Which TWO of the following show how the jacket affects the narrator's life?A.He feels like an outsider at school.B.He learns how to ignore bullies at school.C.He stops talking to his mother, brother, and sister.D.He becomes interested in what other people wear.E.He spends more time focusing on his grades than on girls.F.He struggles to focus on quizzes and completing homework.

How does the speaker's point of view about the jacket change throughout the passage? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

What might the following quote suggest about the narrator? "Although they didn't say out loud, 'Man, that's ugly,' I heard the buzz-buzz of gossip and even laughter, that I knew it was meant for me." (Paragraph 7)A.The narrator is unaffected by the gossip and continues wearing his jacket to prove this.B.The narrator is convinced that people are making fun of him, but he could be mistaken.C.The narrator is embarrassed by the gossip and pretends that it is not about him or his jacket.D.The narrator is unsure why people are laughing, but he realizes later that it was about the jacket.

An author wishes to write a story whose theme is the danger of being obsessed with appearance. Which plot line would best suit this theme?A.A man and woman argue in a café over whose train is arriving first. Each misses their train.B.A character loses his nose and worries what other people might think about him.C.Two students help a fellow student cheat, but later turn themselves in when they discover they have given their friend the wrong answers.D.An alien spaceship lands on Earth and takes its leaders hostage. The people find the alien leaders better than the ones they have elected.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

At the beginning of a novel, we are told a character is rude and has no friends. He is mean to his little sister, is rude to his parents and doesn't have any friends.Which of the following would show a change in their character?He is rude to his parents when they ask him how his day went.He is mean to his sister when she asks for help with her homework.He helps his little sister with her homework.He ignores someone at school who asks him how he is.

Which one of the following examples illustrates how the imaginary audience can be a factor in the adolescent's developing self-concept?Question 28Select one:A.Annette talks to an invisible "friend" when she is having problems and feels she has no one else to turn to.B.Bernita feels as if everyone must be looking at her when she walks down the hall with her friends.C.Gavin feels detached, as if he has no life of his own but is only watching everyone else live their lives.D.James feels self-conscious when he has to get up in front of his class and give a speech from memory.