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Which statement correctly compares and contrasts My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir and the poem are both told from first-person point of view, but the poem is shorter.
B
Both the memoir and poem describe the bus ride of Rosa Parks, but the memoir includes more facts.
C
The memoir includes facts and opinions, but the poem includes only facts.
D
Both the memoir and the poem are about Rosa Parks, but the poem talks more about her personal feelings.
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How is the tone in My Story different from the tone in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir has a shy tone; the poem has a bold tone.
B
The memoir has a fanciful tone; the poem has a factual tone.
C
The memoir has an uplifting tone; the poem has a depressing tone.
D
The memoir has an angry tone; the poem has an admiring tone.
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Which is found in My Story but not in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
a historian’s view of Rosa Parks
B
a sense of Rosa Parks’s character
C
details of Rosa Parks’s bus ride
D
details of Rosa Parks’s prison cell
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Read the excerpt from My Story.Back in the spring of 1955 a teenage girl named Claudette Colvin and an elderly woman refused to give up their seats in the middle section of a bus to white people. When the driver went to get the police, the elderly woman got off the bus, but Claudette refused to leave, saying she had already paid her dime and had no reason to move. When the police came, they dragged her from the bus and arrested her.

A
gives readers a clear picture of the sequence of events.
B
helps readers get into the minds of the people described.
C
helps readers see the pros and cons of the situation.
D
gives readers a vivid and detailed description of the bus.
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Read the excerpt from the poem "On the Bus with Rosa Parks."RosaHow she sat there,the time right inside a placeso wrong it was ready.That trim name withits dream of a benchto rest on. Her sensible coat.

A
It shows Rosa Parks’s view of herself.
B
It explains Rosa Parks’s motivation for staying seated.
C
It shows the poet’s perspective of Rosa Parks.
D
It provides a portrait of Rosa Parks with a lot of descriptive detail.
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Read the excerpt from My Story.I wasn’t frightened at the jail. I was more resigned than anything else. I don’t recall being real angry, not enough to have an argument. I was just prepared to accept whatever I had to face. I asked again if I could make a telephone call. I was ignored.

A
a friend of hers.
B
her own perspective.
C
the point of view of a historian.
D
leaders of the desegregation movement.
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In My Story, why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955?

A
She wanted to go to court.
B
She was too tired from work.
C
She was sick of segregation.
D
She wanted to get arrested.
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Which correctly describes the narration in My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir is in third-person narration; the poem is in second-person narration.
B
Both the memoir and the poem are in third-person narration.
C
Both the memoir and the poem are in first-person narration.
D
The memoir is in first-person narration; the poem is in third-person narration.
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Read the excerpt from "On the Bus with Rosa Parks."RosaHow she sat there,the time right inside a placeso wrong it was ready.

A
the poet’s feeling of pride in Rosa Parks.
B
Rosa Parks’s feeling of fear on the bus.
C
the poet’s own fight against segregation.
D
the consequences of Rosa Parks’s act.
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