Directions: Read the poem “Questions" on pages 210-211 and the poem "I don't think I'll ever get used to" on page 213 of The Crossover by Kwame Alexander.* Then answer each item.
1. This item has two parts. Answer PART A; then answer PART B.
Read these lines from the poem "Questions."
"Don't you see I need to be here so they can fix the
damage that's been done to my heart?
Who's gonna fix the damage that's been done to mine?"
PART A: What is the meaning of damage as it is used by Josh's dad in the context of the second
line?
a. loneliness
b. mistake
c. injury
d. Worry

evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

explanation:

(i'm bad at sudden poems so don't yell at me i'm trying to represent sadness or something like that but its real hard)

at the age of 4, she thought everything was better.

she was innocent, she was joyful, despite the predictions about the bad weather.

at the age of 10, she started to figure things out.

in life, in its meaning, she started to doubt.

at the age of 14, she was filled with depression, anxiety and fear,

that nobody cared about her, and death was drawing near.

at the age of 17, her sleeves got longer, her will got shorter, until she couldn't take it anymore.

she left this earth with a rope, chair and to the heavens she would soar.