She Unnames Them

Which of these inferences is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 7)?

I resolutely put anxiety away, went to Adam, and said, ‘You and your father lent me this–gave it to me, actually. It’s been really useful, but it doesn’t exactly seem to fit very well lately. But thanks very much! It’s really been very useful.’

Answer choices for the above question

• Eve tried to explain why she didn’t want to name the animals anymore and preferred if someone else had the gift.

• Eve was graciously trying to return the gift of naming animals, which she didn’t find necessary anymore.

• Eve wanted to return the clothes she received from Adam and his father.

• Eve was very grateful for the gifts she received and wanted Adam to know how much she loved it.

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E2.4F

Which of these sentences best summarizes the passage below (paragraph 6)?

And the attraction that many of us felt, the desire to smell one another’s smells, feel or rub or caress one another’s scales or skin or feathers or fur, taste one another’s blood or flesh, keep one another warm –that attraction was now all one with the fear, and the hunter could not be told from the hunted, nor the eater from the food.

• The animals revolted when they realized they no longer had names.

• Unnaming the animals proved to be a mistake since it incited fear among the creatures.

• Unnaming the animals caused confusion since the animals didn’t know who to hunt.

• The animals were no longer separated by labels and wanted to interact with each other.

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E2.5D

Choose the best sentence to add descriptive detail to paragraph five.

As for the fish of the sea, their names dispersed from them in silence throughout the oceans like faint, dark blurs of cuttlefish ink, and drifted off on the currents without a trace.

• Their names trailed behind them, fins pushing them away while moving toward new waters.

• Their wings flapped the names into a gust of wind, never to be uttered again.

• The yaks protested, but finally butted their names to the curb.

• Their past labels were being brushed from their fur like an awakening, a renewal.

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E2.8D

According to the narrator, how mainly would her words be different after “unnaming” the animals?

• Her words would be easier to express without the animals’ names.

• Her words would have to be thought-out and chosen carefully.

• Her words would be bolder and braver.

• Her words would be ungrateful and rude.

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E2.5C

What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraph 9)?

And I thought that perhaps when he did notice he might be upset and want to talk. I put some things away and fiddled around a little, but he continued to do what he was doing and to take no notice of anything else.

• Eve was nervous to talk to Adam and was grateful when he didn’t notice her mistake.

• Adam was busy and would talk to Eve later.

• Adam didn’t view Eve as his equal and didn’t pay much attention to her.

• Adam’s father was going to be upset that the garden key was missing.

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E2.5D

Which passage from the text best supports the following statement.

"Adam didn’t view Eve as his equal and didn’t pay much attention to her."

• “‘O.K., fine, dear. When’s dinner?’”

• “‘I hope the garden key turns up.’”

• “It is hard to give back a gift without sounding peevish or ungrateful.”

• “They seemed far closer than when their names had stood between myself and them like a clear barrier.”

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E2.5C

Which of these inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 3)?

These verbally talented individuals insisted that their names were important to them, and flatly refused to part with them. But [soon] they understood that the issue was precisely one of individual choice, and that anybody who wanted to be called Rover, or Froufrou, or Polly, or even Birdie in the personal sense, was perfectly free to do so...

• Domestic animals didn’t like being called personal names like “Rover” or “Polly” and preferred to only be called “dog” or “bird.”

• Humans protested to being nameless and advocated for keeping their names.

• Names shouldn’t be labels that define; rather one should be able to choose his or her identity.

• Animals should be able to name other animals based on whatever they think is fitting.

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E2.4F

Which of these sentences from the text most strongly supports the following statement.

"Names shouldn’t be labels that define; rather one should be able to choose his or her identity."

• “I had been prepared to defend my decision.”

• “Their names dispersed from them in silence…”

• “A faction of yaks, however, protested.”

• “Not one of them had the least objection to parting with the lowercase...appellations ‘poodle,’ ‘parrot,’ ‘dog,’ or ‘bird…’”

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E2.5C

Order these events chronologically as they take place in the story.

• The yaks discussed the unnaming process all summer before deciding to return their name.

• The insects parted with their names.

• Adam doesn’t pay attention to Eve returning the gift.

• Eve leaves Adam to join the nameless animals.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Match each vocabulary word to its corresponding synonym.

• peevish

• irritable

• alacrity

• eagerness

• vast

• resolutely

• steadfastly

• expansive

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E2.2B