7th Q2 C9A Practice P1

Which excerpt from "Saving Anna's Family" ​BEST indicates the point of the story when the central theme is reveal"'

• "No way," Christine said, motioning to the group of teenagers who had come to her aid, to the roomful of neighbors all singing together. 'We're all family'" (P43).

• "'There has to be something,' Christine said firmly. 'We just have to ask ourselves: What would Anna do?'" (P29).

• "But the best part...was when Anna came through the door ...Sheila saw the photos of Anna and started to bawl. Anna's brother couldn't stop laughing ... Her dad lingered over the food." (P40).

• "All together, they raised several thousands of dollars, more money than Christine had ever seen in her life. 'No wonder Anna loved doing this for people,' she thought. 'It feels amazing'" (P39).

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How do Christine's actions in "Saving Anna's Family" develop the theme of the story?

• Her awareness of a problem led to her decision to bring friends together to help, teaching the reader about the importance of community support in times of need.

• Her realization of a sickness led to her admiration of a friend, teaching the reader about the importance of friendship when facing difficult times.

• Her concern for a friend led to her ability to convince her not to give up, teaching the reader about the importance of persistence when things seem hopeless.

• Her desire to help her friend led to her discovery of a family's invisibility, teaching the reader about the importance of seeing people who feel overlooked.

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In "Saving Anna’s Family," why is understanding Christine’s feelings about Anna important to the story?

• Understanding Christine’s feelings shows the reader that friendship is very important to her.

• Understanding Christine’s feelings helps the reader know why Christine and her friends decided to have a fundraiser for Anna’s family.

• Understanding Christine’s feelings helps the reader know why helping Anna’s family is so vital to her.

• Understanding Christine’s feelings makes the reader feel more empathetic about helping Anna’s family.

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Read the following excerpt from the passage "Saving Anna’s Family":

“I was never going to give up,” Anna whispered to her friend. “But I was afraid they were going to.” She kissed Christine on the cheek. “Now, I know that they’ve got a reason to keep going, too. They know that they’ve got a family to look out for them, to take care of them when they’re too tired,” Anna said. “They know that they’re not invisible anymore”” (Ps 41 and 42).

How does this excerpt contribute to the overall theme of the passage?

• It shows that you should never give up on yourself or your friends.

• It shows that your family will always look out for you.

• It shows that your friends will always help you and your family.

• It shows that your friends will always be there for you and can become your extended family.

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Which word BEST helps define the word lured as used in P40 of the passage?

• baited

• persuaded

• deceived

• urged

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Read the following sentence from ‘Saving Anna’s Family."

“Her cheeks were shining with tears. She fumbled around with the latch to the glovebox, where she always kept a stash of wrinkled Kleenex” (P26).

Why does the author use the phrase “Her cheeks were shining with tears” to describe Donna’s face?

• The author uses this phrase so the reader will know the Donna’s feelings are hurt.

• The author uses the phrase add emphasis on the hurt emotions Donna is feeling about Anna and her family.

• The author uses this phrase so the reader will know that Donna and Christine are in a brightly lit setting.

• The author uses this phrase to show the reader that Donna is crying because she wants the reader to empathize with Donna.

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With which statement would the author of "Saving Anna’s Family" MOST LIKELY agree?

• Friends will always help you.

• When presented with hardship, it is always important to remember to fight through them.

• It is always good to have helpful friends when you are going through hard situations in life.

• Your family will always stand by your side when you need them.

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Read this paragraph from "Saving Anna’s Family" and answer the following question.

“She thought she knew the answer, of course: Anna' cancer. Anna had been missing a lot of school, losing hair, and sitting through hours of chemotherapy sessions in which her doctors dripped poisonous drugs into her veins in order to pinpoint and kill the cancer cells. ... She'd told Christine that it left her bones rubbery and her tongue rough and raw” (P6).

What is the author’s purpose for writing this paragraph?

• To explain to the reader that Anna is going through chemotherapy in order to kill her cancer cells.

• To show the reader that cancer treatments are difficult to go through and that they leave your body feeling weak.

• To help the reader relate to how Anna is feeling during her chemotherapy sessions.

• To inform the reader about the treatments Anna was going through and how they are affecting her body.

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Which statement BEST describes how the authors of the passages "Alone in the Universe" and "Aliens Changed Roswell, Even Without Proof" used different methods to tell their stories about UFOs?

• "Alone in the Universe" tells the story through the eyes of young children whose imaginations run wild, whereas "Aliens Changed Roswell" uses an experience from an adult.

• "Alone in the Universe" shows how the characters were still skeptical about the existence of aliens, but in "Aliens Changed Roswell," the points of view of the characters stayed the same.

• The sighting of a plane in "Alone in the Universe" was used to make the children believe in UFOs, but in "Aliens Changed Roswell" a real-life sighting of a UFO was used to convince people of alien existence.

• The author of "Alone in the Universe" showed three boys who didn't believe in aliens, but the author of "Aliens in Roswell" showed the effects the alien sighting had on Roswell.

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Which piece of information in "Aliens Changed Roswell, Even Without Proof" could have changed Jesse's perception of the setting in the beginning of "Alone in the Universe?"

• "We found a piece of metal about a 1-1/2 to 2 feet and you couldn't even bend it, you couldn't dent it, even with a sledgehammer ... So it was not anything from this Earth. That I'm sure of," Marcel said (P13).

• "The next day, Brig. Gen. Roger Ramey, commanding officer, 8th Air Force, held a news conference and said a flying saucer was not recovered. The debris was 'a weather balloon'" (P7).

• "New witnesses came out of the woodwork with tales of secret government activity and alien bodies found in the wreckage" (P18).

• "But the truth remains elusive. The wreckage hadn't been seen since 1947 so there has been no way to prove Marcel's claims" (P15).

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