Answer these questions before moving on to the Analyze the

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Answer these questions before moving on to the Analyze the Text section on the following page 1 Read the excerpt from the story What does the word barren suggest in this excerpt A B D The boy wanted to say something else other than Thank you m am to Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones but he couldn t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door Mrs Jones does not have a lot of money to give out Mrs Jones is careful to keep a clean and tidy house Roger is reluctant to leave Mrs Jones s house Roger is grateful to Mrs Jones for sharing her food 2 Which two sentences show that Roger wants Mrs Jones s trust B A I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes said the boy paragraph 31 After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again the boy turned around wondering what next paragraph 34 He could make a dash for it down the hall paragraph 34 But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room where he thought she could easily see him out of the corner of her eye if she wanted to paragraph 38 Do you need somebody to go to the store asked the boy maybe to get some milk or something paragraph 39 Ed Test Taking