Back Then 1 Cameron entered the kitchen where his mom was standing
by the stove on which a large, silver pot gave off steam and the
soft, bubbling sound of a rolling boil. He asked her a question
that had been burning on his mind for some time—namely, why
it was that Grandma always talked about the past.
2 “Well, your grandma has a lot of years and many memorable
experiences,” Mom said. “Most of her past she remembers with
great fondness.”
3 “But what about the present—I mean, don’t you think we
should live for today and not always be traveling back to the
past?” he asked.
4 “Remembering your past does not mean you live in it,” Mom
said.
5 Cameron replied that he guessed that was probably true but
added that when he got old, he would not talk so much about
when he was young. He then asked what Mom was making for
dinner.
6 “Chicken and dumplings,” she said. “When I was a girl, my
mom used to make it every Saturday night. I used to love how the
whole house smelled, and I always looked forward to those
steaming bowls. And when it was winter, she would light a candle
right in the middle of the table, making this warm atmosphere
when the wind was howling outside.” Cameron shook his head and
left as Mom laughed.
7 The next day Cameron was sitting in the living room floor
with Jodi, his four-year-old sister. She was telling him that she
wanted to go see the movie Dogs and Cats, but Mom said no.
8 Cameron always thought she looked cute, and now he knew
it was true even when she was pouting. He smiled and told her
that she would be okay. He told her that when he was four, he
wanted to go see the big machines at the construction site, but
Mom wouldn’t let him. “I was mad for a week,” he said. “But I’ve
gotten to see many big machines since then, and this one

machine I saw downtown when I was six was SO big that it was
taller than the buildings there.”
9 “Uh uh,” Jodi said.
10 “Yes,” Cameron confirmed it. “And today, I don’t miss having
not seen the construction site.”

How are the poem and the story MOST alike?

A.
They emphasize the differences between generations.

B.
They show that imagination can be deceiving.

C.
They highlight the beauty of nature.

D.
They present the past as a happy time.

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explanation: which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? wrong / "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? "correct / he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a newway.wrong / he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again.wrong / when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of does the character of gerasim the protagonist to attain spiritual freedom in tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

a. wronggerasim ivan ilyich by caring for him in his last days, regardless of the challenge.b. gerasim treats ivan like his father and performs the duties of a son.c. correctivan ilyich realizes that he has lived an artificial life by comparing his life with gerasim’s.d. wrongivan ilyich feels inferior to gerasim because gerasim leads a healthy literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyichis a realist text? correct / the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s sufferingwrong / the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his lifewrong / the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wifethe difference between superficial and authentic livingthe plot ending with a surprising turn of does the following line from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich contribute to the plot at the end of the novella? a. it shows that ivan finally loses the battle of life, and it represents a tragic ending of the story.b. it shows that ivan continues to fight for his life and gives the plot an open ending.c. correctit shows that ivan has finally accepted the end of his life, and it brings finality to the plot.d. it shows that ivan evades death at the end because his illness has been two sentences in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich show ivan ilyich's struggle with his life and his inability to let go of his past? correct / for three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force.

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