Dialogue and Incidents

Read this sentence from the story.

Instead, Mr. Noriega snorted, “Stupidest thing I ever did—put me back in the hospital for two days.”

What does Mr. Noriega’s comment reveal about him?

• He dislikes hospitals.

• He has a sense of humor.

• He learns from his mistakes.

• He is scornful of Michelle’s attitude.

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Read this sentence from the story.

Her mother, an elite runner herself, had suggested that Michelle needed more experience: ‘I’ll run really fast for two hours’ is not a valid race plan,’ she admonished, but Michelle, whose training runs had been perfect, stubbornly refused to consider that anything could thwart her.

Which aspect of Michelle’s character is revealed in the sentence?

• her flexibility

• her distrust

• her anxiety

• her persistence

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Read this sentence.

Dylan looked down pensively a moment, lost in thought, then quietly picked up his books, pushed away from table and walked stoically out the library entrance.

What do Dylan’s actions reveal about his character?

• Dylan is finished with studying and is ready to leave the library.

• Dylan is going to tell Coach Kowalski what he knows about his job change.

• Dylan is upset because the baseball team is probably not going to make regionals.

• Dylan is disappointed in what he believes Nick will do with the new information.

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Read this excerpt from “One Small Step.”

“The telescope isn’t powerful enough,” Emily whispered, “but I can show you where they are.” The adults lined up to squint through the eyepiece. Clara monitored Mitsy’s reaction. Without hesitation, her cousin lined up, too.

Which statement describes what this excerpt reveals about Mitsy?

• She goes along with the crowd.

• She wants others to think she is smart.

• She is as curious as the rest of the family.

• She thinks for herself and follows her heart.

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Read this excerpt from "First Men in the Moon."

“It seems to be deserted,” said Cavor, “absolutely desolate.”

I looked about me again. I retained even then a clinging hope of some quasi-human evidence, some pinnacle of building, some house or engine, but everywhere one looked spread the tumbled rocks in peaks and crests, and the darting scrub and those bulging cacti that swelled and swelled, a flat negation as it seemed of all such hope

What does this dialogue help reveal about Cavor’s character?

• He is generally a gloomy person.

• He is generally a confident person.

• He is generally an unselfish person.

• He is generally an observant person

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Read the quotation from the excerpt from "Further Adventures of Lad."

"Why, Laddie! Where in the world did you get this? Look! See what Laddie brought me!" said the Mistress.

Based on the quotation, what do we learn about Mistress?

• She needs a new umbrella.

• She appreciates surprises

• She enjoys the companionship of her dog.

• She discourages muddy things in the house.

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What do Marco’s comments in paragraph 7 reveal about him?

7 “I remembered that you were nearly always writing and drawing maps, and I said you were a writer, but I did not know what you wrote—and that you said it was a poor trade. I heard you say that once to Lazarus. Was that a right thing to tell them?” asked Marco.

“Yes. You may always say it if you are asked. There are poor fellows enough who write a thousand different things which bring them little money. There is nothing strange in my being a writer.”

So Loristan answered him, and from that time if, by any chance, his father’s means of livelihood were inquired into, it was simple enough and true enough to say that he wrote to earn his bread.

• He loves to make up outrageous lies, and saying his father is a writer is the first thing he can think to say.

• He is observant and remembers his father writing and making maps, so the explanation seems reasonable.

• He feels that writing and making maps is a more respected profession than that of the other boys’ fathers.

• He is embarrassed by his father’s real profession, so he makes up a lie about him being a writer.

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Finally, they arrived at Anna Maria’s aunt’s apartment, in the middle of Bucharest, only six blocks from the People’s House. Taking the elevator up to the fifth floor, they were greeted by Anna Maria’s 12-year-old cousin Alexandra.

“Buna,” said Alexandra excitedly.

“Buna,” replied Anna Maria with the same amount of enthusiasm as her cousin. Alexandra and her mother led their guest into the apartment. The two girls then ate dinner and talked until it was time to rest for the day.

What does the dialogue between Anna Maria and Alexandra reveal about their relationship?

• They tolerate each other only because they are cousins.

• They are prim yet polite toward each other.

• They are delighted and eager to be together.

• They greet each other but do not have much to say.

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What do the sentences below reveal about the character?

“He had lost that intangible, all-real wealth of faith and idealism and zest; he had bartered it away for the hard, yellow gold of the marketplace, and he realized at last how much poorer he was than when he had left that home valley. His was a name that stood for millions, but he was beggared of hope and purpose.”

• He would trade his fortune for happiness.

• He was very poor.

• He wanted to be a boy again.

• He did not miss his home greatly.

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What does the statement “I wished to shelter my dignity as professor, and not give too much cause for laughter to the Americans” in paragraph 7 reveal about the professor’s character?

• He does not want the Americans to study his proposed theories.

• He does not want the Americans to reject his proposed theories.

• He does not want the Americans to believe in his proposed theories.

• He does not want the Americans to make fun of his proposed theories

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