2B Practice

In line 14 of A Voice in the Wind, the word gale means -

• light

• dust

• wind

• fog

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which lines from A Voice in the Wind best suggest that the voice in the poem is weary and exhausted?

• She walks with the wind on the windy height

• While over the world goes by her wail

• As wild through the wood her voice they hear

• With wan feet wounded her voice wild-wrung

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The poet of A Voice in the Wind chose to capitalize "Death", "Mysteries", and "Dreams" most likely to -

• identify the names of the children being called home

• emphasize the most important words in the poem

• highlight the solemn and mournful terms that support the theme

• to suggest that they represent the women referred to as "she" in the rest of the poem

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the most likely reason that the poet uses capitalization in line 41 of the poem, A Voice in the Wind?

• to explain that a mother has lost her children

• to identify the entity personified as "she" and "her"

• to hint that the woman is the wind

• to emphasize the importance of Autumn

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Vicky: He usually smiles, and treats the peons with respect. . . but his eyes. . . They're lit up like a power hungry mad man. I think he pictures himself as some Egyptian pharaoh who whips the backs of his slaves, just to sell a few extra drinks."

The playwright includes these lines to suggest that -

• Stuart tries hard to please the people, but he gets mad when they don't appreciate him

• Stuart's smile tells how he really feels about the people at the theater

• While he tries to hide how he feels, Stuart really doesn't respect anyone and thinks he is better than everyone else

• Stuart loves working at the concessions but is afraid of the "power-hungry mad man" who is his boss.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

JOSHUA: Kids in school picked on him because he was new, and a little weird-looking. You can't tell it as much, but his face was completely covered with freckles. Big brown freckles. . . kind of like . . . um . . .like someone flicked splotches of paint on him.

The playwright includes these lines to suggest that -

• Stuart's freckles were big and blotchy

• Stuart's freckles were tiny dots all over his face

• Stuart's face had freckles on only one side

• Stuart's freckles were different colors

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following lines does the playwright include to show that Vicky likes Stuart?

• [A young man named Joshua enters. Vicky suddenly stops spinning, Her boredom has suddenly vanished.]

• VICKY: I always thought they were kind of cute

• JOSHUA: He told me you were dating, but that you wanted it kept secret.

• VICKY: So you did go to school together?

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

The Latin word pedon-, pedo meaning "foot soldier", helps the reader understand that a peon is a -

• worker

• military leader

• master

• victim

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

VICKY: I always thought they were kind of cute.

What is ironic about Vicky's statement?

• Vicky dislikes her job but enjoys the people she works with at the cinema.

• Vicky likes a physical trait that other kids mock.

• Vicky wants Joshua and Stuart to become friends

• She is lying about her true feelings for Stuart.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In Paragraph 2, the word fishbowl means -

• the sea

• a glass bowl to hold fish

• a place open to public view

• outside

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4