Part A What decision is prompted by the discovery of the droppings?

A. to blow the conch and call a meeting
B. to immediately begin a hunt for pigs
C. to put Ralph in charge of hunting
D. to put Roger in charge of hunting

Part B

What is the effect of the decision in Part A on Ralph's attitude toward Jack?

A. He worries that the boys will refuse to let Jack kill the island's pigs.
B. He feels confident in Jack's ability to provide meat for them all.
C. He begins to suspect that Jack might be violent and dangerous.
D. He is grateful that Jack has finally decided to accept him as chief.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme