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Read the following passage from "The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing.

A
the stem or main axis of a plant
B
the slender supporting part of anything
C
to pursue or approach prey stealthily
D
to walk with measured, stiff strides
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Some sections of “Initiation” imply that Millicent will decline the sorority’s invitation.

A
her feeling pride in becoming a candidate for the group.
B
her beginning to question the way the group runs its operations.
C
her completing the final challenges in the initiation.
D
her waiting for her moment to confront the members of the sorority.
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.

A
It creates images of freedom.
B
It creates images of oppression.
C
It emphasizes a sense of fantasy.
D
It emphasizes a sense of arrogance.
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Read the dictionary entry.re • frain [ri-freyn]1. (verb) to resist doing something2. (noun) the chorus of a musical piece

A
The flight attendant requested that the passengers refrain from smoking.
B
Students should refrain from using their cell phones during the lecture.
C
Experienced audience members refrain from clapping until the end.
D
The haunting refrain stayed with the audience long after the show ended.
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”The caged bird singswith fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for stilland his tune is heardon the distant hill for the caged birdsings of freedom.

A
Angelou contrasts fear with discrimination.
B
Angelou contrasts being caged with being poor.
C
Angelou equates using one’s voice with freedom.
D
Angelou equates facing the unknown with happiness.
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In "The Caged Bird,” what is the speaker’s tone or attitude toward the subject of oppression? Choose three answers. angerconfusiondefianceindifferenceoutrage

A
anger
B
confusion
C
defiance
D
indifference
E
outrage
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Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.”Doodle was frightened of being left. “Don’t go leave me, Brother,” he cried, and he leaned toward the coffin. His hand, trembling, reached out, and when he touched the casket he screamed. A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, scaring us and covering us with Paris green. Doodle was paralyzed, so I put him on my shoulder and carried him down the ladder, and even when we were outside in the bright sunshine, he clung to me, crying, “Don’t leave me. Don’t leave me.”

A
Once the narrator returns to school, he leaves Doodle at home and forgets all of his plans to help him.
B
After Doodle refuses to touch the casket, the narrator refuses to help Doodle and leaves him alone in the loft.
C
Later in the story, the narrator races ahead and leaves Doodle to struggle behind during a terrible storm.
D
When Doodle struggles to learn to walk, the narrator leaves and Doodle is left sitting alone in Old Woman Swamp.
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Read the conversation that takes place between Mrs. Flowers and Momma Henderson from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”"I don't need to see the inside, Mrs. Henderson, I can tell . . ." But the dress was over my head and my arms were stuck in the sleeves. Momma said, "That'll do. See here, Sister Flowers, I French-seams around the armholes."

A
Mrs. Flowers’s actions
B
Mrs. Flowers’s thoughts
C
Mrs. Flowers’s viewpoint
D
Mrs. Flowers’s words
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Read the sentence.The skillful pilot maneuvered successfully during the training mission.

A
It’s a verb phrase acting as an object in the sentence.
B
It’s a verb phrase acting as the predicate of the sentence.
C
It’s a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial phrase.
D
It’s a prepositional phrase acting as an adjectival phrase.
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connotationdenotationmetaphortone

A
connotation
B
denotation
C
metaphor
D
tone
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In “Initiation,” one example of a character vs. self conflict is when Millicent

A
worries about how her actions affect Tracy.
B
feels pressure to go along with the initiation.
C
worries about what orders Bev will give next.
D
feels pressure to accept the sorority’s invitation.
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A is a group of words that work together to express an idea and can function as a noun, adjective, verb, or adverb.

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Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps. She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. She was our side's answer to the richest white woman in town.

A
explain to the reader the way people dressed in Black Stamps.
B
instruct the reader on the local customs in Black Stamps.
C
inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers’s social position in Black Stamps.
D
teach the reader how Mrs. Flowers’s fashion affected Black Stamps.
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The author’s purpose is

A
the primary reason the author wrote the text.
B
the feelings the author has about the text.
C
the thoughts the author has about the text.
D
the conclusions the author draws in the text.
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Read the excerpts from different sections “The Scarlet Ibis.”Although Doodle learned to crawl, he showed no signs of walking, but he wasn’t idle. He talked so much that we all quit listening to what he said. It was about this time that Daddy built him a go-cart and I had to pull him around. At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever I went. If I so much as picked up my cap, he’d start crying to go with me and Mama would call from wherever she was, “Take Doodle with you.”***He’d nod his head, and I’d say, “Well, if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never learn.” Then I’d paint for him a picture of us as old men, white-haired, him with a long white beard and me still pulling him around in the go-cart. This never failed to make him try again.

A
It changes from a symbol of youth to a symbol of old age.
B
It changes from a symbol of success to a symbol of failure.
C
It changes from a symbol of hope to a symbol of desperation.
D
It changes from a symbol of freedom to a symbol of captivity.

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