The Pie

The reader can best identify this selection as a personal narrative because it

• focuses solely on the author's emotions

• describes a meaningful event in the author's past

• contains a vivid description of the setting

• has a well-developed character that encounters a problem

The author uses a simile in paragraph 3 in order to help the reader -

• compare the pie to a coffee lid Frisbee

• understand the speed with which he ran across the street

• contrast the size of the stolen dessert to a discus

• visualize how he carried the pie

The author includes detailed descriptions of the pie tin most likely to -

• emphasize the author's boredom

• represent the author's recurring guilt

• explain why the author felt compelled to steal

• demonstrate how much the author enjoyed the taste of the pie

Which sentence best demonstrates the author's feeling of guilt about stealing the pie?

• A car honked, the driver knew. Mrs. Hancock stood on her lawn, hands on her hips, and she knew.

• I laid more pieces on my tongue, wet finger-dripping pieces, until I was finished and felt like crying because it was the best thing I had ever tasted.

• I felt bad not sharing with Cross-Eyed Johnny, a neighbor kid.

• Crust fell from my mouth, and my teeth were bathed with the jam-like filling.

What is the significance of paragraph 2?

• It describes what the narrator learned from Sister Marie

• It helps the reader understand the narrator's dilemma of which pie to choose.

• It describes the shape of the pie.

• It tells what kind of market he went to.