What is the purpose of the simile in this description?

"He has a receding hairline, a scruffy beard, and a scowl like a chill wind that sends shivers down the spines of humble privates such as myself."

• To describe the narrator's confusion

• To foreshadow later events in the selection

• To suggest the general's harshness

• To establish a tone of despair in the selection.

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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

In paragraph 4, the words "humiliating," "disgraceful," and "shameful" evoke what tone?

• Cautious

• Frightend

• Jealous

• Bitter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which question is not answered in paragraph 5?

• Why were the soldiers passing out?

• Why did Henry crawl to the stream?

• What kind of clothing was Henry wearing?

• Where was the couple in the mule cart going?

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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

In paragraph 7, the word "alleviating" means to

• modify or alter

• examine closely

• lessen or deminish

• consider thoughtfully

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Caleb George and Woodrow Hinnat could best be described as

• rebels

• dreamers

• loyal companions

• rugged individualists

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Miss Clara Barton's character is revealed though

• her thoughts

• Henry's action

• her dialogue with Henry

• Henry's description of her

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which sentence contains an example of figurative langage?

• You have probably read an account or two of our humiliating defeat.

• It was at the Fairfax railway station that my salvation come in the form of a ministering angel.

• Miss Barton's sacrifices are all the more extraordinary given the context in which they are offered.

• Her hand cramps from holding the pen and trying to keep pace with my famvlings.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which image best illustrates a main focus of this selection?

• Clara Barton tending to wounded soldiers.

• General William T. Sherman wearing his uniform.

• Trains arriving at the Fairfax railways station.

• Henry, Caleb, and Woodrow hiding behind a hedge.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence most clearly illustrates the time period of this selection?

• Your advice discouraging my enlistment was, in hindsight, well conceived.

• She opened my collar and pressed a cool, wet cloth to my shoulder.

• I responded that I was a university professor from Rochester, New York

• At night, she held lanterns so that the surgeons could continue to work.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which situation could best be described as ironic?

• Though they met in a tent hospital, Henry and Clara were both educators before the war.

• Though Caleb George and Woodrow Hinnant were from the same town, only one of them was injured in the war.

• Though Henry was a professor before the war, two uneducated youths taught him how to survive the experience.

• Though he is unable to write to his mother, Henry has dictated his letter to a volunteer nurse.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2