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Viewpoint in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings — Unit test Answers

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Which excerpt from "Initiation” correctly matches with the implied resolution of the story?

A
There really was no doubt now that she would get in; This implies that Millicent will accept the invitation.
B
This is it, all right. The worst part, the hardest part, the part of initiation that I figured out myself; This implies that Millicent decides not to join the sorority.
C
“Well, what do they do as a club?" Millicent wanted to know; This implies that Millicent will challenge the club’s activities.
D
Swooping carefree over the moors, they would go singing; This implies that the sorority girls will form a choir.
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What should the reader study to make inferences about the personality traits of people in a text? Select three answers.

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actions
B
events
C
setting
D
thoughts
E
words
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Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”Momma said, “Sister, I know you acted like a little lady. That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all. I’m trying my best, the Lord knows, but these days . . .” Her voice trailed off. “Go on in and change your dress.”

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She was caring and concerned.
B
She was cheerful and lighthearted.
C
She was formal and disapproving.
D
She was stiff and unaffectionate.
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention"."What ees wrrrong with her eh-speech?" Carlos wagged his head at her. His anger was always more frightening in his broken English. As if he had mutilated the language in his fury—and now there was nothing to stand between them and his raw, dumb anger. "What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It show no gratitude. It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher?" He mocked Yoyo's plagiarized words. "That is insubordinate. It is improper. It is disrespecting of her teachers—" In his anger he had forgotten his fear of lurking spies: each wrong he voiced was a decibel higher than the last outrage. Finally, he shouted at Yoyo, "As your father, I forbid you to make that eh-speech!"

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His accent gets stronger when he is angry.
B
His English vocabulary is somewhat limited.
C
He doesn’t understand what his daughter wrote.
D
He has trouble speaking clearly in English.
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".Yoyo didn't need much encouragement. She put her nose to the fire, as her mother would have said, and read from start to finish without looking up. When she concluded, she was a little embarrassed at the pride she took in her own words. She pretended to quibble with a phrase or two, then looked questioningly to her mother. Laura's face was radiant. Yoyo turned to share her pride with her father.

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She was cold as she wrote her speech, so she sat by the fire.
B
She worked hard to finish her speech for the assembly.
C
She was proud of the speech once she finished it.
D
She finished the speech in a very short amount of time.
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention"."iYa, ya!" She waved them out of her room at last. "There is no use trying to drink spilt milk, that's for sure."

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She wants her daughters to learn from her mistakes.
B
She does not want to dwell on something that cannot be changed.
C
She intends to invent many more useful things she can patent.
D
She wishes that she had been the one to patent the suitcase with wheels.
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Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”She smiled that slow dragging smile, "Thank you, Mrs. Henderson. I'd prefer Marguerite, though." My name was beautiful when she said it. "I've been meaning to talk to her, anyway." They gave each other age-group looks.

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It helps the reader to infer that Marguerite is nosy.
B
It helps the reader to infer that Mrs. Flowers is picky.
C
It helps the reader to infer that Momma is intimidated.
D
It helps the reader to infer that Marguerite is perceptive.
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Which phrases representing the idea of freedom connect the poem to the autobiography?

A
“Leaps on the back of the wind” connects to “ran down the hill.”
B
“And floats downstream” connects to “and into the road.”
C
“Dips his wing in the orange sun” connects to “the good sense.”
D
“And dares to claim the sky” connects to “to stop running.”
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention"."Thanks, thanks a lot, Mom!" Yoyo stormed out of that room and into her own. Her daughters never called her Mom except when they wanted her to feel how much she had failed them in this country. She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice, but a terrible girlfriend parent, a real failure of a Mom.

A
They sometimes wish their mother would be more like the American moms.
B
They sometimes wish their mother would stop inventing useless things.
C
They sometimes wish their mother would fuss over them more than she does.
D
They sometimes wish their mother would move them to the Dominican Republic.
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Based on the plot structure of “Initiation,” which sentence would most likely be part of the implied resolution?

A
Cheers and laughter greeted Millicent as she finished her speech.
B
Hugs comforted Millicent following her blushing but sincere speech.
C
There was a stunned moment of silence following Millicent’s proclamation.
D
There was an enthusiastic round of applause after Millicent finished talking.
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Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line.

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I sopped around the house
B
an old biscuit
C
dirty and inedible
D
threw me my first life line
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himselfnatureotherssociety

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himself
B
nature
C
others
D
society
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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.

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authority.
B
culture.
C
privacy.
D
wealth.
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authorcharactersgenresetting

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author
B
characters
C
genre
D
setting
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grammarrhyming wordswordinessword usage

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grammar
B
rhyming words
C
wordiness
D
word usage
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Read the conclusion to "Yearbook.”"Listen, let’s find Mr. Macklenburger and we’ll figure out an interesting role for you. Maybe you can help me interview the drama club tomorrow—just take pictures and I’ll do all the talking. But only if you want, absolutely no pressure,” said Martina."Sure, that sounds like it might be a fun way to contribute,” Fatima replied, grateful for Martina’s generosity. The dread of the afternoon was finally beginning to dissipate into something surprising and new.

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Fatima will enjoy working with other people on the yearbook.
B
Fatima will decide to take over the interview of the drama club.
C
Fatima will join the other clubs her guidance counselor suggested.
D
Fatima will become one of the most talented yearbook photographers.
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Read the excerpt from "Yearbook.”"Excuse me?” Fatima, rattled by Isaac’s immediate bossiness, wasn’t sure how to appropriately respond.Isaac oppressively barreled on despite Fatima’s interjection. "And then you need to scan everything and label each image with an assigned number before entering it into the archives.”

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character vs. self
B
character vs. character
C
character vs. nature
D
character vs. society
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Read the excerpt from "Yearbook.”Well, that’s definitely a relief. I’m not exactly sure how this all works yet,” Fatima said, a small smile forming on her face."Listen, let’s find Mr. Macklenburger and we’ll figure out an interesting role for you. Maybe you can help me interview the drama club tomorrow—just take pictures and I’ll do all the talking. But only if you want, absolutely no pressure,” said Martina.

A
She wishes she were in charge of the yearbook staff instead of the advisor.
B
She tries to manipulate new yearbook club members into doing her work.
C
She is welcoming and friendly toward new yearbook club members.
D
She values having fun over completing certain yearbook club tasks.
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Read the excerpt from "Yearbook.”She wouldn’t characterize herself as shy; it’s just that she thought of herself as an individual, as opposed to being dependent on others. It was safer and easier that way, especially since her best friend Clara had unexpectedly moved to California last summer. Just Fatima doing Fatima’s thing—a club of one.

A
character vs. nature
B
character vs. self
C
character vs. character
D
character vs. society
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Which excerpt from "Yearbook” is an example of direct characterization?

A
Fatima felt immediately overwhelmed and sighed, defeated, as Mrs. Lopez kept talking
B
Fatima squirmed back and forth in the uncomfortable yellow-brown office chair with her arms crossed tightly in front of her.
C
“Well, that’s definitely a relief. I’m not exactly sure how this all works yet,” Fatima said, a small smile forming on her face.
D
Martina quickly glanced from Fatima to Isaac and then back to Fatima with a knowing twinkle in her eye.

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