Connections and Predictions in Woody Guthrie's Biography Answers

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Which statement best shows a problem in Travels with Charley?

A
So it was that I determined to look again, to try to rediscover this monster land.
B
[S]ince my photograph was as widely distributed as my publisher could make it, I would find it impossible to move about without being recognized.
C
Let me say in advance that in over ten thousand miles, in thirty-four states, I was not recognized even once.
D
Even those people who might have known me against a background I am supposed to have, in no case identified me in Rocinante.
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Which phrase signals a solution to a problem?

A
For this reason
B
It was said
C
It is well known
D
In either case
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Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored rattler with a mattress on its floor. I stopped where people stopped or gathered, I listened and looked and felt, and in the process had a picture of my country the accuracy of which was impaired only by my own shortcomings.

A
to show that he prefers the bakery wagon to the camper
B
to show the authentic experience of traveling in a casual way
C
to show that Americans like baked goods
D
to show that he is not a very good writer
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"Does it get very cold here winters?"“Fairly.”"You talk too much." He grinned. "That's what my Mrs. says."

A
The man’s wife thinks he talks too much.
B
The man is not very talkative.
C
Steinbeck thinks the man talks too much.
D
The man is rude because Steinbeck is a writer.
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Which reason best explains why the author includes dialogue in the book?

A
It allows him to show people’s characters.
B
It allows other people to describe the places the author sees.
C
It makes the book seem more like a novel.
D
It makes the trip sound more interesting than it actually is.
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If he occurs at length in this account, it is because he contributed much to the trip. A dog, particularly an exotic like Charley, is a bond between strangers.

A
He is a large dog, so it takes a long time to describe him.
B
The length of the description emphasizes his importance to the story.
C
The author wants to show how much he loves his dog.
D
The dog is unusual, so it is necessary to explain how he is special.
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Which word signals a problem?

A
actually
B
process
C
difficult
D
inexplicable
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Which statement best shows a problem in Travels with Charley?

A
One sharp difficulty presented itself. In the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.
B
This being so, my trip demanded that I leave my name and my identity at home.
C
I had to go alone and I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.
D
With all this in mind I wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.

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