Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Dear March - Come in - How glad I am - I hoped for you before ... Who knocks? That April - Lock the Door - I will not be pursued - He stayed away a year to call - When I am occupied - But trifles look so trivial - As soon as you have come ... This lovely poem was written by Emily Dickinson, who is considered a major American poet, though she was not accorded this honor until well after her death. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended school for only one year. Throughout her life, she seldom left her home and visitors were few. She lived in almost complete isolation from the outside world. She admired the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barren Browning, as well as John Keats. Though she was dissuaded from reading the poetry of her contemporary Walt Whitman by rumors of its disgracefulness, the two poets are now connected by the distinguished place they hold as the founders of a uniquely American poetic voice. While Dickinson was extremely prolific as a poet, she was not publicly recognized during her lifetime. Upon her death, Dickinson's family discovered forty hand-bound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems. Her younger sister began to share the enormous body of work that Emily left behind. Emily's odd punctuation, capitalization , and formatting did not meet with standard publishing "approval" for earlier editions. There is a whimsical nature to many other poems, as the subject of death was the most frequent theme. Question: What is a feature of Emily Dickinson's poems? - They do not pay attention to rhymes. - They resemble those of Walt Whitman. - They have a strange format. - They reflect her personal and social life.
They have a strange format.

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "You'll have to take care of the baby today," a woman told her husband. "I'm not feeling well." "Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I'll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well?" her husband asked. The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy" She wrote out the list and gave it to him. The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list. At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry. Then he started to scream. And scream! And SCREAM! "Keep calm, George," the man said. "Don't get excited. Don't shout, George. _ , George." A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him. "I think you are wonderful," she said. "You are so patient with your little George." "Madam," the man said, "I'm George. He's Edward." Question: When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to _ for relaxing. - his baby - the woman - himself - George
himself

Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: When my son was a teenager he already knew he wanted things. He wanted nice things and he wanted to get them by himself.He never depended upon us to provide for him.He gladly accepted the room and other different necessities we gave him,but when it came to the luxuries ,or the extra things of life,he knew he would have to make his own way. At the age of 13,he started talking to me about working.His sister had worked at a local amusement park for several years as her first job so he gave that some thought. He had us drive him to the park and he went in and applied. Within two days he was called back to go to work. His sister had been a model employee and the park didn't even ask what he was able to do. He worked at least 20 hours a week at the local amusement park. With his first week check he came home with a big smile. He had made something like $60 for his four days of afterschool efforts,and he wanted to thank us for our his wealth. He needed transportation both to and from work so we would take him there and back;no matter when the park closed,we would be there. With his very first check,he insisted on treating me and his dad. He took us and his sister to an expensive restaurant. We had a wonderful time there and we spent his entire check. He didn't care;he knew he had to take care of those who had made it possible for him to have the check in the first place. He had always been a generous boy,perhaps too generous sometimes,but very loving. Question: In his teens,the boy _ . - lived a hard life - lived an independent life - never wanted expensive things - never asked his parents for luxuries
never asked his parents for luxuries