1. How does the detail about Ernie crushing ants help you understand Ernie’s mood?
2. Read the
Key Literary Element
on page 259 concerning Sandra’s character. What else do you learn about Sandra?


3. How does Alsonso first approach the problem of convincing Ernie to let him
borrow his bike?





4. Are you surprised that Raul would charge Alfonso for borrowing his bike? Raul
is Alfonso’s best friend. In your opinion,
should best friends do things like this?


5. Do you think Raul is a person Alfonso can count on? Why or why not?
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6. How does Alfonso decide to handle his latest conflict of
not having a bike? What do his thoughts and actions about
this conflict reveal about his character?



7. Read
“Determining the Main Idea”
on page 265. Do you
agree that this is the main idea of the story? Why or why
not?

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

What does manns conclusion in "coming of age in the dawnland" indicate about how the settlements and people of sixteenth-century new england reacted to the increasing presence of europeans?

Which phrase from the declaration of independence best relates to anthony's theme of equal rights for all people? a. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness b . to secure these, governments are instituted among men c. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed d. endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights