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Read the passage from Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game."One day, after we left a shop I said under my breath, "I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter.” My mother stopped walking. Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another."Aiii-ya. So shame be with mother?” She grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me.I looked down. "It’s not that, it’s just so obvious. It’s just so embarrassing.”"Embarrass you be my daughter?” Her voice was cracking with anger."That’s not what I meant. That’s not what I said.”"What you say?”I knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but I heard my voice speaking, "Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess?”My mother’s eyes turned into dangerous black slits. She had no words for me, just sharp silence.I felt the wind rushing around my hot ears. I jerked my hand out of my mother’s tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. Her bag of groceries spilled to the ground."Aii-ya! Stupid girl!” my mother and the woman cried. Oranges and tin cans careened down the sidewalk. As my mother stooped to help the old woman pick up the escaping food, I took off.

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an internal conflict within the mother, who wants her daughter to grow up but does not want to let her go
B
an internal conflict within the daughter, who wants to be a grand master but does not want anyone to know about it
C
an external conflict between the mother, who wants to show off her famous daughter, and the daughter, who feels used
D
an external conflict between the mother and the neighborhood over the social pressure on the mother to be successful
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Which excerpt from the poem "Girl Powdering Her Neck” by Cathy Song is an example of a simile?

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“her legs folded beneath her / as she sits on a buckwheat pillow”
B
“Morning begins the ritual / wheel of the body”
C
“The peach-dyed kimono / patterned with maple leaves”
D
“She dips a corner of her sleeve / like a brush into water”
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Read the passage from Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game.”My parents made many concessions to allow me to practice. One time I complained that the bedroom I shared was so noisy that I couldn’t think. Thereafter, my brothers slept in a bed in the living room facing the street. I said I couldn’t finish my rice; my head didn’t work right when my stomach was too full. I left the table with half-finished bowls and nobody complained. But there was one duty I couldn’t avoid. I had to accompany my mother on Saturday market days when I had no tournament to play. My mother would proudly walk with me, visiting many shops, buying very little. "This my daughter Wave-ly Jong,” she said to whoever looked her way.One day after we left a shop I said under my breath, "I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter.” My mother stopped walking. Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another.

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She wants to adhere to the customs of the Chinese community.
B
She wants to satisfy people’s curiosity about her daughter.
C
She wants to share in her daughter’s accomplishments.
D
She wants to exert control over her daughter.
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Read the lines from Robert Hayden’s poem "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” then look at the detail from Claude Monet’s painting Water Lilies.Today as the news from Selma and Saigonpoisons the air like fallout,I come again to seethe serene, great picture that I love.

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to view art purely for art’s sake
B
to escape unpleasant news
C
to be exposed to stark reality
D
to escape poisonous air
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Read the sentence.We study mythology.

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in the morning before English and science.
B
but we also study math and geography.
C
if we have free time in the afternoon.
D
and we learn the history of Ancient Greece.
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What would make the evidence in this paragraph stronger? Select two options.

A
another quotation from Amy Tan in the paragraph
B
commentary on the quotation in the paragraph
C
proper citation of the quotation
D
use of a transition into the evidence
E
a summary of the main points in the paragraph
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Which cultural differences are revealed through this conflict? Select two options.

A
The daughter resents being asked to work hard all the time, which her mother sees as laziness.
B
The daughter does not value talent or intelligence, whereas her mother believes that they are the two most important qualities a person can have.
C
The daughter wants to be valued for what she is, while the mother believes that the girl should always strive to be more.
D
The daughter believes that her mother should accept and love her, but the mother believes that she should help her daughter succeed.
E
The daughter thinks that her parents owe her love and support, but the mother thinks that the daughter owes them gratitude for providing for her.
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Read the passage.On our way home, we passed a meadow surrounded by trees. We stopped to look at the beautiful wildflowers. I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer. A fawn nibbled on the grass, while its mother stood sentinel.

A
On our way home, we passed a meadow surrounded by trees.
B
We stopped to look at the beautiful wildflowers.
C
I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer.
D
A fawn nibbled on the grass, while its mother stood sentinel.
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Read the sentences.The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem. She discovered an ingenious solution.

A
The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem until she discovered an ingenious solution.
B
The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem; however, she discovered an ingenious solution.
C
The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem, but she discovered an ingenious solution.
D
The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem before she discovered an ingenious solution.
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Read the stanza from "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove.This is for the woman with one black wingperched over her eyes: lovely Frida, erectamong parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant,who painted herself a present—wildflowers entwining the plaster corsether spine resides in, that flaming pillar—this priestess in the romance of mirrors.

