On February 1, the author watches as a man surveys the crowd and the city “with a big smile”.   What is the author’s attitude toward this scene? Include details to support your  answer.

As Gregor lies in bed, he thinks about how his imaginary pains “had always turned out to be pure imagination . . . and he wondered how his imaginings would slowly resolve themselves today” (lines  121–123). From this detail, readers can infer that Gregor 

Vocabulary – Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. What does interwoven mean?

The author points out, “Eight months ago some young protestors from the 6 April Group had been  arrested in Alexandria for singing the national anthem”. This detail suggests that when she herself sings the anthem, it is an act of 

After pushing away from the bank in the motor boat, the author and her nieces make the decision to

The speaker’s response to the lecture reflects Whitman’s

How does the speaker feel while listening to the astronomer?

In lines 54–56, Quindlen says there was concern after the cold war that “the left side of the hyphen  . . . would overwhelm the right.”    Which statement best summarizes this concern?

Vocabulary – Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. People who are discordant are

The implied conflict throughout the story is between