Some men on horseback rode up, shouting and sweating; two of them dismounted, while the other hung back to watch the horses."We want food! Give us eggs, milk, beans, anything you've got! We're starving!"The speaker wore chevrons on his arm, his companion red stripes on his shoulders."Whose place is this, old woman? Of course it's not empty. How about the light and that child there? Look here, confound it, we want to eat, and quick too. We’re coming in.""Tell me what they call this ranch, woman?" the sergeant asked."Limon," the woman replied curtly, carrying wood to the fire and fanning the coals.6Select the correct answer.What does the setting reveal about the time period of the text? A. It takes place during a time when soldiers patrolled city streets. B. It takes place during a time when soldiers were returning from battle. C. It takes place during a time when soldiers were used to protect ranches. D. It takes place during a time when soldiers traveled on horseback.

One night in autumn a few men were gathered about a fire on a hill. They belonged to a small detachment of Confederate forces. Their gray uniforms were worn beyond the point of shabbiness. One of the men was heating something in a tin cup over the embers. Two were lying at full length a little distance away, while a fourth was trying to decipher a letter and had drawn close to the light. He had unfastened his collar and a good bit of his flannel shirt front."What's that you got around your neck, Ned?" asked one of the men.Ned—or Edmond—mechanically fastened another button of his shirt and did not reply. He went on reading his letter."Is it your sweetheart's picture?""Taint no gal's picture," offered the man at the fire. "That's a charm. Hey, French! Ain't I right?" Edmond looked up absently from his letter."What is it?" he asked."Ain't that a charm you got round your neck?""It must be, Nick," returned Edmond with a smile. "I don't know how I could have gone through this year and a half without it."The letter had made Edmond heartsick and homesick. He stretched himself on his back and looked straight up at the blinking stars. But he was not thinking of them nor of anything but a certain spring day when a girl was saying goodbye to him. He could see her as she unclasped from her neck the locket which she fastened about his own. It was an old fashioned golden locket bearing miniatures of her father and mother. It was her most precious earthly possession. Edmond could feel again the folds of the girl's soft white gown and see the droop of the angel-sleeves as she circled her fair arms about his neck. Her sweet face, tormented by the pain of parting, appeared before him as vividly as life. He turned over, burying his face in his arm and there he lay, still and motionless. . . .Octavie wore a plain black dress, severe in its simplicity. A narrow belt held it at the waist and the sleeves were gathered into close fitting wristbands. She had discarded her hoopskirt and appeared not unlike a nun. Beneath the folds of her bodice nestled the old locket. She never displayed it now. It had returned to her sanctified in her eyes; made precious as material things sometimes are by being forever identified with a significant moment of one's existence. . . .Octavie felt as if she had passed into a stage of existence which was like a dream, more poignant and real than life. There was the old gray house with its sloping eaves. Amid the blur of green, and dimly, she saw familiar faces and heard voices as if they came from far across the fields, and Edmond was holding her. It was as if the spirit of life and the awakening spring had given back the soul to her youth and bade her rejoice.1Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.Read the excerpt. Then choose the correct way to complete the paragraph.One theme in the excerpt is that people hold on to love despite the passage of time. The author develops this theme by describing how the .

Wyatt forgot to bring his lunch to school, and when he arrived home, he told his mom he could eat a horse.  What does the phrase "could eat a horse" reveal about Wyatt?*He would like some cookies shaped like horses.He is extremely hungry because he forgot his lunch.He will remember to bring his lunch tomorrow.He does not like the dinner his mom prepared.

