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Which sentences from “The Bridge” most relate to the theme that one’s background often has an impact on one’s beliefs?

A
What I mean is, they don’t get me. If they tried for a hundred million years, they couldn’t begin to comprehend my feelings and my dreams.
B
This isn’t because they’re insensitive, you understand, but because they didn’t grow up here. They grew up on the other side of the globe, in India.
C
You’d think my parents would have some understanding of how much I love music, wouldn’t you? They think music is just something extra in my life.
D
They expect me to get into an A-list college and then become a businessman or a scientist or a doctor or an engineer – that’s their plan. That is what will make them proud.
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Which cause-and-effect relationship in “The Bridge” relates to the theme “Sometimes help is found in the most unexpected of places”?

A
Because the narrator is late for his appointment with his math tutor, his parents tell him he can no longer play in his band.
B
Because the narrator’s parents grew up in India, he believes they do not understand his deep passion for music.
C
Because the narrator loses track of time during band practice one evening, he is late getting home for his math tutoring session.
D
Because the narrator’s math tutor explains the mathematical benefits of music to the narrator’s parents, the narrator is able to rejoin his band.
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To understand the dialogue in "The Dream," the reader should mostly pay attention to

A
what Amina's feelings are.
B
what Amina's thoughts are.
C
how Amina talks to her father.
D
where Amina talks to her father.
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Read the passage from "The Pursuit of Happiness.""Why have you come to America?"

A
the poem's details.
B
the poem's meaning.
C
the Important Person.
D
the man from Hungary.

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