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Which choice BEST expresses the theme of the poem?

• Hope feels like a light, cheerful bird that sings a sweet song even in the face of difficulty.

• No matter how hopeful you are, difficulty and extreme situations will find you.

• Hope endures through all difficulty and despair, no matter how extreme.

• The bird of hope sings its songs even in the most extreme situations.

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How does Emily Dickinson develop the theme of “ ‘Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers"?

• by comparing hope to a singing bird

• by describing a song without words

• by comparing life’s difficulties to a storm at sea

• by describing the extremes of life

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Which is the BEST paraphrase of the final stanza?

• Extreme situations happen everywhere—in cold locations and on the sea—but there is always hope.

• The bird of hope sings in all places—on both land and sea—but is never extreme or expecting of a crumb.

• I’ve heard about hope being in the coldest lands and stormiest seas even though it never asked for even a crumb from those it

  helps.

• I’ve heard the song of hope in the most extreme difficulties, in cold lands and stormy seas, but it has never expected anything in

  return from me.

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Which choice summarizes the poem most effectively?

• The speaker has led a difficult life but is always hopeful.

• A bird perches on the speaker’s soul and sings its song of hope.

• Hope is like a bird whose sweet, wordless song stays in the speaker’s heart through all difficulties, never expecting anything in

  return.

• The speaker admires the hopeful song of birds that continues even in the darkest, most extreme storms.

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What character traits would best describe the protagonist at the beginning of the story?

• Well-prepared and confident

• Disorganized and frazzled

• Confused and irritable

• Dreamy and lost

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Which of the following details from the story help to support your answer in the previous question:

• "With one wheel gone wrong, she careens into the checkout line.”

• "A perfect shopper, she prides herself on sailing the circulars, clipping coupons, buying in bulk.”

• "Her basket is overflowing with catnip and kitty litter, Pull-Ups and pomegranates—plenty of all.”

• "She takes every copy of the magazine out of the rack.”

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What can you infer about the protagonist’s view of her own life?

• She is very satisfied with her current life.

• She is not entirely satisfied with her current life.

• She has created a clear plan to make a change.

• She does not plan on making any changes.

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Which of the following details from the story help to support your answer in the previous question?

• " ‘Got an itch you can't identify, don't know what you want, let this be your moment.’ ”

• “…her finger is quickly coated with gold powder and under that is something a little sticky…”

• "It is incredible—she's seeing not only the future but the pathway there.”

• “It is as though she is being pulled into the magazine.”

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What do the last sentences of the story below reveal about the protagonist?

Drawing a deep breath, she pulls herself back into the checkout line. She takes every copy of the magazine out of the rack. "I'll take all

you've got," she says.

• She is an avid reader of magazines.

• She feels a certain greed she can’t explain.

• Her dreams are much more attractive than her reality.

• She is easily manipulated by advertising.

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According to the story, for what reasons were the sheep (Thunder) and the ram (Lightning) banished from the town? Choose

TWO responses from below.

• The king had a very bad temper and threw them out of the town.

• Both the sheep and the ram destroyed property and lives when they got angry.

• The ram destroyed property and killed people when it got angry.

• The mother sheep had a very loud voice the people could not tolerate.

• The king was responding to the complaints of the people about the two.

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