Read this passage and answer the question: What effect does this episode have on the episode's plot? Cynthia didn't like being called Cindy, and she also didn't like that she and her mother had to leave their city apartment and move in with her grandfather in the country. She didn't like that she has to say goodbye to her friends or that her mother has to take a job at the nearby airplane factory because money was tight. But what she really didn't like, more than anything else, was that her father was fighting in the war.

A. It resolves the conflict between Cynthia and her new teacher about the name she prefers.

B. It introduces a conflict between Cynthia and the friends she had to say goodbye to.

C. It provide background details about Cynthia's family and the setting of the story.

D. It changes the setting of the story from Cynthia's hom in the country to her home in the city.

Question 2

Which is the closet synonym for the word ecstatic?

A. envious

B. annoyed

C. elated

D. ambitious

Question 3

Based on the episode which of these is true?

A. Cynthia is happy to leave her city apartment behind and start a new life in the country.

B. Cynthia is determined to collect the most scraps because she wants to win a prize.

C. Cynthia is excited to be paired off with Tobias for the scrap drive.

D. Cynthia is thrilled to be able to do something that could help her father.

Question 4

Based on the episode, Cynthia could be described as

A. concerned and eager

B. lazy and disobedient

C. quiet and forgetful

D. secretive and crafty

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explanation:

mrs. mallard has a heart condition, which means that if she's startled she could die. so, when news comes that her husband's been killed in an accident, the people who tell her have to cushion the blow.

mrs. mallard's sister josephine sits down with her and dances around the truth until mrs. mallard finally understands what happened. the deceased mr. mallard's friend, richards, hangs out with them for moral support.

richards originally found out because he had been in the newspaper headquarters when a report of the accident that killed mr. mallard, which happened on a train, came through. richards waited for proof from a second source before going to the mallards' to share the news.

when mrs. mallard finds out what happened she acts differently from most women in the same position, who might disbelieve it. she cries passionately before deciding to go to her room to be by herself.

in her room, mrs. mallard sits down on a comfy chair and feels completely depleted. she looks out the window and looks out at a world that seems alive and fresh. she can see the sky coming between the rain clouds.

mrs. mallard sits still, occasionally crying briefly like a kid might.

the narrator describes her as youthful and pretty, but because of this news she looks preoccupied and absent.

she seems to be holding out for some kind of unknown news or knowledge, which she can tell is approaching.

mrs. mallard breathes heavily and tries to resist before succumbing to this unknown thing, which is a feeling of freedom.

acknowledging freedom makes her revive, and she doesn't consider whether she should feel bad about it.

mrs. mallard thinks to herself about how she'll cry when she sees her husband's dead body and how much he loved her. even so, she's kind of excited about the chance to make her own decisions and not feel accountable to anyone.

mrs. mallard feels even more swept up by the idea of freedom than the fact that she had felt love for her husband.

here is the link:

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.

edmund spenser and john bunyan also influenced hawthorne. : )

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