning of the line "Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else" in "I hear America Singing"? |
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| The workers put their own meaning and their own feelings into the songs they sing |
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| What is the theme, or message, that Whitman conveys in "I Hear America Singing"? |
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| America is the sum of different contributions from many people |
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| Choose the best description of Chief Dan George's idea of new Native America warrior. |
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| The new warriors will have skills that give them a sense of worth and purpose |
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| Which of the following best states Chief Dan George's purpose for writing "There Is a Longing..."? |
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| He wants to express the needs and desires of Native Americans |
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| What do the daughter's words in the following passage reversal about her feelings toward her father? "But why should a wall two miles away make my good father sad and angry all within the hour?" asked his daughter quietly |
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| She both respects and cares for her father |
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| How do the townspeople respond to rebuilding the wall over and over again? |
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| They become weak or ill and many die |
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| What effect does the constant rebuilding of the walls have on the Mandarin? |
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| He becomes ill and continuous to give orders from his bed |
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| How does the daughter help her father and Kwan-Si see the solution to the problem? |
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| She takes them outside to see how kites and wind go together. |
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| Choose the most accurate summary of "The golden Kite, the Silver Wind." |
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| Two mandarins engage in a rivalry. As a result, the townspeople suffer. Finally, the mandarins bring an end to the competition and find a way to live next to each other in harmony |
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| How does the fable "The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind" teach a lesson to its readers? |
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| The story shows how people's choices can hurt the people around them |
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| The speaker in "The Road Not Taken" must decide which |
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Which of the following questions could have been generated while reading this sentence from "New Directions"? Annie over six feet tall, big -boned, decided that she would not go to work as a domestic and leave her "precious babes
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| What job does Annie refuse to take? |
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Which of the following questions could have been generated while reading this sentence from
"New Directions"? When she felt certain that the workers had become dependent on her, she built a stall between the two hives of industry and let the men run for their lunchtime provisions. |
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| What does Annie do when she knows the workers depend n her meat pies? |
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| In "To be of Use," the image of "the black heads of seals/ bouncing like half-submerged balls" appeals to the reader's sense of ________. |
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| What is the theme of "To be of Use"? |
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| People who do important work and take it seriously have rewarding lives. |
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| According to the speaker in "To be of use," "parlor generals and field deserters" are poeple who |
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| are not doing something useful |
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| Which of the following questions could have been generated while reading this line from "To be of use"? The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real. |
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| The lines " We outmaneuvered the footwork/ Of bad angels" in Slam Dunk, & Hook" mean that |
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| the game distracted them from troubles |
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| In "Slam, Dunk, & Hook," Komunyakaa writes that when "Sonny Boy's mama died/ He played nonstop all day, so hard/ Our backboard splintered." Why did it splinter? |
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| Taking out his grief in play, Sonny Boy broke the broad by repeated slams with the ball or is hand. |
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| When Komunyakaa says the boys were "Glistening with sweat," the image |
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| provides a precise picture of the players |
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| The first two lines of "The Spearthrower" by Lillian Morrison are "She walks alone/ to the edge of the park." Why is the woman alone? |
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| Women interested in athletics have often been ignored |
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| In the following lines from "The Spearthrower," what is she throwing? and throws into/the bullying dark/her javelin of light/her singing sign |
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| Why does Morrison list the types of athletes b the names of their events in the following lines? that the sprinter surge/ and the hurdler leap/ that the vaulter soar |
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| To have the reader see the athletes as women |
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| In "Shoulders," what is the meaning of the lines "Nowhere does his jacket say FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE"? |
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| We often pay too little attention to the things that should be most special. |
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| From the evidence in the selection, it is accurate to make the generalization that |
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| the author wants the children to appreciate nature by discovering new things for themseves |
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| Which of the following is evidence found in the passage that supports the generalization that "the author enjoys spending time with the children"? |
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| The author examines the jaw with two children. |
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| Why does Meimei's mother buy her a small bag of plums? |
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| As a reward for practicing the art of invisible strength |
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| How do Meimei and her brothers view the Chinatown alley where they live? |
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| Why does Meimei describe visiting the shops with her mother on market days as "the one duty I couldn't avoid"? |
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| She doesn't enjoy the outing because she's embarrased by her mother's behavior |
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| Why does Meimei find Mrs. Jong's behavior in the shops so embarrassing? |
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| Meimei feels she is being paraded around to make her mother look good. |
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| How does Meimei fell about her mother's involvement in her success? |
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| The order in which the events happen |
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| Vincent receives a chess set;Meimei uses her life savers as replacements for the missing chess pieces; Meimei learns about opening chess moves; Meimei's brothers lose their interest in chess |
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| Which of the following statements represent the principal cause of conflict between Meimei and Mrs. Jong? |
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| Meimei understands and wants to live by "American rules"; Mrs. Jong doesn't |
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| Which of the following represents a generational conflict between Meimei and her mother? |
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| Mrs. Jong is angry when Meimei appears to show disrespect toward her |
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| When Dr. King uses the word oppression, he means |
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| the white people's improper use of power over black people |
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| Which of the following is an example of determination? |
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| A young child tries again and again to put his own socks on |
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| The Mandarin hopes that pandemonium breaks out when Kwan-Si hears how his pig-shaped wall has been beaten by a stick-shaped wall. Which of the following most closely describes the meaning of the word pandemonium? |
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| Which of the following is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word acclaimed? |
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| Which of the following sentences contains a compound verb? |
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| The people carried stones and rebuilt the wall |
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| In which of the following is the verb used correctly? |
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| The apeaker in "The Road Not Taken" is walking down a road. |
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| The past participle of the irregular verb throw is _______. |
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| Another way to refer to the countless wonders of nature is to say |
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| Which of the following is not a preposition? |
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| Which of the following sentences contains a preposition? |
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| The noticed signs of llife all around them |
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| When Meimei gives a retort she |
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| I remember once finding a fragment of a raccoon's jaw in an alder thicket. I sat down alongside the two children with me and encouraged them to find out who this was-with only three teeth still intact ina piece of the animal's maxilla to guide them-----------This passage os an example of an _______ |
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