Boxcars and Bravery

What is the relationship between Bryan and Carolyn?

• Bryan is Carolyn's boyfriend.

• Bryan is Carolyn's brother.

• Bryan is Carolyn's cousin.

• Bryan is Carolyn's stepfather.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Where does the climax of the story's action occur?

• in a stairwell at school

• in the living room of Bryan's house

• in a parking lot

• in the boxcar of a train

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

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Carolyn makes risky and exciting decisions.

What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• Carolyn sweats through her t-shirt when she meets Bryan.

• Carolyn does not see her father as much as she wants.

• Carolyn climbs into the boxcar of a train.

• Carolyn smiles after Bryan kisses her in the boxcar.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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How does Bryan feel after meeting Carolyn?

• Bryan feels less lonesome.

• Bryan feels less cheerful.

• Bryan feels more tired.

• Bryan feels more annoyed.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is this story mainly about?

• a moment when two young people kiss in the school bus lot after school and cough as a result

• two young people, the feelings they have for each other, and the bravery they show

• a girl with divorced parents, her loneliness, and the reckless decisions she makes

• a boy who lives with his grandmother and likes biking to train yards with his friends

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read the following sentence:

". . . she chalked the loneliness up to being without a dad and acted out her anger by making what her therapist called 'reckless decisions.' They were exciting decisions, though, and while she knew she ought to cut it out, she always felt, for a moment, like she was in control of her life."

What does the term reckless decisions mean?

• ideas that never work out in the end

• actions that are harmful to other people

• strong feelings of worry and doubt

• choices made without using caution

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Bryan kisses Carolyn _______ they climb into the boxcar.

• after

• although

• so

• yet

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