PLEASE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS! 1 Jonathan was bored out of his mind. It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day, and under normal circumstances, he would have called his best friend, Chris. The two would have spent the day splashing around the creek or swimming at the community pool. Unfortunately, Jonathan no longer lived just minutes from Chris. Jonathan’s family had moved to a new house clear across the state to be closer to Jonathan’s grandmother. Most of Jonathan’s new neighbors were retirees or married couples with very young children. No one on his street jumped at the chance to toss around a football or have a water balloon fight. And, since it was right in the middle of summer vacation, Jonathan had yet to make a single new friend.

2 Jonathan bounced a soccer ball from his toe, to his knee, and back to his toe. Suddenly, he kicked the ball too hard. It sailed over the neighbor’s fence. Jonathan groaned and trudged toward his neighbor’s house to ask permission to fetch the ball.

3 Jonathan climbed the steps of Mr. Browning’s front porch and rang the bell. A few moments later, Mr. Browning opened the door.

4 “Hi, Mr. Browning, I’m Jonathan. My family just moved in next door. I accidentally kicked my soccer ball into your back yard and I was wondering if I could retrieve it,” Jonathan explained.

5 Mr. Browning eyed Jonathan for a second and then replied, “Sure thing, Johnny Boy. Follow me.”

6 Jonathan followed Mr. Browning down the hallway, through the kitchen, and onto the back porch. He plucked his soccer ball from the lawn. As he turned to leave, he noticed that Mr. Browning had a chess board set up on a small table on the back porch.

7 “Are you any good?” asked Jonathan, hooking his thumb toward the chess board.

8 Mr. Browning gave Jonathan a half smile. “Why?”

9 “My friend Chris and I play on rainy days all the time. Well, used to play,” Jonathan corrected.

10 “No longer friends?” asked Mr. Browning.

11 “It’s not that,” said Jonathan. “I left him behind when my family moved out here.”

12 “Humph. It seems we find ourselves in similar predicaments,” said Mr. Browning.

13 “What do you mean?” asked Jonathan.

14 “Well, that nice house over there that you just moved into belonged to my best friend, Walter Smithson. Ol’ Wally Boy got tired of caring for a big ol’ house and lawn all by himself, so he up and moved to an apartment in a retirement community ‘bout two hours from here. Wally and I used to play chess most every day,” said Mr. Browning. “I sure do miss that ol’ boy.”

15 Jonathan eyed the chess board and then settled into the seat opposite Mr. Browning. He picked up a black knight and positioned it on a different square.

16 “I don’t know that I’m as good as Wally Boy,” he said to Mr. Browning, “but I’ve been known to beat Chris a time or two.”

17 “Well then,” said Mr. Browning, “don’t mind if I do.” With that, he moved a white pawn.

At which point in the story does the action of the plot begin?
A) when Jonathan's family moved across the state
B) when Jonathan began to play chess with Mr. Browning
C) when Jonathan kicked the soccer ball into his neighbor's yard
D) when Jonathan saw the chess board on Mr. Browning's back porch

23)
Jayde is reading "The Chess Game" in the ELA class. As she reads it, she think about another story that she read in the class where two best friends were separated because one of them had to move.
What type of CONNECTION has Jayde made?
A) Text to self
B) Text to world
C) Text to text
D) Text to speech

24)
What happens in the EXPOSITION of this story?
A) We learn that Jonathan is bored because he doesn't have any friends in his new neighborhood.
B) Jonathan goes to his neighbor's house to get his soccer ball back.
C) Mr. Browning tells Jonathan about his friend Walter who moved away.
D) Jonathan and Mr. Browning begin to play a game of chess.

25)
What happens during the RESOLUTION of this story?
A) Jonathan is feeling bored because his friend moved away.
B) Jonathan and Mr. Browning start playing a game of chess.
C) Jonathan kicks his soccer ball over a neighbor's fence.
D) Jonathan sees a chess board set up on the back porch

Which aspect of mary shelley's frankenstein most clearly indicates that romanticism influenced the story? a. frankenstein compares his home life of nature, books, and love to his madness. b. natural philosophy is what drives frankenstein's fate and future. c. frankenstein finds relief from his torment in natural settings. d. frankenstein is undisturbed by reality as he seeks to discover the secret of life.

Memories of a memory have you ever witnessed something amazing, shocking or surprising and found when describing the event that your story seems to change the more you tell it? have you ever experienced a time when you couldn't really describe something you saw in a way that others could understand? if so, you may understand why some experts think eyewitness testimony is unreliable as evidence in scientific inquiries and trials. new insights into human memory suggest human memories are really a mixture of many non-factual things. first, memory is vague. imagine your room at home or a classroom you see every day. most likely, you could describe the room very generally. you could name the color of the walls, the floors, the decorations. but the image you describe will never be as specific or detailed as if you were looking at the actual room. memory tends to save a blurry image of what we have seen rather than specific details. so when a witness tries to identify someone, her brain may recall that the person was tall, but not be able to say how tall when faced with several tall people. there are lots of different kinds of "tall." second, memory uses general knowledge to fill in gaps. our brains reconstruct events and scenes when we remember something. to do this, our brains use other memories and other stories when there are gaps. for example, one day at a library you go to quite frequently, you witness an argument between a library patron and one of the librarians. later, when telling a friend about the event, your brain may remember a familiar librarian behind the desk rather than the actual participant simply because it is recreating a familiar scene. in effect, your brain is combining memories to you tell the story. third, your memory changes over time. it also changes the more you retell the story. documented cases have shown eyewitnesses adding detail to testimony that could not have been known at the time of the event. research has also shown that the more a witness's account is told, the less accurate it is. you may have noticed this yourself. the next time you are retelling a story, notice what you add, or what your brain wants to add, to the account. you may also notice that you drop certain details from previous tellings of the story. with individual memories all jumbled up with each other, it is hard to believe we ever know anything to be true. did you really break your mother's favorite vase when you were three? was that really your father throwing rocks into the river with you when you were seven? the human brain may be quite remarkable indeed. when it comes to memory, however, we may want to start carrying video cameras if we want to record the true picture. part a and part b below contain one fill-in-the-blank to be used for all three question responses. your complete response must be in the format a, b, c including the letter choice, commas, and a space after the commas. part a: which of the following best explains why memories from childhood are unreliable? fill in blank 1 using a, b, or c. our brains add details and general knowledge to childhood memories. our brains are not as reliable as video cameras are. our brains create new stories to make the past more interesting. part b select one quotation from the text that supports your answer to part a. add your selection to blank 1 using e, f, or g. but the image you describe will never be as specific or detailed as if you were looking at the actual room. when a witness tries to identify someone, her brain may recall that the person was tall, but not be able to say how tall. to do this, our brains use other memories and other stories when there are gaps. select one quotation from the text that supports your answer to part a. add your selection to blank 1 using h, i, or j. documented cases have shown eyewitnesses adding detail to testimony that could not have been known at the time of the event. with individual memories all jumbled up with each other, it is hard to believe we ever know anything to be true. when it comes to memory, however, we may want to start carrying video cameras if we want to record the true picture answer for blank 1:

It is important to learn about finances. take, for instance, the old rule of saving ten percent of every paycheck. are most people aware that theyshould immediately take that percentage out of their paycheck and put it into savings? balancing your checkbook is another important element ofkeeping track of your money. buy a money tracking program and use it to manage your money. another important tip is to speak with a financialplanner and learn about stocks and bonds. come up with a savings plan that includes a 401k, stocks, and bonds. and start young. the longer youwait to save, the less compound interest you will accumulate.which is the best title for this paragraph?