Week 2, Day 4 ELA

Multiple Choice

Which quotation supports the idea that the narrator is curious?

• "Its spreading branches, which hung to the ground and took root, forming a number of twisting passages, gave me endless pleasure. " (paragraph 2)

• "When I did not feel like reading, I could look down through the leaves at the world below." (paragraph 7)

• "The birds had seen these preparations for the battle and had settled on the cactus to watch the outcome. Had they been content only to watch, all would have been well." (paragraph 12)

• "I saw the bird flung nearly twenty feet across the garden. It fluttered about for a while, then lay still." (paragraph 19)

Multiple Choice

Which quotation from the passage shows how the author creates suspense?

• "Though the house and grounds belonged to my grandparents, the magnificent old banyan tree was mine-chiefly because Grandfather, at sixty-five, could no longer climb it." (paragraph 1)

• "In a clearing beneath the banyan tree, in bright sunshine, they came face to face." (paragraph 9)

• "Though the combatants were unaware of my presence in the tree, they were soon made aware of the arrival of two other spectators. (paragraph 12)

• "The myna dropped cautiously dropped to the ground, hopped about, peered into the bushes from a safe distance, and then, with a shrill cry of congratulations, flew away." (paragraph 21)