Once upon a time there was a Goose who had beautiful golden feathers. Not far away from this Goose lived a very, very poor woman who had two daughters. The Goose saw that they had a hard time getting along and said to himself:“If I give them one after another of my golden feathers, the mother can sell them, and with the money they bring she and her daughters can then live in comfort.”So away the Goose flew to the poor woman’s house. Seeing the Goose, the woman said:“Why do you come here? We have nothing to give you.”“But I have something to give you,” said the Goose. “I will give you my feathers, one by one, and you can sell them for enough money so that you and your daughters can live in comfort.”So saying this the Goose gave her one of his feathers, and then flew away. From time to time he came back, each time leaving another feather. The mother and her daughters sold the beautiful feathers for enough money to keep them in comfort. But one day the mother said to her daughters:“Let us not trust this Goose. Some day he may fly away and never come back. Then we should be poor again. Let us get all of his feathers the very next time he comes.”The daughters said: “This will hurt the Goose. We will not do such a thing.”But the mother was greedy. The next time the Golden Goose came she took hold of him with both hands, and pulled out every one of his feathers.Now the Golden Goose has strange feathers. If his feathers are plucked out against his wish, they no longer remain golden but turn white and are of no more value than chicken-feathers. The new ones that come in are not golden, but plain white.As time went on his feathers grew again, and then he flew away to his home and never came back again.Choose the THREE details from the text that would BEST contribute to a summary of the story.100 pointsChicken feathers are usually white in color.The old woman pulled out all of the goose's feathers.The poor woman's daughters wanted to sell the goose at the market for money.The family used the golden feathers to buy food.The goose never did grow back his golden feathers.The goose lived in another place far away from town.SubmitClear formThis form was created inside of NORTH BOLIVAR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT. Report Abuse Form

This question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B.Part ARead the following lines from the play.FARMER: Well, that was fun. Good fun. I’ve been so bored ’round here lately. Don’t get me wrong. I have lots of work to do. It’s just the same old thing every day. But with the Missus off helping with our new grandbaby, things have gotten a little bit lonely, too. This ought to shake things up a bit. I had this idea to pull one over on the family yonder (points to farmhouse), especially those youngsters. . . .MA: (shakes her head) Farmer may be a bit . . . odd, but he’d never ruin his own fields. He lives for his fields. (throws Pa a worried look)What literary device do both lines have in common?

The old man’s words stayed with her as she drove up into the mountains. She began to feel shaky. This was the first time she had driven outside of Los Angeles. Still, last night she had poured over maps and written everything down; she knew exactly where she was going. So far, everything had been all right.Even getting away from home this morning hadn’t been too bad. It was spring vacation, and her mom and stepfather were away on business. The only person she had to explain to was the neighbor woman who looked in on her. The hard part had been figuring what to say to her mother. She had sat staring at a blank sheet of paper for a long time.She knew what she wanted to write: “Dear Mother, It was bad enough after the divorce, being without Dad, I mean. After a couple of years I got used to seeing him mostly on weekends, but now it’s worse. Because he’s dead. Three whole months and I still can’t believe it. Maybe you can’t help being away so much, but with both of you gone it’s awfully lonely. Sure, there’s been school, and I did have dinner at Mim’s house and a move with Lorena on Saturday. But the good things are missing. Dad. Dad. Dad. I don’t feel that I’m part of a family anymore. Jase is a good enough stepfather, but I told you both how I felt about that condo in downtown L.A. and you guys went ahead and bought it. It’s a terrible place. All there is to breathe inside is processed air and outside, car exhaust. My vote doesn’t count, does it, Mom?”That’s what she wanted to say, but didn’t. “Mom,” she finally wrote, “I’ve gone to Twisted Creed. Papacito said he’d be there if I needed him. He won’t mind. After all, he is my only living grandparent. I’ll drive carefully, I promise. Please, please don’t be mad at me.” Then she had shoved two more sweaters into her suitcase, picked up her paint box and favorite brushes, and left. Once she was out of the city traffic, she had relaxed. But now . . .18Select the correct answer.What can the reader infer about Maggie's character in the excerpt? A. Maggie did not have any friends in Los Angeles. B. Maggie left home because she misses her grandparent. C. Maggie has not driven by herself before. D. Maggie left home because she was unhappy there.