Read the excerpt from "As Good as Gold."The rest of the day went on just like the day before, and the day before that. Sam followed his brother as they inched their way through Chilkoot Pass, the worst part of the Klondike trail. It was this thirty-mile stretch that broke most gold-rush stampeders. Chilkoot was not only steep and narrow, but the brothers were each required to haul two thousand pounds of food and gear through its treacherous route. Failing to do so meant that the Canadian Mounties would send them home. So the pair pressed on, hauling packs for half a mile, setting them beside the trail and then going back for another, and another, and another. Sam guessed that they walked at least fifty miles for every mile they moved forward.
Read a list of ideas that are present within Theresa’s literary analysis of part 1 of The Call of the Wild.Buck has a comfortable life in California.Buck is introduced to the law of the club by the man in the red sweater.Buck witnesses Curly’s death as his introduction to the law of the fang.Buck must adapt in order to survive.
Read the excerpt from The Call of the Wild.They saw him marching out of camp, but they did not see the instant and terrible transformation which took place as soon as he was within the secrecy of the forest. He no longer marched. At once he became a thing of the wild, stealing along softly, cat-footed, a passing shadow that appeared and disappeared among the shadows. He knew how to take advantage of every cover, to crawl on his belly like a snake, and like a snake to leap and strike. He could take a ptarmigan from its nest, kill a rabbit as it slept, and snap in mid air the little chipmunks fleeing a second too late for the trees. Fish, in open pools, were not too quick for him; nor were beaver, mending their dams, too wary. He killed to eat, not from wantonness; but he preferred to eat what he killed himself. So a lurking humor ran through his deeds, and it was his delight to steal upon the squirrels, and, when he all but had them, to let them go, chattering in mortal fear to the treetops.
Alfred is the protagonist of "Fulton Fish Market" because
Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market."He was beginning to lose hope, when on the eighth day, while Mr. Zanetti was in a loud argument with another merchant, a customer mistook Alfred for an assistant. "Didn't you hear me, boy!? One of those haddock!" the customer shouted.Alfred scrambled up from the curb. After watching Mr. Zanetti for so many days in a row, Alfred knew exactly what to do. He weighed the fish, wrote the weight and price per ounce on a paper bag, and handed it to the customer.
Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market."In the end, Alfred's patience and perseverance paid off. He became a full-time employee of Mr. Zanetti's, working for him for the next seven years. Many years later, when he was a grown man, Alfred Emmanuel Smith would go on to serve as governor of New York State. Smith, who never attended high school or college, liked to tell people that everything he needed to know about life he learned at the Fulton Fish Market.
Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market."The first thing Alfred noticed was that Mr. Zanetti had the toughest hands he'd ever seen, and eyes that were a hard, pale blue. "Work, ya say?" Mr. Zanetti asked suspiciously.
Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market."Alfred was thrilled on his walk home. Passing the Brooklyn Bridge, which was just starting to be built, he almost yelped for joy. But he hadn't won the battle yet. For the next three weeks Alfred and Mr. Zanetti played out the same scenario. Alfred would wait for his chance to help when Mr. Zanetti was busy with something else, and then scurry back to the curb when Mr. Zanetti turned his cold, hard stare on him. But every night, Mr. Zanetti would flick a nickel at Alfred's feet.
Which word from "Return Flight" is the best example of using dialect?
Read the excerpt from "Return Flight."Shortly, another of the alarming creatures approached him and threw a dark cover over his eyes and body. Before he knew it, he was caged and moved to a place where more strange creatures appeared to examine and prod him.
Which sentence from "Return Flight" is an example of indirect characterization?
In "Return Flight," Maggie is a static character because
Which sentence best explains the primary conflict in "Return Flight"?
Read the excerpt from "Return Flight."He narrowed his eyes and bristled. The humiliation of being crated pecked and clawed at his spirit. Maggie's smooth claws, encased in thick material, resisted his protests as they enfolded him in darkness. Maggie tried to soothe his shame with her coos and gurgles, but it was no match for the despair that washed over him at these moments. He was a regal bird, meant to fly above the earth in a magnificent and boundless existence, not teeter around in a cramped box. His wings felt strong by his sides, and the urge to flap them until they broke through the walls that surrounded him became more insistent.
Read the excerpt from "As Good as Gold."Jake wheeled around. "What do you think you're doing, Sam? We can’t afford another mouth to feed! It's not like that mutt will be useful for anything. Take a good look; it's far too scrawny and small to pull a sled. That's probably why some other wiser stampeder abandoned him.""He's just such a pitiful thing," Sam replied. "He looks like he could use a friend." "Well, I don't make friends with thieves who steal bacon," Jake said in a huff as he stomped off to unpack the bedrolls.
Read the excerpt from "As Good as Gold."Meanwhile, Sam tried to ignore his brother’s fuss. He glanced over at the dog working on what would have been a week's worth of breakfasts and felt nothing but pity. The dog looked too small and thin to be out alone in the northern wilds. As Sam stared at the dust-colored mutt, the dog noticed and gazed back at him, one ear up and the other ear in what seemed to be a permanent flop. Sam couldn't help but chuckle as he helped the grumbling Jake clean up.
Which sentence from "As Good as Gold" is an example of indirect characterization?
Which statement best describes how Jake changes in "As Good as Gold"?
Read the excerpt from "As Good as Gold."When the news hit the Seattle press in July of 1897, gold fever had spread to everyone, and old timers stoked the flames with their stories of uncles who had struck it rich back in the California days of '49. "But California was dry and warm," Sam muttered as he readjusted his pack and trudged on through the biting snow of an Alaskan February. His brother Jake had insisted that an early start would get them to a claim just in time for the spring thaw of those golden creeks.
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