See Yourself Through the Eyes Of Others

Which sentence from the selection best expresses the author’s opinion about the culture of high school?

• Something happened to my exuberance as I approached high school.

  (paragraph 1)

• It takes time to excavate a past, but it is well worth it. (paragraph 5)

   

• You may not be able to change the voices you have believed any more than I can go back and rewrite my journal entries from high school. (paragraph 6)

• It was toxic water to my spirit: I drank it in thinking it was life, but later came to find it was slowly killing me. (paragraph 9)

  In paragraph 2, what is the author’s main reason for including the anecdote about Mattie Stepanek?

• Stepanek wrote poetry for high-school students.

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• Stepanek encouraged people to publish their writing.

• Stepanek inspired others to overcome personal obstacles.

• Stepanek helped others deal with physical challenges.

   In paragraph 4, what does grandeur most nearly mean?

• Elegance

•   Magnificence

• Sophistication

• Shapeliness

What evidence does the author primarily use to support her message?

 

 

• Quotations from well-known individuals

•   Comparisons to other high-school students

• Reflections on personal experiences

• Causes that led her to move to a new location

Read this quotation from paragraph 10.

"What could happen if you allowed yourself to step outside

the cages and breathe in the fresh air of your freedom?"

 

Based on the quotation, the author views her high-school years as a source of —

• transition

    

• confinement

• order

• discipline

   Based on paragraphs 4 and 5 of the selection, what can be inferred about the author?

 

  

•   She finds deep meaning in the beauty of nature.

• She wishes she had spent more time in nature in her youth.

• She enjoys traveling to faraway places to see natural wonders.

• She grew up in an urban area where there was little natural landscape.

 

  According to the selection, the author urges high-school students to be —

 

 

•   concerned about their effects on others

•    opinionated and outspoken

• unafraid of being themselves

• willing to accept consequences for their actions

Which sentence from paragraph 5 best illustrates the author’s feeling that her life experiences have made her more confident?

   

    

 

•   During our visit we commented to each other how the colors, unlike the desert’s browns and dull greens, were an elegant mix of reds, pinks, and yellows.

• In high school, I was standing on top of the rocks, but no incisions had been made—no canyon had been formed.

• There was a river and it was flowing, but I did not see the layers beneath.

• I have faith that in the end that process will reveal magnificent layers that inspire rather than repress and remain buried.