"A Worn Path" Close Read

As Phoenix approaches the hill she says, 'Something always take a hold of me on this hill—pleads I should stay.'

What do you thing the "Something" she is referring to could be?

• Phoenix's wisdom and experience

• God or a high power

• Phoenix's imagination

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"He gave another laugh, filling the whole landscape. 'I know you old colored people! Wouldn't miss going to town to see Santa Claus!'"

What word best describes the hunter's attitude towards Phoenix?

• Polite

• Concerned

• Condescending

• All of the above

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"But something held Old Phoenix very still. The deep lines in her face went into a fierce and different radiation."

What word best describes Phoenix's reaction to the hunter?

• Kind

• Fearful

• Angry

• None of the above

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"He gave another laugh, filling the whole landscape. 'I know you old colored people! Wouldn't miss going to town to see Santa Claus!' But something held Old Phoenix very still. The deep lines in her face went into a fierce and different radiation. Without warning, she had seen with her own eyes a flashing nickel fall out of the man's pocket onto the ground."

If the hunter's attitude toward Phoenix had been different what do you think she would have done?

• Told the hunter he had dropped the nickel and given it back to him

• Not told the hunter he had dropped the nickel and kept it for herself

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"Without warning, she had seen with her own eyes a flashing nickel fall out of the man's pocket onto the ground." The word "eyes" and the concept of "blindness" is a motif throughout this story and Welty describes Phoenix's eyes as "blue with age."

What do you think about Phoenix's eyesight?

• She is blind.

• She can see, but her vision is poor.

• She has good eyesight.

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