Brandy ran toward the door as fast as she could. I am tired of being here, she thought to herself. Oak Lawn Prep was one of the best schools, but Brandy had had enough. “This is the last time I am going to be embarrassed by my classmates,” she said, slamming the door behind her.
As she ran down the stairs and headed for the street corner, Brandy thought she heard someone calling her name. She paused for a moment to look back.
“Brandy, wait up!” Kenton called.
Kenton was the first person who was nice to her when she arrived at Oak Lawn. He had shown her around the school and invited her to sit with him and his friends at lunch. Brandy had thought Kenton was really her friend. Of all of the people she hung out with, his betrayal hurt her the most.
“Hey! Brandy, don’t you hear me calling your name?” Kenton yelled, following her down the block.
The sound of his voice now only made Brandy run faster.
3
How can the reader tell that this passage is a work of fiction?
A.
It was written to be performed onstage.
B.
It tells the true story of a person's life.
C.
It has characters, a setting, and a plot.
D.
It has a rhyme scheme and verses.

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.

Which phrase from the poem "when you are old" leads the reader to infer that the subject was admired for her beauty by many, but only truly loved by him? a. "old and grey" b. "a little sadly" c. "their shadows deep" d. "with love false or true"

True or false: a writer uses ellipses to indicate an omission or that something has been left out of a direct quote.