Read the poem “Fireflies in the Garden.” Then answer Numbers 7 through 9.

Read the poem “Fireflies in the Garden.” Then answer the following:

In line 2, the word emulating means the speaker believes the fireflies are

The following item should be answered upon reading the poem “Good Hotdogs” from My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros, which can be found at most local or school libraries.

“Good Hotdogs” is a poem about the memory of rushing to the store with a close friend to buy hotdogs after school. The speaker provides many sensory details to describe the experience.

Read lines 9 and 10 from the poem.

What do these lines show about the children in the poem?

Read the essay "Starwalking with Sarah." Then answer the following.

Read this sentence from paragraph 37 of the essay.

He was too small to negotiate the deep-plowed furrows on the Dickman Farm, so I ended up carrying him on my shoulders.

In this sentence, to negotiate means

Read these sentences from paragraph 10 of "In The Country of Grasses."

Anticipation is another gift for travelers in unfamiliar territory. It quickens the spirit.

The word quickens most nearly means

Numbers 14 through 18 should be answered upon reading Anna and the King which was originally reprinted for the English HSA from Literary Cavalcade, January 2000, by permission of Scholastic Inc. This passage has been removed from the mdk12.org website due to copyright restrictions.

The following item should be answered upon reading Anna and the King which was originally reprinted for the English HSA from Literary Cavalcade, January 2000, by permission of Scholastic Inc. This passage has been removed from the mdk12.org website due to copyright restrictions.

Anna and the King is a screenplay about an English woman, Anna Leonowens, who accepts a position to tutor the son of the King of Siam. During her first encounter with the King, he unexpectedly adds to her responsibilities.

What is the main purpose of the information in the introduction to this scene?

Read the poem “Foul Shot.” Then answer the following:

Which phrase best describes the organization of the poem?

Read the essay “High Tide in Tucson.” Then answer the following.

Which phrase best explains the purpose of paragraph 2?

Read the poem “Unfolding Bud.” Then answer the following:

In line 12 of the poem, the word Yet

Read the story “Winter Hibiscus.” Then answer the following item.

Read these sentences from paragraph 24 of the story.

“You what?” Her mother stared at her incredulously.

The details in paragraph 24 show that the word incredulously most likely means

Read the article “Titanic’s Tempestuous Afterlife.” Then answer the following item.

According to the information in paragraph 4, the use of technology enabled scientists to

Read the story “Nonrepresentational Art.” Then answer the following item.

Mama calls her daughters maniacs in paragraph 11 because of their

Read the story “Nonrepresentational Art.” Then answer the following item.

In paragraph 14, the artist is distracted because he is most likely thinking about

Read the poem “The Gift.” Then answer the following item.

In lines 20 through 23, the speaker most likely mentions the splinter in his wife’s hand to show

Read this excerpt from the first chapter of The Sea of Grass, a novel set in New Mexico in the late 1800s. Then answer the following item.

Which of these details from the description of the ranch house best suggests that the ranch house is plain?

Read the poem “Hope.” Then answer the following item.

Read lines 8 through 12 from the poem.

Snow covered the dust,
softened the
fences,
soothed the parched lips
of the land.

In these lines soothed means