1. Unit One

2. In “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog,” the word or phrase that best describes the economic condition of the Skiba family is  
poor.

3. Jan Skiba’s refusal in “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog” to let his dog and cat go hungry shows that he  
loves the animals.

4. The best word to describe the relationship between Burek the dog and Kot the cat in “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog” is  
close.

5. In “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog,” the dog acts like a cat and the cat acts like a dog because neither has ever ________________or any other animals, so each believes it is like the other.  
seen its reflection

6. never saw themselves clearly
In “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog,” the mirror causes an uproar in the Skiba family because they _______________________ before and do not like what they see now.  
never saw themselves clearly

7. After the mirror arrives in “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog,” the Skiba family feels its poverty for the first time because their _______________ with their appearances makes them wish they could afford to buy cosmetics to improve them.  
dissatisfaction

8. fight for the first time.
In “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog,” the mirror causes the dog and the cat to turn on each other and  
fight for the first time.

9. The best summary for the moral of “The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog” is that the true worth of people lies not in their appearance but in their  
generosity of spirit.

10. In “Two Kinds” the narrator’s mother takes her to the Mission district to get her hair curled in order to make her look like
Shirley Temple.

11. unrealistic expectation about America.
In “Two Kinds,” the mother’s belief that “you could be anything you wanted to be in America” is an  
unrealistic expectation about America.

12. approval from her parents.
At first, Jing-mei, in “Two Kinds” is enthusiastic about her mother’s ambitions for her because she hopes that she will win  
approval from her parents.

13. shows no feeling for the music.
In “Two Kinds,” the mother’s judgment of the Chinese girl’s piano performance on The Ed Sullivan Show is “Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound.” By this the mother means that the girl’s playing is perfect but  
shows no feeling for the music.

14. jealous and competitive.
In “Two Kinds,” the phrase that best describes Jing-mei’s relationship with her cousin Waverly is  
jealous and competitive.

15. In “Two Kinds,” Jing-mei approaches her performance at the talent show with  
confidence.

16. disappoints her mother.
Jing-mei’s horrible performance at the talent show in “Two Kinds” is the first of many times that she  
disappoints her mother.

17. In “Two Kinds,” the mother’s offer to give Jing-mei the piano for her thirtieth birthday shows that the mother has finally gotten over her bitterness and disappointment and wants to ___________________ toward her daughter.  
make a kind gesture

18. The theme, or central idea, of “Two Kinds” can be stated as “an important part of growing up is discovering one’s own _______________, even if they conflict with the wishes of one’s parents.”  
goals and desires

19. The title of Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” makes it likely that the speaker is  

20. In “I’m Nobody” Dickinson seems to regard fame as
a bad thing.

21. In “I’m Nobody” Dickinson compares being famous to acting
like a frog.

22. In “Me,” the way the speaker is most like a tree is that both trees and the speaker are  
individual and unique.

23. The word that best summarizes Haley’s memories of Grandma in “My Furthest-Back Person” is  
“warm”.

24. At the beginning of “My Furthest-Back Person,” Haley is visiting the National Archives to do research about  
his family roots.

25. In “My Furthest-Back Person,” Haley’s thoughts on returning from assignment in London show that his curiosity about his ____________________ is becoming his major concern.  
African family roots

26. In “My Furthest-Back Person,” Haley pays a visit to Dr
In “My Furthest-Back Person,” Haley pays a visit to Dr. Jan Vansina in order to seek expert information on  
African dialects.

27. In “My Furthest-Back Person,” the most unusual requirement for the trip upriver is the  
four musicians.

28. The villagers of Juffure swarm around Haley in “My Furthest-Back Person” because they have never seen an ________________________ before.  
American black person

29. According to “My Furthest-Back Person,” the Kinte clan originated in
Old Mali. 

30. The opening setting of “The Third Level” is a
railroad terminal.

31. view his hobby negatively.
Given what you know about Charley’s situation in “The Third Level,” his friends’ opinion that his stamp collecting is a “temporary refuge from reality” shows that they  
view his hobby negatively.

32. In “The Third Level,” Charley states that Grand Central Station is a place where it is  
easy to get lost.

33. The presence of gaslights in “The Third Level” is the first major clue that Charley’s wrong turn has taken him  
into the past.

34. In “The Third Level,” the detail that first reveals the exact time frame of the third level is the  
newspaper headline.

35. In “The Third Level,” by stressing how far in the future World Wars I and II were from that long-ago summer in Galesburg, Illinois, Charley shows that the town’s chief attraction for him is its  
peacefulness.

36. In “The Third Level,” Charley’s decision to obtain two hundred dollars in old-style currency shows that he intends to  
return to Galesburg.

37. date of issue by the postmark.
As explained by Charley in “The Third Level,” a first-day cover is a newly issued stamp mailed to oneself to prove the  
date of issue by the postmark.

38. In “The Third Level,” the letter from Galesburg is written by Charley’s  
psychiatrist.

39. The main idea of “The Third Level” is people often
yearn for a simpler, bygone era.

40. The first symptom of Schatz’s illness that is revealed in “A Day’s Wait” is  
shivering.

41. In “A Day’s Wait,” Schatz’s resists his father’s request that
he go to bed.

42. In “A Day’s Wait,” after the doctor takes Schatz’s temperature, he discovers that it is  
102°.

43. In “A Day’s Wait,” the doctor’s reaction to Schatz’s condition can best be described as  
mildly concerned.

44. “if it’s going to bother you”.
In “A Day’s Wait,” believing that he is dying, Schatz thinks it is probably difficult for his father to be around him so Schatz tells his father that he needn’t stay in the room  
“if it’s going to bother you”.

45. In “A Day’s Wait,” the fact that the father leaves Schatz to go out hunting shows that the father doesn’t think his son’s condition is very  
serious.

46. When his father returns from the hunt and sits down to read a story to Schatz in “A Day’s Wait,” the boy’s internal conflict is revealed to the reader when Schatz asks  
when he is going to die.

47. In “A Day’s Wait,” the father compares the difference between temperature scales to the difference between
miles and kilometers.

48. In “A Day’s Wait,” Schatz cries easily over unimportant things the day after he learns that he will not die because a great ______________ has been lifted from him.  
emotional weight

49. Growing up, Bill Cosby and his friends in “Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man?” mainly admired  
athletes.

50. In “Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man
In “Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man?,” Cosby and his friends show their admiration for their heroes by  
imitating them.

51. In “Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man
In “Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man?,” when Cosby’s mother tells him to take off that bandage right now “or I’ll have your father move you up to stitches,” the humor of her statement comes from  
exaggeration.

52. In “Oranges,” the boy offers to pay for a ten-cent candy with
two oranges.

53. In “Oranges,” when the boy makes his offer of payment for the candy bar, the saleslady reacts  
With understanding.

54. The word “critical” best describes Emily Dickinson’s attitude toward ____ in “I’m Nobody”.  
fame

55. In “Me,” when Walter de la Mare writes that the self is “Like a flower, / For its hour,” he is saying that a human self is
not permanent.

56. In “The Third Level,” the hobby that leads Charley to believe that time travel is really possible is    
stamp collecting.

57. Good Luck!
Study Hard!