from A Train Trip

What detail is left unresolved at the end of the selection?

• Whether the cabin will be secured after Jimmy and his father leave

• Whether Jimmy can fully accept his father’s authority

• Jimmy’s feelings about leaving the cabin

• The final destination for Jimmy and his father

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The author most likely includes the anecdote about the bat in paragraph 9 to develop the theme of —

• protecting the natural environment

• gaining personal freedom

• Showing respect for the older generation

• cherishing particular memories

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read this sentence from paragraph 26.

"The leather soles of my shoes felt insecure and slippery on the rungs."

The author’s use of the first-person point of view —

• reveals Jimmy’s youthful idealism

• allows the reader to identify with Jimmy’s vulnerability

• shows Jimmy’s fearless determination

• helps the reader understand that Jimmy is unreliable

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is Jimmy’s primary dilemma?

• He must choose between being obedient to his father and being true to himself.

• He must reconcile the difference between his father’s cynical worldview and his own

• He must accept that he has to leave the cabin despite his strong desire to stay.

• He must resolve his conflicted feelings about what will happen after he leaves the cabin.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the dialogue in paragraphs 11 through 24. When considered with this dialogue, which sentence reveals that Jimmy is hiding his true feelings from his father?

• I wished we were just going on a fishing trip and not going away.

• I looked all around the kitchen to remember it and I was awfully fond of it.

• It was still dark but along the edge of the hills it was lightening.

• It was lighter than when I started to climb the ladder and it was cold and very early in the

  morning.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In paragraph 9, the description of the kitchen serves to —

• emphasize the unpleasantness of Jimmy’s living conditions

• reveal Jimmy’s strong emotional attachment to the cabin

• show that Jimmy feels lonely in this remote setting

• imply that Jimmy hopes his circumstances are improving

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5