"MARJORIE."
The clear call rang out, breaking the afternoon stillness of the ranch, but there was no response, and after waiting a moment Miss Graham gave her wheeled chair a gentle push, which sent it rolling smoothly across the porch of the ranch house, down the inclined plane, which served the purpose of steps, to the lawn. It was very hot, the sun was blazing down as only an Arizona sun can blaze, and not a breath of air was stirring. But Miss Graham was accustomed to the heat and the glare. She paused for a moment, gazing off over the vast prairie to the California mountains, nearly a hundred miles away. She generally paused on that same spot for one look, although the landscape was the only one she had seen in twelve years. Then she moved on again, across the lawn, now parched and dry from the long summer's heat, toward the stables and out-buildings. It was before the smallest of these out-buildings, a tiny log cabin, that she finally brought the chair to a standstill.
"Marjorie, are you there?"
There was a sound of some one moving inside, and a girl of fourteen, with a book in her hand, appeared in the doorway. . . . At sight of the lady in the wheeled chair . . . Marjorie's face brightened, and she hurried forward, exclaiming remorsefully:
"Oh, Aunt Jessie dear, did you come all this way by yourself? I'm so sorry. Do you want me to do something for you?"
"You needn't be sorry," said her aunt, smiling. "The exercise will do me good, and I am quite proud of being able to manage this chair so easily. I called you from the porch, but you didn't hear. Your mother and Juanita are busy in the kitchen making jam, and I wasn't of any use there, so I thought I would come and see what you were about. I felt pretty sure of finding you in the old playhouse."
"Come in," said Marjorie, eagerly. "You haven't been in the playhouse in ages; not since I grew too big to invite you to "make-believe" tea, but the door is just wide enough for the chair; don't you remember? Let me help you in?" And springing to Miss Graham's side, Marjorie seized the handle of the chair, and carefully guided it through the narrow entrance, into the little house her father had built for her own special use, and which had always been known as the playhouse. It might still have been regarded as a playhouse, although its owner had grown too old to play there. A couple of battered dolls reposed upon a toy bedstead in one corner, and an array of china dishes, all more or less the worse for wear, adorned the shelves. Marjorie loved her few possessions dearly, and in a place where one's nearest neighbor lives five miles away, there are not many people on whom to bestow things which have ceased to be useful to one's self, and they are therefore likely to be preserved.
(from ,begin underline,The Girl from Arizona,end underline, by Nina Rhoades)
Question
What does the reader learn based on the narrator's point of view in the passage?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
Marjorie worries that Aunt Jessie needs help.
2.
Marjorie is fond of her old toys in the playhouse.
3.
Marjorie and Aunt Jessie once had tea parties in the playhouse.
4.
Marjorie's Aunt Jessie feels pride about being able to get around on her own.
The correct answer is:
4. Marjorie's Aunt Jessie feels pride about being able to get around on her own.
This poem was written by Lewis Carroll, the author of ,begin underline,Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,end underline,.,end italics,
,begin bold,A boat beneath a sunny sky,end bold,
A boat beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July—
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear—
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die.
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream—
Lingering in the golden gleam—
Life, what is it but a dream?
(from ,begin underline,Through the Looking-Glass,end underline, by Lewis Carroll)
Question
Which statement ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, describes the author's style in this poem?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
The style is formal and wondrous.
2.
The style is methodical and serious.
3.
The style is whimsical and nostalgic.
4.
The style is antiquated and humorous.
The correct answer is:
3. The style is whimsical and nostalgic.
I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steamboating was new to me. A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place a long, slanting mark lay sparkling upon the water; in another the surface was broken by boiling, tumbling rings, that were as many-tinted as an opal; where the ruddy flush was faintest, was a smooth spot that was covered with graceful circles and radiating lines, ever so delicately traced; the shore on our left was densely wooded, and the sombre shadow that fell from this forest was broken in one place by a long, ruffled trail that shone like silver; and high above the forest wall a clean-stemmed dead tree waved a single leafy bough that glowed like a flame in the unobstructed splendor that was flowing from the sun. . . .
The world was new to me, and I had never seen anything like this at home. But as I have said, a day came when I began to cease from noting the glories and the charms which the moon and the sun and the twilight wrought upon the river's face; another day came when I ceased altogether to note them. Then, if that sunset scene had been repeated, I should have looked upon it without rapture, and should have commented upon it, inwardly, after this fashion: This sun means that we are going to have wind to-morrow; that floating log means that the river is rising, small thanks to it; that slanting mark on the water refers to a bluff reef which is going to kill somebody's steamboat one of these nights, if it keeps on stretching out like that; those tumbling "boils" show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there; the lines and circles in the slick water over yonder are a warning that the troublesome place is shoaling up dangerously; . . .
(from ,begin underline,Life on the Mississippi,end underline, by Mark Twain)
Question
Which statement ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, conveys how the author's viewpoint changes in the passage?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
His fear of nature intensifies as he comes to accept that a river is more dangerous than it is beautiful.
2.
His ability to describe the river with precise language improves as he gains more skills in steamboating.
3.
His way of seeing the river shifts from mysterious wonder to objective analysis as he becomes a steamboating expert.
4.
His enjoyment of the river comes at first as the result of acute observations and later as the result of proven instincts.
The correct answer is:
3. His way of seeing the river shifts from mysterious wonder to objective analysis as he becomes a steamboating expert.