RL.9-10.1
Key Ideas and Details
Read the excerpt from We the Animals. Then answer the prompt.
In this excerpt, the narrator describes the loyal and heartfelt relationship he had with his
brothers and father. Which of the following examples from the text best represents their
closeness?
A. “My brothers and I, the three of us, stood in the entrance to the kitchen, laughing, eager
to join in, but waiting for our cue." (paragraph 2)
B. "Paps turned the stereo even louder, so loud that if I screamed no one would have heard
me."(paragraph 3)
C. "We moved like robots, stiff and angled, not even smiling." (paragraph 8)
D. “ 'This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own
childhood ..." (paragraph 14)