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to tell about the way that Frida’s hair moves
B
to indicate that Frida has a keen sense of sight
C
to describe a prominent feature of Frida’s face
D
to suggest that Frida has birdlike qualities
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What is a stanza?

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a group of lines
B
a pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines
C
words that appeal to the senses
D
words with regular patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables
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What elements does a strong body paragraph in a literary analysis always contain? Select three options.an introduction to a textreasons that support a viewpointa thesis statementsupporting evidence and commentarya summary of the main points

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an introduction to a text
B
reasons that support a viewpoint
C
a thesis statement
D
supporting evidence and commentary
E
a summary of the main points
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Read the sentence from an interpretive literary analysis.L. Frank Baum describes Oz as a place with "stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits," "banks of gorgeous flowers," and "birds with rare and brilliant plumage" in order to distinguish it from the "gray prairies" where Dorothy lives.

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L. Frank Baum uses allusion to distinguish Oz from the "gray prairies" where Dorothy lives, describing it as a place with "stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits," "banks of gorgeous flowers," and "birds with rare and brilliant plumage."
B
L. Frank Baum uses characterization to distinguish Oz from the "gray prairies" where Dorothy lives, describing it as a place with "stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits," "banks of gorgeous flowers," and "birds with rare and brilliant plumage."
C
L. Frank Baum uses imagery to distinguish Oz from the "gray prairies" where Dorothy lives, describing it as a place with "stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits," "banks of gorgeous flowers," and "birds with rare and brilliant plumage."
D
L. Frank Baum uses irony to distinguish Oz from the "gray prairies" where Dorothy lives, describing it as a place with "stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits," "banks of gorgeous flowers," and "birds with rare and brilliant plumage."
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Read the passage.The rocket is fully fueled, and the liftoff is scheduled for next week. The journey to the space station should take five hours, but it could take longer. The mission control team is very experienced, so the launch should go smoothly.

A
It has all complex sentences.
B
It has all compound sentences.
C
The coordinating conjunctions are used incorrectly.
D
The subordinating conjunctions are used incorrectly.
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Which conflicts are revealed in the passage? Select two options.

A
an internal conflict within the narrator, who is frightened by the extremity of her anger at her mother
B
an external conflict between the narrator, who is demanding independence, and her mother, who is demanding obedience
C
an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether or not the narrator will continue to live at home
D
an internal conflict within the narrator’s mother, who cannot decide whether to throw her daughter out of the family home
E
an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to be the kind of daughter her mother wants, and her mother, who thinks that’s impossible
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What are the characteristics of fixed poetry? Select three options.a regular rhyme schemelines of equal lengtha structure that follows emotionsa set number of linesirregular rhyme schemes

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a regular rhyme scheme
B
lines of equal length
C
a structure that follows emotions
D
a set number of lines
E
irregular rhyme schemes
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Which statement best explains the cultural conflict that occurs between the mother and the daughter in "Two Kinds”?

A
The mother has moved to the United States from China and wants to leave Chinese traditions behind, but the daughter clings to her roots in China.
B
The mother and daughter have moved from China to the United States, and both feel drawn to Chinese cultural values, customs, and styles of clothing.
C
The mother has moved to the United States from China and wants to preserve the Chinese family structure, but the daughter wants independence like a US teenager.
D
The mother and daughter experience a generation gap in that the narrator’s mother wants her to excel at school, but the daughter just wants to watch television.
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Why would dashes be used in a sentence? Select three options.to emphasize particular informationto introduce a list of words or phrasesto set off introductory words or phrasesto indicate the importance of certain ideasto set off nonessential elements containing commas

A
to emphasize particular information
B
to introduce a list of words or phrases
C
to set off introductory words or phrases
D
to indicate the importance of certain ideas
E
to set off nonessential elements containing commas
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Read the sample body paragraph.Dorothy's experiences in The Wizard of Oz provide an example of the idea of being lost and feeling confused. Most readers can relate to this feeling from a variety of personal experiences. This universal truth allows readers to connect to the character, and in turn to feel less lonely and isolated themselves.

A
an explanation of where Dorothy originally comes from
B
a description of Dorothy’s specific experience
C
an explanation of how Dorothy finds her way home
D
a description of the supporting characters in the story

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