Reading Fiction CFA Review

Passage One: New Responsibility

“I, Temperance Bishop, had been looking forward to this day since I was a little girl.”

What inference matches the above quote from the story?

• Becoming part of the sewing circle is a rite of passage for young girls in the community.

• Temperance´s favorite hobby is sewing.

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Passage One: New Responsibility

“What if I embarrass Mother and am sent home and told not to return until I’m older?”

What inference matches the above quote from story?

• Making her mother proud is important to Temperance.

• Temperance has many important responsibilities at home.

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How does Temperance’s self-doubt affect the development of the plot?

• It starts a series of events that lead her to commit to the group´s sewing circle.

• It causes her to behave differently, which alerts her mother to how Temperance is feeling.

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My stomach began to ache with my nervousness, but not wanting anyone to realize my doubts, I began to eat.

How does the sentence most contribute to the meaning of the passage? Choose two answers.

• A and B

• C and D

• D and E

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Which statement expresses a theme in “Emancipation: A Life Fable”?

• Independence is worth the possible hardships.

• Nature can shelter and comfort wounded animals.

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Which sentence from the fable best supports the answer to Part A?

• ¨So does he live, seeking, finding, joying and suffering.¨

• ¨Here he grew and throve in strength and beauty under care of an invisible protecting hand.¨

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Back to his corner but not to rest, for the spell of the Unknown was over him, and again and again he goes to the open door, seeing each time more Light. 

Which statement best describes how this sentence contributes to the development of the plot? 

• The sentence introduces new details about the setting that allow the reader to predict what will happen in the future.

• The sentence reflects the change in the animal´s awareness that eventually leads to action.

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Which sentence from the passage contributes to the plot in a similar way?

• “So out the opening he thrust his head, to see the canopy of the sky grow broader, and the world waxing wider.” (paragraph 3)

• “In the corner he crouched, wondering and fearingly.” (paragraph 3)

• “Then slowly did he approach the door, dreading the unaccustomed, and would have closed it, but for such a task his limbs were purposeless.” (paragraph 3)

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Passage: Beautiful as the Day

Feels nervous about the hole to Australia

• Jane and Robert

• Anthea and Jane

• Jane only

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Passage: Beautiful as the Day

Understands they cannot dig to Australia

• Jane and Robert

• Anthea only

• Jane only

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