Day 2 BM2 Review

Multiple Choice

1. Part A: In paragraph 17 of “My Beautiful Copper Penny,” what is the meaning of the word coaxed?

• quickly forgave

• carefully taught

• angrily warned

• gently urged

Multiple Choice

1. Part B: Which detail from “My Beautiful Copper Penny” shows another example of coaxing?

• “But today Mrs. Mack went to get it.” (Paragraph 1)

• “Nancy nodded and gave a thumbs-up.” (Paragraph 7)

• “A touch from my knee and she broke into an elegant trot.” (Paragraph 21)

• “…and I knew she had forgiven my inexperience.” (Paragraph 19)

Multiple Choice

2. Part A: In “My Beautiful Copper Penny,” what is the main problem?

• Pat must convince Mrs. Mack that she is ready to ride Penny.

• Pat still has not become friends with the Donnie and Nancy.

• Pat has not learned as much about horses as she thought.

• Pat becomes afraid to ride Penny after falling off her back.

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2 Part B: In “My Beautiful Copper Penny,” which of the narrator’s actions solves the main problem?

• “I arrived at the stables like always, but something seemed different.”

• “She waited for a signal from me to tell her what to do.”

• “I gathered up the reins, turned the stirrup, stepped into it, and flung myself back into the

  saddle.”

• “I lost my balance and fell from her back, hard to the ground.”

Multiple Select

3. In “My Beautiful Copper Penny,” the author shows that Mrs. Mack treats Pat in a special way.

Choose the best two details from the story that show how Mrs. Mack

treats Pat in a special way.

• I could hear Mrs. Mack’s voice talking softly to the horse. (Paragraph 2)

• “As Donnie, Nancy and I waited by the hitching post, I wondered which horse Mrs.

  Mack was going to bring.” (Paragraph 2)

• Mrs. Mack handed me the reins 2 , her eyes kind of watery-like. (Paragraph 4)

• “I started to lead Penny back to the stables when I heard Mrs.

  Mack shout, “No, Pat! Get back on that horse. Get on now!”’ (Paragraph 15)

• My tailbone hurt so much that I could hardly walk, but I knew that Mrs. Mack was

  right. I had to get back on her. (Paragraph 18)

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4. How does the narrator’s opinion of Dogpatch change between the two chapters, "The Woman With Snakeskin Boots" and "My Beautiful Copper Penny"?

• She enjoys Dogpatch at first, but then she resents being there.

• She feels uncomfortable in Dogpatch at first, but then she grows to love it.

• She overcomes her first fears of Dogpatch, but she continues to feel lonely there.

• She has never seen anything like Dogpatch, but she is happy to leave at the end

  of the summer.

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5. What is one way the second text builds on ideas presented in the first text?

• Pat achieves her dream of riding Penny.

• Pat overcomes her fear of falling from the horse.

• Mrs. Mack learns why Pat was sent to Dogpatch.

• Pat sees that she will never be friends with Donnie and Nancy.