Informational Test Review (Yetta and Carrying a Ladder)

How does the overfill of the people within the factory develop the rising action of the plot? (R.1.1)

• Creates a tense situation that becomes increasingly dangerous and difficult to escape for the girls

• 1. Creates tension between the characters that causes them to be angry and argue.

• 1. Creates the opportunity for the girls to become close friends and develop a trusting bond.

• 1. Creates the opportunity for large amounts of cloth and materials to be stacked and stored.

How does the setting of the factory fire help to develop Yetta’s character in the story? (R.1.1)

• The setting presents situations where Bella is forced to cooperate with Jane and shows her inability to work within a team

• 1. The setting presents opportunities for Bella to show her skill and problem-solving abilities to escape dangerous situations.

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  1. The setting presents challenges that Yetta is able to lead the girls through showing her as a leader and caretaker.

• The setting presents scenarios that showcase how unprepared Bella is for navigating a quickly changing environment

Select two themes that are developed throughout “Yetta”.

• 1. Friendship and community can provide the necessary support to persist through challenges.

• 1. Kindness from others must be earned during times of danger.

• 1. People often demonstrate courage and are willing to make sacrifices for the well-being of others.

• 1. In times of peril and uncertainty, people often wish for their family.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

What does breadth mean in this sentence?

• Width

• Food

• Space

• Volume

We are always really carrying a ladder, but it’s invisible (Line 1)

Identify two interpretations that highlight the significance of the ladder that is reference in the poem.

• 1. It sets the purpose for the poem by establishing what will follow.

• It provides a context for what the speaker of the poem is talking about.

• It causes the audience to reflect on the stated allusion.

• 1. It creates a tone of inquiry and confusion.

Select the word from the following paragraphs that comes from a Latin root meaning “firm, whole, undivided”. (V.1.2)

“No,” Yetta said, but she Ⓐ grinned at the girl, and the girl grinned back, and Yetta thought maybe, just maybe, they’d inched just a little closer to the Ⓑ solidarity Yetta longed for. This girl’s name was Jennie, and she was new.The bell finally rang, and Yetta and Jennie both stood up and stretched, reviving Ⓒ cramped muscles, unhunching rounded shoulders, Ⓓ stamping feet

• Grinned

• Solidarity

• Cramped

• Stomping

 Select two details from the text that support a crowded factory

• “She had one leg out the window, balanced on the metal railing, when Jane grabbed for her arm.

• “Girls were packed in around the doors and elevators. Only a handful seemed to remember that there was another way out

• The fire was beginning to race along the streams of oil. The lady had to jump out the window.

• “But now she’d seen how other people lived;

Through the window in the stairwell, Yetta could see the workers scrambling down the fire escape, teetering precariously on the metal railings.

What does precariously mean in this sentence?

• Concerningly

• Wobbly

• Worriedly

• Fearfully