SpringBoard Unit 1 Remediation

Part A:

Which theme is best supported by the events in the story?

• Helping another person in trouble is a transforming experience.

• Sometimes a person’s worse enemy can become his greatest friend in a time of need.

• Rules are put in place to protect everyone, but sometimes they have to be broken to save an individual.

• Brothers should always take care of each other in difficult times.

Answer explanation

1. "Helping another person in trouble is a transforming experience" is the best answer. Travis is terrified when he discovers Shad in the cave, but he makes the decision to give Shad an opportunity for freedom. As a result, he feels "newborn."

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Part B:

Which detail did the author most likely include to communicate this theme?

• Travis had been afraid before, but now he felt terror—if Shad were found here on their farm, the whole family was doomed.

• Shad’s eyes held no confidence or joy and perhaps they never had.

• “Shad,” he whispered, “you sure you can do this?”

• The rising moon shone on the water, and Travis felt newborn, too.

Answer explanation

1. "The rising moon shone on the water, and Travis felt newborn, too" is the best answer. The story concludes with Travis thinking of himself as "newborn," because he helped Shad. 

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Part A:

Which choice best explains how Pa's beliefs about slavery influence Travis in “The Warnings”? 

• They embarrass him in front of other people.

• They compel him to consider his own views on slavery.

• They create a disagreement between him and his father.

• They force him to conceal his true feelings from his father.

Answer explanation

1. "They compel him to consider his own views on slavery" is the best answer. His father’s beliefs affect the whole family, and they force Travis to decide if he agrees with his father's point of view.

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Part B:

Which detail from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• Travis had listened to the overseer, trying not to let his face reveal the truth: Pa had built a false bottom in their wagon, and even as the overseer spoke, that same wagon concealed a man on his way to freedom. 

• “I’ll not be a party to slavery, war or no war,” Pa had declared. 

• Travis wasn’t entirely beholden to Pa anymore because he had taught his seven-year-old brother Squirrel to help him gather honey. 

• Travis loved Pa, but Pa was endangering the whole family, and Travis had to decide whether to follow Pa on that perilous course.

Answer explanation

1. "Travis loved Pa, but Pa was endangering the whole family, and Travis had to decide whether to follow Pa on that perilous course" is the best answer. Concern for his family's safety leads Travis to think about whether he should support his father's beliefs about slavery.

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Read the excerpt from “The Warnings.”

Travis wasn’t entirely beholden to Pa anymore because he had taught his seven-year-old brother Squirrel to help him gather honey. Selling it at a good price up and down the river, he’d set some money aside.

In context, the phrase "beholden to" most nearly means __________.

• grateful for.

• useful to.

• dependent on.

• necessary to.

Answer explanation

1. "dependent on" is the best answer. Travis earned some money on his own. The excerpt indicates that Travis may soon be able to live independently of his father and no longer be dependent on.

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Read this excerpt from the story:

Travis and Shad worked swiftly while Travis explained his plan to move Shad in the barrel to the boat on the river. “Shad,” he whispered, “you sure you can do this?” He would never forget Shad’s answer.

“Mistuh Travis, getting’ in, I be a slave. Getting’ out, a free man. Be like I’se borned new.”

 
What does Shad's answer reveal about him?

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• He is willing to take huge risks to be free.

• He is unaware of the danger he faces. 

• He thinks he has to convince Travis to help him. 

• He believes Travis is his only chance for freedom.

Answer explanation

1. "He is willing to take huge risks to be free" is the best answer. Shad's answer conveys his determination to live a new life.

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Read the excerpt from "Odysseus to Telemachus."

To a wanderer the faces of all islands
resemble one another. And the mind
trips, numbering waves; eyes, sore from sea horizons,
run; and the flesh of water stuffs the ears.
I can’t remember how the war came out;
even how old you are—I can’t remember.

Based on the excerpt, how does Odysseus feel about being away from home?

• He feels bewildered and confused. 

• He feels furious that he went to war in the first place.

• He feels grateful to have visited so many different islands.

• He feels relieved that the war is over.

Answer explanation

1. "He feels bewildered and confused" is the best answer. Odysseus' mind "trips" and he is so bewildered that he cannot remember how the war ended or how long it was.

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Read the excerpt from "Odysseus to Telemachus."

Grow up, then, my Telemachus, grow strong.
Only the gods know if we’ll see each other
again. 

What does the excerpt show about Odysseus?

• He is worried his son will not be strong enough to survive.

• He has faith the gods will reunite him with his son. 

• He is unsure whether he and his son will ever reunite.

• He knows his son will grow up to be a powerful man.

Answer explanation

1. "He is unsure whether he and his son will ever reunite" is the best answer. Saying "only the gods know" if they'll see each other again shows that he is unsure about whether or not the reunion will happen.

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Read the excerpt from "Odysseus to Telemachus."

While we were wasting time there, old Poseidon, it almost seems, stretched and extended space.

I don’t know where I am or what this place can be. It would appear some filthy island, with bushes, buildings, and great grunting pigs.
A garden choked with weeds; some queen or other.
Grass and huge stones . . . Telemachus, my son!
To a wanderer the faces of all islands resemble one another.

Which part of the text best conveys the monotony of Odysseus' journey

• I don’t know where I am or what this place can be.

• It would appear some filthy island, with bushes, buildings, and great grunting pigs.

• A garden choked with weeds;

• the faces of all islands resemble one another.

Answer explanation

1. "the faces of all islands resemble one another" is the best answer. It stresses the monotony of a long trip where nothing changes. 

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Read the excerpt from "Odysseus to Telemachus."

To a wanderer the faces of all islands
resemble one another. And the mind
trips, numbering waves; eyes, sore from sea horizons,
run; and the flesh of water stuffs the ears.

The phrase "the mind trips" best indicates that Odysseus is _________.

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• sinking into madness. 

• unable to control his thoughts. 

• dazed by the expanse of the ocean.

• in denial about what happened in his life.

Answer explanation

1. "dazed by the expanse of the ocean" is the best answer. The phrase "the mind trips" refers to what happens when Odysseus counts waves. He is describing being dazed by the size of the ocean.

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