MAAP RL Roughing It

19. 19. Part A

20. Read the sentence from paragraph 7

21. But as he just then got up a fearful convulsion of his countenance which was suggestive of a wink being swallowed by an earthquake, we guessed that his remark was intended to be facetious and to mean that we would unload the most of our mail matter somewhere on the Plains and leave it to the Indians, or whosoever wanted it.

What does the word facetious mean as it is used in this sentence?

• mysterious

• exaggerating

• not to be taken seriously

• to be understood clearly

19. Part B

How does the author provide context clues to support your answer in Part A?

• by following with an example of how his remark was not serious

• by using metaphor of an earthquake to exaggerate his facial expression

• by using an analogy to an unknown condition

• by implying that the Indians on the Plains would not understand the letters they receive

20. Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

Just here the land was rolling -a grand sweep of regular elevations and depressions as far as the eye could reach-like the stately heave and swell of the ocean's bosom after a storm.

How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage?

• to convey the desolate feeling of the scenery

• to emphasize the unpleasant sensations of the coach

• to illustrate the beautiful colors of the scenery

• to compare the hills to ocean swells

21. Read the sentence from paragraph 4.

One of our "conductors" practiced awhile on a cow with it, and as long as she stood still and behaved herself she was safe; but as soon as she went to moving about, and he got to shooting at other things, she came to grief.

What does the phrase come to grief mean?

• It implies that the cow for shot.

• It states that the gun was defective.

• It shows that the men had no respect for animals.

• It illustrates that the conductor was nervous.

22. Which detail from the passage best supports the idea that the narrator's stagecoach journey was challenging and uncomfortable?

• Each of us put on a rough, heavy suit of clothing, woolen army shirt and "stogy" boots included... (paragraph 3)

• In the matter of luxuries we were modest-we took none along but some pipes and five pound of smoking tobacco. (paragraph 5)

• We jumped into the stage, the driver cracked his whip, and we bowled away and left "the States" behind us. (paragraph 6)

• Almost touching our knees, a perpendicular wall of mail matter rose up to the roof. (paragraph 7)

23. Read the sentence from paragraph 15.

The fountains of her great deep were broken up, and she rained the nine parts of speech forty days and forty nights, metaphorically speaking, and buried us under a desolating deluge of trivial gossip that left not a crag or pinnacle of rejoining projecting above the tossing waste of dislocated grammar and decomposed pronunciation!

What is the author's purpose for transmitting the Biblical account of the flood to describe the woman's words?

• to emphasize how she never stopped talking

• to highlight the woman's extensive traveling experiences

• to reveal the narrator's thirst for female companionship

• to illustrate how much the narrator had in common with this female companion

24. How does the author use conflict between the narrator and the woman to advance the plat?

• The conflict motivates the narrator to pursue the woman in the next town.

• The conflict causes the narrator to decide to continue their trip without a rest stop in the next town.

• The conflict leads to the narrator's traveling companions ridiculing him.

• The conflict awakens the narrator's compassion to protect the woman against the mosquitoes.

25. What detail form the passage supports the idea that the men would never see the women again?

• ...for she never missed her mosquito; she was a dead shot at close range. (paragraph 9)

• "For I thot you was deef and dumb, then I thot you was sick or crazy, or suthin" and then by and by I began to reckon you was a passel of sickly fools that couldn't think of nothing to say." (paragraph 14)

• We resolved not to "lay by at Cottonwood." (paragraph 18)

• How we suffered, suffered suffered! (paragraph 16)

26. Which detail from the passage supports the idea that the coach driver does not take his job seriously?

• It was drawn by six handsome horses, and by the side of the driver sat the "conductor," the legitimate captain of the craft; for it was his business to take charge and care of the mails, baggage, express matter and passengers. (paragraph 7)

• ...and to mean that we would unload the most of our mail matter somewhere on the Plains and leave it to the Indians, or whoever wanted it. (paragraph 7)

• Almost touching our knees, a perpendicular wall of mail matter rose up to the roof. (paragraph 7)

• We changed horses every ten miles, all day long, and fairly flew over the hard, level road. (paragraph 8)