Question

Country Miles

12. Part A: Which statement best describes the main theme of the story?
A. People spend too much time apart.
B. A person's imagination can take them far. C. Responsibilities are a necessary part of life. D. Home becomes more important after time away.

13. Which detail from the story best supports the answer to Part A?
A. An unimaginable distance to drive each week to end up back in the same place. (Paragraph 1)
B. he went into corley's for an extra day of shopping, and she had to go to her parents (paragraph 6)
C. as she drove to work she imagined crossing the state line to sign welcome her to where she'd never been.
D. she purposely took the long way home each day so it was over eight hundred miles between them.

14. which statement best describes the structure of a short story.
A. It shifts between Carla's favorite places she has visited.
B. It describes Carla's favorite places she has visited.
C. It compares Carla's favorite and least favorite travels.
D. It shifts between Carla's and her husband's imagined travels.

15. why does Carla feel "a little weak" thinking about the distance sharing her husband travel? A. She is eager to travel more often.
B. She is unimpressed by how far they travel. C. She is upset by how much has they waste as they travel.
D. She is overwhelmed after realizing how far they travel

16. How does Carla's husband view the number miles they travel every day?
A. He is just as suprised as Carla.
B. He is more suprised than Carla.
C. He is less impressed than Carla.
D. He is convinced they travel more.

17. What is the meaning of taut as it is used in paragraph 4? A. high B. loosely C. quickly D. tight

18. Why is Carla's half hour in traffic described as glorious in paragraph 10?
A. to show that Carla expected traffic
B. to suggest that the traffic is light
C. to highlight the length of time
D. to emphasize Carla's delight

19. Which details from the text best exemplifies how Carla feels as she imagines traveling A. She felt a little weak just thinking of it. (Paragraph 1)
B. confused and delighted playing with the rainbow assortment of money( paragraph 8)
C. there was no road and she maneuvered pass hammocks of blue ice (Paragraph 14) D. she put a rag from the back seat over the wheel but still felt the numbness creeping into her hands (paragraph 14) Bioluminescent Organisms: Meet the living nightlights of our world ​

Answer 1

12. A. People spend too much time apart.

13. D. she purposely took the long way home each day so it was over eight hundred miles between them.

14. B. It describes Carla's favorite places she has visited.

15. D. She is overwhelmed after realizing how far they travel.

16. A. He is just as surprised as Carla.

17. D. tight

18. D. to emphasize Carla's delight in returning home

19. A. She felt a little weak just thinking of it. (Paragraph 1)