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Voice and Characters in "Raymond's Run" Answers

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Which excerpt from "Raymond's Run” uses the narrative voice to make a judgment about a character’s behavior?

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And tomorrow I’m subject to run the quarter-meter relay all by myself and come in first, second, and third. The big kids call me Mercury ‘cause I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood.
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He can beat me to Amsterdam Avenue with me having a two-fire-hydrant head start and him running with his hands in his pockets and whistling. But that’s private information.
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Or like last week when she won the spelling bee for the millionth time. “A good thing you got ‘receive’ Squeaky, ‘cause I would have got it wrong. I completely forgot about the spelling bee.” And she’ll clutch the lace on her blouse like it was some narrow escape. Oh, brother.
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And on the other side of the fence is Raymond with his arms down to his side and the palms tucked up behind him, running in his very own style, and it’s the first time I ever saw that and I almost stop to watch my brother Raymond on his first run.
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Which excerpt from “Raymond's Run” best shows that Squeaky admires people who are serious about doing their best?

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He can beat me to Amsterdam Avenue with me having a two-fire-hydrant head start on him running with his hands in his pockets and whistling. But that’s private information. ‘Cause can you imagine some thirty-five-year-old man stuffing himself into PAL shorts to race little kids?
B
He wins before he even begins by psyching the runners, telling them they’re going to trip on their shoelaces and fall on their faces or lose their shorts or something, which he doesn’t really have to do since he is very fast, almost as fast as I am.
C
And I lean down to catch my breath and here comes Gretchen walking back, for she’s overshot the finish line too, huffing and puffing with her hands on her hips taking it slow, breathing in steady time like a real pro and I sort of like her a little for the first time.
D
So I stand there with my new plans, laughing out loud by this time as Raymond jumps down from the fence and runs over with his teeth showing and his arms down to the side, which no one before him has quite mastered as a running style.
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Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”I’ve got Raymond walking on the inside close to the buildings, ‘cause he’s subject to fits of fantasy and starts thinking he’s a circus performer and that the curb is a tightrope strung high in the air.

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He is playful and creative.
B
He is clever and cunning.
C
He is confident and brave.
D
He is graceful and artistic.
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Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”But now, if anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything to say about his big head, they have to come by me. And I don’t play the dozens or believe in standing around with somebody in my face doing a lot of talking. I much rather just knock you down and take my chances even if I am a little girl with skinny arms and a squeaky voice...

A
She describes Raymond’s physical traits to tell readers about his character.
B
She describes Squeaky’s physical traits to tell readers about her character.
C
She uses Raymond’s thoughts and words to tell readers about his character.
D
She uses Squeaky’s thoughts and words to tell readers about her character.
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Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”But now, if anybody has anything to say to Raymond, anything to say about his big head, they have to come by me. And I don’t play the dozens or believe in standing around with somebody in my face doing a lot of talking. I much rather just knock you down and take my chances even if I am a little girl with skinny arms and a squeaky voice...

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direct characterization to describe what Squeaky is like.
B
direct characterization to describe what Raymond is like.
C
indirect characterization to show what Squeaky is like.
D
indirect characterization to show what Raymond is like.
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Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”I was once a strawberry in a Hansel and Gretel pageant when I was in nursery school and didn’t have no better sense than to dance on tiptoe with my arms in a circle over my head doing umbrella steps and being a perfect fool just so my mother and father could come dressed up and clap. You’d think they’d know better than to encourage that kind of nonsense. I am not a strawberry.

A
She wishes she could be more like other girls in school.
B
She worries that her parents are disappointed with her.
C
She knows who she is and is comfortable with herself.
D
She thinks that she is good at and succeeds in everything.
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Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run.”. . . and Rosie, who is as fat as I am skinny and has a big mouth where Raymond is concerned and is too stupid to know that there is not a big deal of difference between herself and Raymond and that she can’t afford to throw stones.

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Raymond’s dialogue with Squeaky
B
Rosie’s thoughts and words
C
Squeaky’s thoughts and words
D
Rosie’s dialogue with Raymond
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Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”“You signing up for the May Day races?” smiles Mary Louise, only it’s not a smile at all. A dumb question like that doesn’t deserve an answer. Besides, there’s just me and Gretchen standing there really, so no use wasting my breath talking to shadows.

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has little respect for people she thinks are shallow.
B
thinks Mary Louise is a worse friend than Gretchen.
C
is upset that Gretchen and Mary Louise are unkind.
D
believes that talking to people is a waste of time.
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Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run.”"Well, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, going to give someone else a break this year?” I squint at [Mr. Pearson] real hard to see if he is seriously thinking I should lose the race on purpose just to give someone else a break... "That new girl should give you a run for your money.” He looks around the park for Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie . . . I give him such a look he couldn’t finish putting that idea into words. Grownups got a lot of nerve sometimes.

A
Gretchen.
B
Mr. Pearson.
C
the race.
D
the park.
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Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me. I’ll high-prance down 34th street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight so that she walks ahead like she’s not with me, don’t know me, is all by herself on a shopping trip, and I am somebody else’s crazy child.

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She doesn’t like the way her mother treats her.
B
She doesn’t care about how she looks to others.
C
She feels like she has to work harder than others.
D
She wants everyone to know how fast she runs.

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