Alisa hurled the ball to Teresa who tossed the ball, missing the net. Teresa sat down somberly with a serious face and sad eyes. She told her older sister how she felt about the basketball team.
In paragraph 5, the word somberly means
A) sadly.
B) shyly.
C) coolly.
D) quietly.

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."

1.c

2.b

3.c

4.b

5.c

6.c

7.d

8.b

9.b

10.d

11.c

12.d

13.b

14.d

15.b

16.a

17.c

18.b

19.d

20.b

21.a

22.b

23.c

24.b

25.c

26.d

27.c

28.d

29.d

30.a

31.c

32.b

33.a

34.d

35.c

36.a

37.b

38.a

39.d

40.c

41.e

42.a

43.c

44.b

45.d

46.b

47.e

48.c

49.d

50.a

51.b

52.a

53.d

54.c

the answer is: overall, deluca's wide-ranging evidence will prove that rock lyrics are indeed poetry.

in the writing "dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry" by dan deluca, he is telling about the awards that dylan received, he got the nobel prize in literature, recognizing his rock song letter as poems, in this case deluca use this to support his argument that rock lyrics are poetry.