Chasing Redbird

46 - The story is told from the perspective of --

• a third-person narrator who is not fully trustworthy

• an omniscient third-person narrator

• an unreliable first-person narrator

• a first-person narrator who is naive

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

47 - Which quotation provides the best evidence that the story takes place in a rural setting?

• On one of walks, she headed for the bushes.

• When the first frost came in November, Aunt Jessie fretted.

• She reached across the bush in front and touched my plastic rose.

• I ran to the barn, ashamed and confused.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

48 - The dialogue in paragraph 5 reveals --

• Aunt Jessie's cruelty and the narrator's hope for redemption

• Aunt Jessie's pragmatism and the narrator's need to gain approval

• Aunt Jessie's fatalism and the narrator's desire to console

• Aunt Jessie's sarcasm and the narrator's longing for acceptance

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

49 - The description of Aunt Jessie in paragraph 3 emphasizes that she --

• likes to be in control of situations

• does not want to admit her difficulty overcoming grief

• remains distant from her family

• continues to mourn the death of her child

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

50 - Which quotation provides the best evidence of the narrator's sensitivity?

• She and I would walk through them, counting the blooms.

• It sent a shiver through me.

• I snuck it into the rosebushes in the yard, tying it to a branch.

• Bonnie and I were wandering around the store, unable to make up our minds what to choose.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

51 - In paragraph 2, the "first frost" represents the --

• persistence of hope

• unfairness of life

• inevitability of death

• beginning of trouble

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

52 - In comparison to what the other children spend their money on at the store, the narrator’s purchase makes her seem --

• unselfish

• practical

• gullible

• romantic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3