EOC Drills - Passage 6

1. 1. Part A: Read the sentences from paragraph 2: “One has to imagine…one particular heading.”

How does this excerpt reflect Paul’s point of view?

• It illustrates the awareness of his father’s tendency to chase unrealistic ideas.

• It shows his acceptance of his father’s desire to make a better life for the family.

• It emphasizes his frustration with his father’s preoccupation with the newspaper.

• It explains his confusion with his father’s interest in a housekeeper indeed of horses.

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1. 1. Part B: How does this point of view affect the content of the passage?

• Paul firmly tells his father why they can’t have a housekeeper.

• Paul calmly explains to his father the problem with the housekeeper.

• Paul reluctantly reminds his father that they don’t need a housekeeper.

• Paul eagerly questions his father’s wisdom in wanting to hire the housekeeper.

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2. Why does Damon most likely ask if the potential housekeeper will do the milking?

• He prefers house chores to bard chores.

• He’s hoping to avoid one of his current chores.

• He’s trying to understand the work of a housekeeper.

• He doesn’t know why his father wants a housekeeper.

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3. In paragraph 8, what do words like “delineation,” “construed,” and “logical extension” suggest about the narrator?

• He feels intellectually superior to the rest of his family.

• He enjoys irritating his brothers by using words they don’t know.

• He wants to impress others with his expansive vocabulary.

• He has been influenced by his father’s way of speaking.

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4. What point does Paul try to make in paragraphs 12-14?

• He always has to explain to his father why his father’s plans won’t work.

• The person in the advertisement won’t help solve the family’s biggest problems.

• The family won’t need a housekeeper if the brothers would do their chores.

• He is already responsible for taking care of the cooking and other housekeeping chores.

5. Which statement provides the best summary of the story?

• A father with three boys considers how to hire a housekeeper for his family.

• A young boy tries to convince his father to hire a housekeeper.

• A man recalls a time from his childhood when his father wanted to hire a housekeeper.

• A man tells a story about a time when his father read an advertisement for a housekeeper.

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6. Part A: What is a theme in the passage?

• Extreme eagerness can be contagious.

• Humor isn’t always universally understood.

• Hard work is often its own reward.

• Desire can make nonexistent problems suddenly appear.

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6. Part B: Which detail helps develop this theme?

• “Meal-making was not a joking matter in our household” (4).

• “...continued to look pleased as could be…” (4).

• “...a lack as unbeknownst to them as our need for a housekeeper had been to us two minutes ago” (10).

• “He knew–we all knew–I had him there” (14).

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