Characters in Monster Answers

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Read the excerpt from Monster.PETROCELLIWell, if you don’t know exactly where you were, can you tell me anyone who might know where you were?STEVEI don’t even remember where I was. When the detectives asked me where I was, I couldn’t even remember the day they were talking about. They didn’t ask me about it until weeks later.

A
Steve may be dishonest because he is accusing the detectives of working slowly.
B
Steve may be honest because people could easily forget where they were weeks earlier.
C
Steve may be deceitful because he seems to be avoiding Petrocelli's questioning.
D
Steve may be trustworthy because he is repeating the same thing that he told the detectives earlier.
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Read the excerpt from Monster.We see STEVE stand shakily and head back to the defense table. He looks out onto the onlookers and sees his parents. His MOTHER forces a smile and his FATHER makes a fist and nods emphatically. We see STEVE sit down, start to pick up a glass of water, and have to put it down because his hand is shaking so badly.

A
They think that Steve is innocent.
B
They are willing to fight for their son.
C
They think that the trial is a joke.
D
They are trying to be strong for Steve.
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Read the excerpt from Monster.STEVENo, but I’ve seen a lot of ball games. I watch a lot of ball games.

A
He is a good basketball player.
B
He enjoys watching ball games.
C
He makes films of ball games.
D
He is too lazy to play ball games.
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Read the excerpt from "Mary Louise” by Edith van Dyne.The girl they were discussing came leisurely down a path, her books under one arm, the other hand holding a class paper which she examined in a cursory way as she walked. She wore a dark skirt and a simple shirtwaist, both quite modish and becoming, and her shoes were the admiration and envy of half the girls at the school. Dorothy Knerr used to say that "Mary Louise's clothes always looked as if they grew on her," but that may have been partially accounted for by the grace of her slim form and her unconscious but distinctive poise of bearing. Few people would describe Mary Louise Burrows as beautiful, while all would agree that she possessed charming manners. And she was fifteen – an age when many girls are both awkward and shy.

A
Mary Louise Burrows is directly characterized as poised.
B
Mary Louise Burrows is indirectly characterized as awkward.
C
Fifteen-year-old girls are directly characterized as poised.
D
Fifteen-year-old girls are indirectly characterized as awkward.
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Read the excerpt from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle.IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood. No archer ever lived that could speed a gray goose shaft with such skill and cunning as his, nor were there ever such yeomen as the sevenscore merry men that roamed with him through the greenwood shades. Right merrily they dwelled within the depths of Sherwood Forest, suffering neither care nor want, but passing the time in merry games of archery or bouts of cudgel play, living upon the King's venison, washed down with draughts of ale of October brewing.Not only Robin himself but all the band were outlaws and dwelled apart from other men, yet they were beloved by the country people round about, for no one ever came to jolly Robin for help in time of need and went away again with an empty fist.And now I will tell how it came about that Robin Hood fell afoul of the law.When Robin was a youth of eighteen, stout of sinew and bold of heart, the Sheriff of Nottingham proclaimed a shooting match and offered a prize of a butt of ale to whosoever should shoot the best shaft in Nottinghamshire. "Now," quoth Robin, "will I go too, for fain would I draw a string for the bright eyes of my lass and a butt of good October brewing." So up he got and took his good stout yew bow and a score or more of broad clothyard arrows, and started off from Locksley Town through Sherwood Forest to Nottingham.

A
Dialogue characterizes Robin Hood as a thief.
B
Dialogue characterizes Robin Hood as uninterested.
C
The narrator's description characterizes Robin Hood as merciful.
D
The narrator's description characterizes Robin Hood as generous.
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Read the excerpt from Monster.PETROCELLIThen he must have lied, is that right?O’BRIENObjection. The prosecution is soliciting an argument.PETROCELLIWithdrawn. Mr. Harmon, you say you weren’t at the drugstore anytime during the day of the robbery. Perhaps you would tell us where you were.

A
This is Petrocelli's first time acting as the prosecuting attorney in a court of law.
B
Mr. Harmon knows where he was during the day of the robbery.
C
It is a rule of the court that a lawyer may not argue with someone during questioning.
D
Petrocelli has not been a trial lawyer as long as O'Brien has.
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In Monster, what supports Mr. Sawicki's inference that Steve is an honest person?

A
Steve's positive view of his neighborhood
B
the humanity shown in Steve's films
C
Steve's desire to film the environment
D
the time Steve has spent in the film club

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