Question 4 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 9 A
Which sentences from the excerpt most emphasize that spring has become a symbol of hope for the boys? Choose three answers.
Answer
A
That winter we didn’t make much progress, for I was in school and Doodle suffered from one bad cold after another.
B
But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again.
C
Success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start.
D
Sometimes we descended into the cool greenness of Old Woman Swamp and climbed the rope vines or boxed scientifically beneath the pine where he had learned to walk.
E
Promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song.