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In the story, Rachel thinks of herself as being ages ten, nine, eight, and so on. What does this suggest to the reader about Rachel? |
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| A. | She makes excuses for her poor behavior. | | B. | She is the product of everything that has happened to her. | | C. | She distracts herself when she feels unhappy. | | D. | She knows why birthdays are such joyful occasions. |
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In paragraph 5, why does Rachel say that she wishes she was "one hundred and two instead of eleven"? |
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| A. | She does not want to go to school anymore. | | B. | She wants to be a teacher when she grows up. | | C. | She is not allowed to do things that adults can do. | | D. | She wishes she had more life experience. |
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Read the sentence from paragraph 13 in the box below.
| But when the sick feeling goes away and I open my eyes, the red sweater's still sitting there like a big red mountain. |
What does Rachel most likely mean by this statement? |
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| A. | The sweater is too large for her to wear. | | B. | She sees the situation with the sweater as an exciting challenge. | | C. | The situation with the sweater makes her feel small and powerless. | | D. | All of her thoughts focus on how important the sweater is to her. |
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Which of the following lines expresses the story's irony? |
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| A. | "And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don't." (paragraph 1) | | B. | "I even move my chair a little to the right." (paragraph 13) | | C. | ". . . it's hanging all over the edge like a waterfall, but I don't care." (paragraph 14) | | D. | ". . . I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese . . ." (paragraph 18) |
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