1. Laetitia move away from home because she is bored. This is from a short story written by Thomas King entitled Borders.
2. Diez didn’t stay hydrated because He kept vomiting up any nourishment or fluid he took in.
3. Sometimes small dogs show more bravado than the larger breeds; they may need to in order to be noticed. The Italic word is bravado. It means boldness.
4. He had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique. The Italic word is protruded. It means stuck out.
5. The fee seemed paltry in exchange for the quality education of her children. The Italic word is paltry. It means insignificant.
6. The factory in “Mexicans Begin Jogging” was under investigation for employing illegal immigrants.
7. The neighbor of the speaker in the poem “Mending Wall” believes “good fences make good neighbors.”
8. The prospect of being chained and fenced is what angers the speaker in the poem “I Am the Land. I Wait.”
9. According to McBride, the roots of hip-hop music began in West Africa centuries ago.
10. I began to worry about my grandmother when I noticed how gaunt she had become eating the nursing home food. The Italic word is gaunt. It means thin.
11. The tone of “I am the Land. I Wait.” Might be described as patient.
12. The sound of the bat hitting the baseball reverberated through the stadium. The Italic word is reverberated. It means echoed.
13. The legion of soldiers advanced on the small group of rebels. The Italic word is legion. It means multitude.
14. Improvisation is so difficult because it cannot be planned. The Italic word is improvisation. It means inventing on the spur of the moment.
15. The images Langston Hughes use in his poem “Harlem II” is all of the above, raisins in the sun, festering sores, and stinky, rotten meat.
16. The theme of “Ka’Ba” can best be inferred from this line, “Return, destroy, and create. What will be”
17. The resilient tone in “Diez in the Desert” can best be inferred from this line “As they ate, in his crackly voice and dry laugh, he told them the story of how a heavyset woman he’d known only as ‘Senora’ had died. . . and almost expired himself.”
18. The author of “Hip-Hop Planet” describes the legend of the Great Rock of Toubab Dialaw in order to describe an image of hope that is similar to hip-hop.
19. Her actions most effectively conveys the development of the mother as a character in “Borders.
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