Question 2

“he was feeling sorry for himself, and lamenting the fact that his life could have changed so suddenly and so drastically.”

what is the meaning of the capitalized word?

realizing

remembering

regretting

retelling
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question 3

“the miner had abandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. for five years he had been working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands of stones looking for an emerald. the miner was about to give it all up, right at the point when, if he were to examine just one more stone—just one more—he would find his emerald. since the miner had sacrificed everything to his personal legend, the old man decided to become involved. he transformed himself into a stone that rolled up to the miner’s foot. the miner, with all the anger and frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw it aside. but he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fell upon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautiful emerald in the world.”

which of the following summarizes the theme of this story?

it is always too soon to quit trying to achieve one’s dream.

the miner found an emerald because a magical force him.

frustration and anger are dreadful character flaws.

it is foolish to abandon everything you have to try to get what you may never have.
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question 4

“the old man opened his cape, and the boy was struck by what he saw. the old man wore a breastplate of heavy gold, covered with precious stones. the boy recalled the brilliance he had noticed on the previous day.

“he really was a king! he must be disguised to avoid encounters with thieves.

‘take these,’ said the old man, holding out a white and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate.”

which of the following is true?

this excerpt is written in third person omniscient point of view.

the white and black stones are symbols of good and evil.

the boy learning the old man’s true identity is an example of dramatic irony.

this excerpt represents the rising action of a narrative.
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question 5

it’s “better to be alone with one’s books. they tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them.”

in the excerpt, the author uses

a hyperbole

personification

a simile

a metaphor