Analyzing a Memoir — Unit test Answers

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Which quotations from Enrique's Journey provide evidence supporting Hafiza's point that this text is a biography? Select two options.

A
"The Iron Worm squeaks, groans, and clanks—black tankers, rust-colored boxcars, and gray hoppers winding north on a single track that parallels the Pacific coast."
B
"Enrique's palms burn when he holds on to the hopper. He risks riding no-hands. Finally, he strips off his shirt and sits on it."
C
"Enrique's head throbs. The sun reflects off the metal. It stings his eyes, and his skin tingles. It drains the little energy he has left."
D
"About two hundred street gangsters in Chiapas share the rolling criminal enterprise. Father Flor María Rigoni, the priest at the Albergue Belén migrant shelter, counts nineteen groups."
E
"'We ask for money to take people to the U.S. on top of our trains,' says Jorge Mauricio Mendoza Pineda, twenty-four, describing what he and his Mara Salvatrucha gang do in Chiapas."
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Read this paragraph from Yves's analysis of Enrique's Journey.(1) Nazario draws on Enrique's experience to illustrate what children face in their attempt to escape difficult conditions. (2) She describes the dangers he faces on his journey northward. (3) The threat of extortion and violence from gangsters illustrates how vulnerable such children are. (4) But gangsters do not pose the only threat. (5) Even the police, whose job is to uphold and enforce the law, steal from the migrants. (6) What I find most unsettling, though, is Enrique's temporary alliance with an MS gangster.

A
the first sentence
B
the third sentence
C
the fifth sentence
D
the sixth sentence
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What would best conclude an essay comparing different genres?

A
a relevant quotation that focuses on the genres
B
an interesting anecdote related to the thesis of the essay
C
a summary of the main points of comparison and contrast
D
a solution to a problem mentioned in the thesis statement
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Which quotations from chapter 7 of Night convey an atmosphere of panic? Select two options.“Here or elsewhere, what did it matter?”“Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight.”“Then, two ‘gravediggers’ grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour.”“Father! Father! Wake up. They’re going to throw you outside.”“And I started to hit him harder and harder.”

A
“Here or elsewhere, what did it matter?”
B
“Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight.”
C
“Then, two ‘gravediggers’ grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour.”
D
“Father! Father! Wake up. They’re going to throw you outside.”
E
“And I started to hit him harder and harder.”
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Hiroshi is planning to write an essay comparing news reports and editorials.Which ideas should he brainstorm about in order to write an effective essay? Select four options.the characteristics of editorials the characteristics of news reports which genres are similar to editorials which genres are similar to news reports how news reports and editorials are similar how news reports and editorials are different

A
the characteristics of editorials
B
the characteristics of news reports
C
which genres are similar to editorials
D
which genres are similar to news reports
E
how news reports and editorials are similar
F
how news reports and editorials are different
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Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.Pressed tightly against one another, in an effort to resist the cold, our heads empty and heavy, our brains a whirlwind of decaying memories. Our minds numb with indifference.

A
violent action.
B
rapid confusion.
C
calm acceptance.
D
sudden disinterest.
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Read the sentence from Skylar’s comparative essay, and decide how they can edit informal, subjective language. The narrative becomes scarier when Enrique can no longer keep his eyes open.

A
more spooky
B
more frightening
C
more worrisome
D
more suspenseful
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Which details are important to notice when comparing and contrasting two texts from different genres? Select three options.the characters’ clothingthe point of viewthe author’s namethe language use the author’s purpose

A
the characters’ clothing
B
the point of view
C
the author’s name
D
the language use
E
the author’s purpose
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In this passage, the author suggests that cruelty can occur when people face horrible conditions. Which evidence best supports this viewpoint? Select two options.

A
“Anyway, I knew that I would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men!”
B
“I saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. He had just detached himself from the struggling mob.”
C
“Then I understood: he was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. With lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth.”
D
“A shadow had lain down beside him. And this shadow threw itself over him.”
E
“Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me . . . You're killing your father . . . I have bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . .”
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Read the sentence from Nikita's analysis of "The Children of the Drug Wars."Nazario feels that refugee kids totally shouldn't be sent back to the same dangerous things they've left.

A
accurate.
B
formal.
C
logical.
D
objective.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night.And so an hour or two passed. Another scream jolted us. The woman had broken free of her bonds and was shouting louder than before:"Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Flames everywhere . . .”Once again, the young men bound and gagged her. When they actually struck her, people shouted their approval:"Keep her quiet! Make that madwoman shut up. She’s not the only one here . . .”She received several blows to the head, blows that could have been lethal. Her son was clinging desperately to her, not uttering a word. He was no longer crying.

A
He is able to include facts to support his story.
B
He is able to remain objective about what is happening.
C
He is able to share his observations about one event in depth.
D
He is able to provide an in-depth look about why the woman is shouting.
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Which statement is true about how to organize an informational essay comparing two genres?

A
The essay should begin by analyzing the first genre to be compared.
B
In the body paragraphs, the writer should provide supporting evidence.
C
The essay should analyze and discuss similarities, but not differences.
D
In the conclusion, the writer should state which genre he or she prefers.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.This province produces great quantities of excellent white incense, and also dates in great abundance. No grain is grown here except rice, and not much of that; but it is imported from abroad at a big profit. Fish is plentiful, notably tunnies of large size, which are so abundant that two of them can be bought for a Venetian groat. The staple diet consists of rice, meat, and fish. . . . As for the incense of which I have spoken, which grows here in such profusion, the lord buys it for 10 gold bezants a cantar and then sells it to foreign merchants and others for 40 bezants a cantar. The lord of Shihr does this on behalf of the sultan of the province of Aden. For the sultan of Aden has incense bought up throughout his dominions at the price of 10 bezants and afterwards sold at 40 from which he derives an immense profit.

A
The author notes that the incense is produced in "great quantities."
B
The author uses the phrase "immense profit" to describe the value of the incense.
C
The author includes the detail that the lord "sells it to foreign merchants."
D
The author uses the word "excellent" to describe the incense grown in the province.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.Here again good incense grows in profusion—I will tell you how. It is produced by trees of no great size, like little fir trees. They are gashed with knives in various places, and out of these gashes oozes the incense. Some of it even oozes from the tree itself without any gashing, in consequence of the great heat that prevails.

A
to convince readers of the benefits of using incense from Dhofar
B
to entertain readers with tales of buying incense
C
to educate readers about how incense is made in Dhofar
D
to give readers instructions on how to make their own incense
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.They have sheep here that have no ears, nor even ear-holes; but in the place where ears ought to be they have little horns. They are small creatures and very pretty. And here is something else that may strike you as marvelous: their domestic animals—sheep, oxen, camels, and little ponies—are fed on fish. They are reduced to this diet because in all this country and in all the surrounding regions there is no grass; but it is the driest place in the world. The fish on which these animals feed are very small and are caught in March, April, and May in quantities that are truly amazing. They are then dried and stored in the houses and given to the animals as food throughout the year. I can tell you further that the animals also eat them alive, as soon as they are drawn out of the water.

A
to explain why the sheep have horns but no ears
B
to explain why the sheep in the region are so small
C
to explain why people in the region have to feed their animals fish
D
to explain why there are such large quantities of fish available

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