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Name: _____________________________________Period: _______“Seventh Man” – Key Details and Events (Keystone Style Questions)Excerpt from:?That Old Straw SojournerDavid MatherneIt had been there when the midwife had announced, ‘You’ve a boy.’The hat was there when his wife had their second little joy.So the family worked the farmUntil the boy took arm-in-armA girl from town with mighty charmWho had a fancy for shoes and hats.Which?BEST?restates the information concisely and accurately?Husband and wife have children, work the farm, then move to town where they can buy things like shoes and hats.The man, his wife, and the children all worked the farm together as they grew up; the wife liked shoes and hats.The midwife had a boy, then had a ‘second little joy,’ a girl. The family worked until their children all got married.After having a boy, the father and his wife (line 25) have another baby; their boy grows up and marries a girl who, ironically, likes hats!Explain: _____________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherEdgar Allan PoeI had heard, at Paris, that the institution of Monsieur Maillard was managed upon what is vulgarly termed the "system of soothing"- that all punishments were avoided- that even confinement was seldom resorted to- that the patients, while secretly watched, were left much apparent liberty, and that most of them were permitted to roam about the house and grounds in the ordinary apparel of persons in right mind.After reading paragraph 6, consider which sentence?BEST?summarizes the speaker’s thoughts in this paragraph.Monsieur Maillard ran his institution with liberal, loose rules, allowing mental patients to roam in virtual freedom in the normal clothes of the day.Patients, while they were secretly being watched, were, however, given the liberty to wear what they wanted, but were punished if they even questioned being confined.Monsieur Maillard himself was considered mentally unstable as evidenced by his cruel punishments, confining his patients to the house or grounds and allowing them the freedom to wear other people’s ordinary clothing.The institution’s ‘system of soothing’ was a system whereby the confinement of such patients admitted to Monsieur Maillard’s grounds were eventually granted their liberty and allowed to leave the institution.Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherEdgar Allan PoeI perceived the traces of sorrow in her countenance, which was excessively, although to my taste, not unpleasingly, pale.Which sentence?MOST?accurately and concisely restates the information in the sentence from paragraph 5?Her sorrow could be traced back to excessive paleness.Her face was full of sorrow, but pale as she was, she was somewhat attractive to meHer face was excessively full of such sorrow, but to my taste she was pale and unpleasing to look at.I was one of the few who could perceive the sorrow she hid from others, yet I could tell it was excessive sorrow because her paleness gave that away.Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?First Time VoterRebecca SparlingWhen I arrived home, I called my older sister Jasmine. I figured that as a political science major, she was the perfect person to talk to about my situation. Because Jasmine goes to school in another state, she will be voting by absentee ballot in the upcoming primaries. Though a registered Democrat, Jasmine was a fount of political knowledge. She explained that there were even more political parties than the ones listed on the voter registration form. We talked for a long time about party platforms and the candidates vying for their parties’ nominations. While I appreciated the assistance, I hung up the phone and was still undecided about my party.Which of these is an accurate and appropriate summary of paragraph 4?The speaker talks to her sister who understands politics.The speaker talks to her sister about all of her problems.The speaker wants her sister to tell her which party is best.The speaker is trying to find out who her sister is voting for.Explain: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?Dr. Heidegger’s ExperimentNathaniel Hawthorne‘My dear old friends,’ repeated Dr. Heidegger, ‘may I reckon on your aid in performing an exceedingly curious experiment?’Which BEST restates the information in the following sentence from paragraph 5?Could you please perform an experiment on me?I have something to show you, but it is exceedingly difficult.Friends, I know you’re all old, but I have an aid for you.Friends, could you assist me with an unique and strange experiment?Explain: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?Wichita MourningPipe organs—dusty and tarnished—Bellowed the ancient song,As movers carried the pewsFor one last time.Frozen branches—heavy with ice arms— 5Couldn’t perform their dance,As workmen shuffled insideThe worn-out floors.?Sally Richards—broken and mourning—Watched while her father left, 10As painters brought in their cansFor the first time.Stained-glass windows—buckled and broken—Surveyed commotion’s causeAs commerce won in the end 15Yet one more time.Reverend Richards—feeble and finished—Cried as his exit was lostOn Christians who worshiped the dime;A change of the times. 20What is the BEST restatement of the information of in lines 15 and 16 of the poem?Progress always winsC. Sales got the best of preachingMoney prevails over traditionD. Business won over private enterpriseExplain: _____________________________________________________________________________________Which is the best summary of this entire poem?A pipe organ is being replaced in a Wichita church.Sally Richards and her father, the minister, are moving away.Several painters are moving into a old church in Wichita to repaint it and remove the organ.A church in Wichita is being taken over for another purpose, and the minister and his daughter are grieving.Explain: _____________________________________________________________________________________Which sentence BEST summarizes this final stanza of the poem?A. Reverend Richards is dying and can no longer sustain his church or his followers who sadly cannot worship there any longer.B. Reverend Richards must retire because he is old and feeble, and the Christians who attended the church cry over his departure.C. Reverend Richards finished crying and got lost trying to find the exit, but the Christians who worshiped with him only had enough change to spare a dime.D. Reverend Richards’ ministry at this church is finished because of changing times, but his leaving doesn’t seem to bother his congregation who was more interested in the money from selling the church.Explain: _____________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?To an Athlete Dying YoungEyes the shady night has shutCannot see the record cut,And silence sounds no worse than cheers?15After earth has stopped the ears:Now you will not swell the routOf lads that wore their honours out,Runners whom renown outranAnd the name died before the man.Which statement is the BEST summary of the fourth and fifth stanzas (lines 13-20) of this poem? Like the athlete, all of us will be forgotten after our deaths.Because the athlete has died, his records will be broken and people will forget his name.Because the athlete has died, he will never see his record broken nor his fame diminished.Even though the athlete has died, he will look down from Heaven and bless other athletes whose fame comes after him.Explain: _____________________________________________________________________________________Excerpt from:?FlatlandEdwin A. Abbott1) I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.2) Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows — only hard and with luminous edges — and you will then have a pretty correct notion of my country and countrymen. Alas, a few years ago, I should have said “my universe”: but now my mind has been opened to higher views of things.What technique does the author use to begin the exposition of the plot of this story?First person point of viewC. Extreme byperbole or exaggerationThird person point of viewD. A starting event to begin the plotExplain: _____________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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