Quin missed Gwen even though she was on the other side of the wall. From the time they shared a womb, the siblings were inseparable. This time though, a bad case of the flu had kept the twins apart. Gwen had soccer matches coming up and couldn’t afford to get sick. Quin was missing his winter rehearsals and possibly recitals, and he seemed sadder than a withering bouquet of roses.   He could hear Gwen singing to herself as she cleaned the room. He could hear her as she read her books out loud. She had always kept quiet and never even hummed the songs she would listen to let alone read aloud from the novels she was reading.  Quin had no idea why Gwen was suddenly a sound machine.  “I miss you, bro,” she would say sometimes and knock on the wall.   Quin was too weak to even knock back. He was barely keeping the food his mama prepared for him. She was checking on him with disposable gloves on. Mrs. Lee got too little time off work and couldn’t afford to get sick herself. Old neighbor Mrs. Ali would bring Quin soup and crackers in the afternoon and check his temperature and call Mrs. Lee to update. Quin knew he was lucky to be loved by these wonderful souls.

Gwen’s doctor discovers that Gwen has reduced visual acuity. Gwen’s doctor performs a procedure called , which detects the eye’s refractive error using an instrument called the .

The next day, Gia told her brother Freddie what she’d seen. He didn’t seem shocked at all, but just laughed. Leaning forward, he lowered his voice as though he was about to convey an important secret to her. “Haven’t you heard the local legend around here?” Freddie asked. Gia shook her head.Communicate a secret to Gia.Tell Gia a joke.Try to scare Gia and make her jump.Stand up and leave the room.Continue

The next day, Gia told her brother Freddie what she’d seen. He didn’t seem shocked at all, but just laughed. Leaning forward, he lowered his voice as though he was about to convey an important secret to her. “Haven’t you heard the local legend around here?” Freddie asked. Gia shook her head.Communicate a secret to Gia.Tell Gia a joke.Try to scare Gia and make her jump.Stand up and leave the room.

"Who recorded that song ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’?" asked Gwen. This sentence includes ______________________. A)    a correctly punctuated direct quotation B)    a correctly punctuated indirect quotation C)    no quotation at all D)    one or more punctuation errors

Read this passage:One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than usual.Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (David Wyllie, trans.)This passage is an example of which element of Freytag's pyramid?A.Rising actionB.ExpositionC.ConclusionD.ClimaxSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS