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An author has successfully created a suspenseful sequence of events when the reader asks which question?

A
Who are the important characters?
B
What will happen next?
C
Where is the setting located?
D
What is the background information?
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Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy."My granddaddy's been on that island since he was a baby," said Lizzie, as quiet as the dark. "He won't leave. He'd never leave my grandmama. And he'd never leave my mama.""You won't have to leave. You can't have to leave.""That's what Mr.Tripp says. He's got this shotgun he waves around like Ulysses S. Grant, saying how he'll fight to protect our homes and such. He's about ready to declare independency."

A
the value of Lizzie’s friendship
B
the deeper racial conflict
C
the severe danger he is facing
D
the history of Malaga Island
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Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.One afternoon, after another dreary Sunday, he walked home from Mrs. Cobb's with the sea breeze determined to shove him to Malaga Island. It scooted around him and pulled at his ears. It threw up the dust of the road into his face to turn him around, and when he leaned into it, it suddenly let go and pushed at him from behind, laughing. But with the iron word forbidden tolling like a heavy bell by his ears, Turner would not let himself be brought to Malaga. And so with a last abrupt kick, the sea breeze twisted around and left him. Turner watched it rushing pell-mell down Parker Head and toward the shore. "Go find Lizzie," he whispered.

A
Turner refers to himself as “I,” and the reader is able to hear his thoughts and feelings.
B
Turner is referred to as “he,” and the reader is able to hear his thoughts and feelings.
C
The narrator describes in great detail Turner’s words and actions but not his thoughts.
D
The narrator describes in great detail Turner’s thoughts but not his words or actions.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Then we unloaded all the Cyclops' flockto make division, share and share alike,only my fighters voted that my ram,the prize of all, should go to me. I slew himby the sea side and burnt his long thighbones to Zeus beyond the stormcloud, Cronus’ son,who rules the world. But Zeus disdained my offering;destruction for my ships he had in storeand death for those who sailed them, my companions.

A
Odysseus believes that he controls his own destiny.
B
Odysseus is destined to perish at sea along with his men.
C
Odysseus is religious and he believes in the power of the gods.
D
Odysseus believes that he can escape his destiny.
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How is the poem "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" different from the memoir My Story? Select five choices.The poem describes a single scene; the memoir describes many scenes.The poem uses few words; the memoir uses many words.The poem has short lines and stanzas; the memoir is written in prose paragraphs.The poem places the bus ride in historical perspective; the memoir does not.The poem explains why Rosa Parks stayed seated; the memoir does not.The poem shows an outsider’s point of view of Rosa Parks; the memoir does not.The poem compares Rosa Parks’s gaze to a flame; the memoir does not.

A
The poem describes a single scene; the memoir describes many scenes.
B
The poem uses few words; the memoir uses many words.
C
The poem has short lines and stanzas; the memoir is written in prose paragraphs.
D
The poem places the bus ride in historical perspective; the memoir does not.
E
The poem explains why Rosa Parks stayed seated; the memoir does not.
F
The poem shows an outsider’s point of view of Rosa Parks; the memoir does not.
G
The poem compares Rosa Parks’s gaze to a flame; the memoir does not.

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