New York

Which of the following best characterizes Maud Martha?

• Romantic and imaginative

• Well traveled and self-aware

• Streetwise and ambitious

• Selfish and materialistic

• Opinionated and critical

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The overlap and repetition of particular phrases in lines 1-5 suggest that Maud Martha is

• confused

• spellbound

• surprised

• slow to react

• easy to fool

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

Lines 3-5 ("It was... Yet") suggest that Maud Martha is

• regretful about having to give up on her lifelong goals

• nearing the age when she will relinquish her childish fantasies

• struggling to reconcile a desire for adventure with her love of home

• simultaneously enthralled and repelled by her own aspirations

• currently but not permanently prevented from realizing her dreams

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

It can be inferred that the train passengers "were always... New York-bound" (line 9) because

• so many trains went to New York

• so many people are attracted to New York

• so many people never get to New York

• Maud Martha imputes her desired destination to them

• Maud Martha wishes everyone could experience New York like she has

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

In lines 14-23, the images that so impress Maud Martha are suggestive of

• mysterious emptiness

• fiery passions

• eccentricity and humor

• darkness and intrigue

• style and opulence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The reference in line 33 to "foolish food (her mother's description)" is best understood to reveal

• Maud Martha's experience with sophisticated foods

• Maud Martha's embarrassment at her mother's outspokenness

• the mother's dissatisfaction with her own standard of living

• the mother's disdain for what intrigues Maud Martha

• the narrator's dismissal of Maud Martha's preferences

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Which of the following is most similar to "She was on Fifth Avenue" (lines 46-47) as a device that characterizes the way Maud Martha experiences New York?

• "It was silver, and it was solid, and it was remote" (line 3)

• "She sat inside with them" (line 9)

• "Maud Martha loved it when her magazines said 'New York' " (lines 14-15)

• "There were ferns in these rooms, and Chinese boxes" (lines 21-22)

• "Her whole body became a hunger, she would pore over these pages" (lines 28-29)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of the following does Maud Martha actually experience?

• "She sat inside with them" (line 9)

• "She leaned back in the plush" (lines 9-10)

• "She sped past farms" (line 10)

• "She bought the New York papers downtown" (line 42)

• "She it was who rolled up... in the taxi" (line 48)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The final paragraph does all the following EXCEPT to

• state the passage's central themes

• echo the imagery of the first paragraph

• explicate a symbol's meaning

• reveal a particular irony

• employ varied syntax

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The phrase "Calmly rushing" (lines 54-55) is an example of

• a euphemism

• an apostrophe

• an oxymoron

• assonance

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4