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Question 9 • English 3

Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.” In first grade we moved country mouse to the city whiskers quivering, eyes wide, couple days later Mom put my sister in the stroller and we three walked through a drizzle of gold and ruby leaves up one hill, down another to the new school, made of bricks, registered in the office, Mom handed me my lunch box and waved a fast goodbye Which detail best contributes to an uncertain mood in this excerpt?

Answer
A
“Mom handed me / my lunch box”
B
“moved / country mouse to the city”
C
“whiskers quivering, eyes wide”
D
“drizzle of gold / and ruby leaves”
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”…