HSA 2008 English Item 13print

HSA 2008 English Item 13

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13

The following item should be answered upon reading the excerpt “Wanderlust” from the autobiography A Life on the Road by Charles Kuralt, which can be found at most local or school libraries.

“Wanderlust” is a memoir of Kuralt’s early life on the road with his father, his childhood experiences on the farm, and the memory of winning a journalistic contest at age twelve.

Which of these phrases from the excerpt best communicates a positive tone?

  1. wondered where the roads went (paragraph 2)
  2. wrapped in a cloud of companionship (paragraph 5)
  3. places I had trouble imagining (paragraph 6)
  4. entered contests that promised travel as a prize (paragraph 8)

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