QUESTION: 73

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How does the narrator excuse Theobald’s lack of interest in "the greater number" of the young ladies at Mrs. Cowey’s parties (line 31)?

kind
pretty
honest
pleasant
intelligent

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 74

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The first two paragraphs (lines 1–27) establish a contrast between which two parts of the narrator’s life?

home and school
teachers and students
friends and enemies
girls and boys
mother and father

Answer(s): A

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When Rip returns from a successful fishing trip, what would Dame Van Winkle most likely do?

thank him for providing dinner
praise him for helping her
criticize his long absence
hide her anger behind humor
encourage him to go fishing again

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 76

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Sibyl tells Miss Cooper that "Mummy says no" (line 57) to her getting another job.
Why does Miss Cooper repeat these words aloud (line 58)?

agreeing with Sibyl’s mother
frightened by Sibyl’s disobedience
thinking about how to protect herself from Sibyl
emphasizing the extent of the mother’s control over Sibyl
worried about how she will explain this conversation to Sibyl’s mother

Answer(s): D

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