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Vocabulary/Grammar
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In OC, the author's mother does not try to prevent her from leaving school and getting a job because
B.
100
Which question will help you best predict whether Maya Angelou will keep trying after her first rejection for the job of conductor?
B
100
How does Maya Angelou react to her difficult work shifts on the streetcar?
C
100
Which statement is spoken in a colloquial manner?
God helps those who help themselves, You ask for what you want, and pay for what you get, And I'm going to show you that it ain't no trouble when you pack double, Life is going to give you just what you put into it.
200
Maya Angelou is deteremined to get a job as a streetcar conductor because
C
200
In OC when the author's mother says, "they don't accept colored people on the streetcars," what is the author's reaction?
B
200
Why does the author's mother in OC drive her to work and pick her up after work?
D
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Which character(s) in OC behave in a supercilious manner?
The receptionist and the narrator the narrator's mother and the narrator the personal manager the owner of the streetcar company
300
Based on the following statement from OC what prediction can you make about the narrator? "If I had met no resistance, I might have decided against working for such a poor-mouth-looking concern."
B
300
What does this statement reveal about Maya Angelou's perspective today? "i would like to claim an immediate fury which was followed by the noble determination to break the restricting tradition. but the truth is, my first reaction was one of disappointment."
C
300
Why does the author's attitude toward her city change, as the following passage from OC shows?
C
300
Maya Angelou is surprised to see that the streetcar office is dingy; she thought it would be
crowded larger elegant dirtier
400
When Maya Angelou goes to organizations for help in getting a job in the streetcar company, they tell her should..
A
400
In OC the narrator is forgiving of the receptionist at first, how does her attitude change over time?
C
400
How does Maya Angelou react to her difficult work shifts on the streetcar?
C
400
Identify an abstract noun in the following sentence
court badminton shuttlecock support
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Based on this passage from OC, what do you predict will happen?
B
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The author's mother begins to admire her in OC becaues
C
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Why do you think that Maya Angelou is so determined to be a streetcar conductor?
C
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How many concrete and abstract nouns does the following sentence have?
3 concrete, 2 abstract 2 con, 3 abs 4 con, 1 abs 2 con, 2 abs
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