English Exam Review Pt 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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English Exam Review Pt 4 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"I've been buyin' us tickets for next weekend's show uptown at the Grand. I hope I can talk
you into leavin' the stoop for one night." - CORRECT ANSWER- Carla could see all of
Grace Court from her chair, but there wa...
English Exam Review Pt 4 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
"I've been buyin' us tickets for next weekend's show uptown at the Grand. I hope I can talk
you into leavin' the stoop for one night." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Carla could see all of
Grace Court from her chair, but there was still no sign of her brother. She had been reviewing
for Monday's poetry quiz and enjoying the subtle signs of spring. She closed her eyes and
recited a Langston Hughes line, only to be interrupted by a commotion. It was Lucas,
returning on his bike and greeting neighbors as he passed. Soon he skidded to a stop at the
curb by Carla's feet.
"What are you so excited about, Lucas?" she asked, "and where have you been for the past
hour?"
"I've been buyin' us tickets for next weekend's show uptown at the Grand. I hope I can talk
you into leavin' the stoop for one night."
"What show?" Carla asked, with mounting excitement at the prospect of an evening out.
Which line from the story contains dialect?
It is a colder climate than Buck has ever experienced. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- At the
first step upon the cold surface, Buck's feet sank into a white mushy something very like
mud. He sprang back with a snort. More of this white stuff was falling through the air. He
shook himself, but more of it fell upon him. He sniffed it curiously, then licked some up on
his tongue. It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone. This puzzled him. He tried it again,
with the same result. The onlookers laughed uproariously.
What does this excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
How will Buck be affected by the unsettling news? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Buck did
not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for
himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget
Sound to San Diego.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
, Where are the strangers taking Buck? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- For two days and nights
this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives; and for two days and
nights Buck neither ate nor drank.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
"Well, there you are! I was just fixin' to call you because they ain't got your flight information
posted." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ginny headed to baggage claim, knowing she would
find her suitcase there. She hoped her uncle would be there, too, though he sometimes opted
to call from his cell phone outside the terminal. She hefted her heavy carry-on bag, stepped
on the escalator, and began the descent.
She heard him before she saw him. "Well, there you are! I was just fixin' to call you because
they ain't got your flight information posted."
"Hi, Charley!" Ginny responded. "We were delayed flying out of Newark, but it was an easy
flight."
The two embraced and headed toward the baggage turnstile, where a hot pink suitcase was
emerging.
Which line from the story contains dialect?
Traveling by train was common. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The next he knew, he was
dimly aware that his tongue was hurting and that he was being jolted along in some kind of a
conveyance. The hoarse shriek of a locomotive whistling a crossing told him where he was.
He had travelled too often with the Judge not to know the sensation of riding in a baggage
car.
What does the excerpt reveal about the historical context of the story?
There is a market for stolen dogs to be used for labor in the North. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- And this was the manner of dog Buck was in the fall of 1897, when the
Klondike strike dragged men from all the world into the frozen North. But Buck did not read
the newspapers, and he did not know that Manuel, one of the gardener's helpers, was an
undesirable acquaintance. . . .
The Judge was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers' Association, and the boys were busy
organizing an athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel's treachery. No one saw him
and Buck go off through the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll. And with
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