The Conflict That Yolanda Has While Watching Her Best Friend Leave Is About

1. Yolanda helped Sarah carry the last box from her bedroom to the moving van. Although she'd known this day was coming, Yolanda couldn't help feeling sad about her best friend's move. Sarah promised that they would see each other often, but this did little to comfort Yolanda. When Sarah's dad told her it was time to go, she gave Yolanda a big hug. Before getting in the van, Sarah handed Yolanda a card and told her to read it later. Yolanda waved goodbye as the moving van disappeared down the street. When she returned home, Yolanda remembered Sarah's card. She opened it and saw sunflowers on the front. The inside read, "You will always be my best friend." Yolanda smiled and started making plans to visit her friend's new home.

The conflict that Yolanda has while watching her best friend leave is about

A) feelings.

B) helping.

C) moving.

D) plans.

2. Ricardo sat at his desk, anxiously waiting for his teacher to hand back his math exam. He'd been studying for the test for weeks. After his last report card, Ricardo realized that he needed to work on his math grade. His older brother, Lorenzo, was a mathematics genius, and he helped Ricardo study for the test. The two spent many afternoons going over practice problems. Although he felt confident while taking the test, Ricardo was now second guessing every answer. He wondered if all the studying had helped his grade. The teacher put the test on Ricardo's desk. Ricardo flipped it over and saw that he'd earned an A! He smiled, happy with the result of his hard work. What is the climax of the story?

A) Ricardo sees his grade.

B) Ricardo waits for the test.

C) Ricardo gets his report card.

D) Ricardo studies with his brother.

3. Excerpt from: Before a Painting

James Weldon Johnson

I knew not who had wrought with skill so fine

What I beheld; nor by what laws of art

He had created life and love and heart

On canvas, from mere color, curve and line. 4

Silent I stood and made no move or sign;

Not with the crowd, but reverently apart;

Nor felt the power my rooted limbs to start,

But mutely gazed upon that face divine. 8

And over me the sense of beauty fell,

As music over a raptured listener to

The deep-voiced organ breathing out a hymn; Or as on one who kneels, his beads to tell, 12

There falls the aureate glory filtered through

The windows in some old cathedral dim.

What is MOST LIKELY the setting of the poem?

A) a church

B) a dreamscape

C) an art museum

D)an old library

4. Excerpt from: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - 2

Ambrose Bierce

(2)The preparations being complete, the two private soldiers stepped aside and each drew away the plank upon which he had been standing. The sergeant turned to the captain, saluted and placed himself immediately behind that officer, who in turn moved apart one pace. These movements left the condemned man and the sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge. The end upon which the civilian stood almost, but not quite, reached a fourth. This plank had been held in place by the weight of the captain; it was now held by that of the sergeant.

In paragraph 2, the author describes the

A) plot B) setting

C) conflict

D) characters

5. Excerpt from: A Taste of Korea

Elizabeth Kibler

Standing near the window, Joshua viewed the moving vans pull up next door. He couldn’t wait to meet his neighbors. Joshua saw a boy his own age hop out of the truck. Walking outside, Joshua waved to his new neighbors.

Joshua boldly walked up to the young man and shot a hand out in front of him. The young man looked like he did not know what to do with Joshua’s outstretched hand. Joshua scooped up the young man’s hand and shook it vigorously. While looking down at his shoes, the young man quietly introduced himself as Dong Soo.

Which word BEST describes Joshua?

A) selfish

B) bashful

C) conceited

D) considerate