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What evidence supports the inference that the children at the depot don't want to be there?

• "On the depot platform everybody stood waiting, listening."

• "The Major strode about, soldierlike, and waved commands."

• "Let anyone try corralling twenty to thirty Indian kids."

• "The air was stifling with end-of-summer heat."

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the main conflict in the story?

• The Major can choose only thirty children to go to school, but more want to go.

• The Indian families want the Major to do more to help them, but he is unwilling.

• Eneas wants to go to school, but his grandparents don't want him to go.

• The Major wants to help the Indian children, but they don't want his help.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the main purpose of the flashback in the story?

• It reveals how the Major became interested in Eneas.

• It reveals how the Major came to work on the reservation.

• It reveals why Eneas was so close to his grandparents.

• It reveals how hard life was on the reservation.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Major believed that Eneas was "a boy of quality" because

• he was devoted to his grandparents.

• he appreciated the Major's help.

• he spoke so intelligently.

• he wanted to get an education.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why does the Major want to make a statement at the end of the story?

• to warn the children to behave

• to show how important the moment is

• to explain his ideas about education

• to comfort the children who are crying

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A person who is exasperated is

• angry.

• excited.

• hopeful.

• desperate.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does conscience mean?

• being unwilling to trust others

• understanding the feelings of others

• living up to one's sense of what is right

• being able to predict the future

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Something that is ponderous is

• long.

• high.

• round.

• heavy.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Something that is inexplicable is

• hard to deny.

• hard to understand.

• easy to explain.

• not expected.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Ignorance is a state of being

• worried.

• confident.

• uneducated.

• unprepared.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4