On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read

If you have dyslexia

• It's difficult to read
• You aren't smart
• You can't do math
• It's impossible to drive

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A person with dyslexia can be good at many other things. 
His or her brain just works differently.

• yes
• no

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David Raymond learned he had dyslexia when he was

• an adult
• in elementary school
• in high school
• a baby

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David Raymond's attention-getter or hook is an anecdote

• Talking about his father yelling at him
• Talking about his sister making fun of him
• talking about his substitute teacher getting mad at him
• Telling a story about a book that made him cry

Which is the best example of an specific detail in this personal narrative?

• I'd come home from school screaming, "'I'm dumb, I'm dumb...!'"
• "...bad reports coming from school..."
• "One summer..."
• "...I had a good time."

The sentence that shows the main idea of the personal narrative is 

• My family began to suspect I was having problems almost from the first day I started school.
• “I’m dumb. I’m dumb – I wish I were dead!”
• You see, even though I’m 17 and a junior in high school, I can’t read because I have dyslexia.