Which excerpt from Barrio Boy shows the author expressing his feelings about his childhood? O That night we shared a small room at the meson with two ladies and their children
O "My mother sends greetings and says may God give you a good day, and here is an egg."
O Any neighborhood courtesy-an exchange of a banana for a red pepper, or the return of a borrowed utensil-was
sure to pass through our messenger system. ...
If you were past six and going on seven, life in Jalco could be made disagreeable by neighbors who seemed to
think that they could scold you and tell you how to behave.

Read the paragraph from nick’s personal narrative. standing alone in my family’s barn, i thought about how much hard work and time my parents had invested—how much hard work and time we had all invested—in maintaining a fully operational farm. i did not remember a time when my clothes had not reeked of manure or my hair had not held fast to brittle pieces of straw. what would happen if my parents had to sell the farm so we could move closer to my grandparents? just as i was attempting to imagine a life in the city, a sudden commotion erupted and interrupted my thoughts. with animals squawking and dust flying, i scrambled to pinpoint the source of this unexpected intrusion. in seconds that felt more like minutes, i was successful . . and i could scarcely believe what my eyes were seeing. which element of a personal narrative would be best for nick to include next?

Which sentence would not be appropriate for an essay or formal speech? a) most of the titles of faulkner's novels are references to the bible or to the works of william shakespeare. eliminate b) some critics believe that faulkner's novel the sound and the fury is the best novel of his entire career. c) the novels of william faulkner are way too hard to read, yo, filled with all these frustrating changing narrators! d) william faulkner traveled all the way from his home state of mississippi to sweden in order to make his nobel prize acceptance speech.

How does brian feel about working with stacey on the story? use evidence from the text to support your answer.