Read the excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez. Periodically, Trujillo would demand a tribute, and they would acquiesce. A tax, a dummy vote, a portrait on the wall. To my father and other men in the country, the most humiliating of these tributes was the occasional parade in which women were made to march and turn their heads and acknowledge the great man as they passed the review stand.
If you did not march, your cédula would not be stamped, and without a stamped identification card, you could do nothing; in particular, you could not obtain your passport to leave the country under the pretext of wanting to study heart surgery. This was the second escape—this time with his whole family—that my father was planning.
The day came when my mother had to march.

Which statement best explains how the author develops the central idea throughout the passage?
A- Alvarez shows that the parades were embarrassing but were not a serious matter.
B- Alvarez shows that Trujillo enjoyed it when people paid attention to him.
C- Alvarez shows that refusing to obey Trujillo's requests could be dangerous.
D- Alvarez shows that women played an important part in political life.

Of Plymouth plantation is considered a narrative becauseA.)it is a true story
B.)it uses simple and plain language
C.)it is told by a first-person narrator
D.)it recounts events in the order in which they happened

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A.
That piece of furniture is made of three types of wood pine, oak, and cedar.

B.
This warm-up exercise is useful for actors, singers, and public speakers.

C.
Josiah went to see a musical with: Natalie, Jaden, and Delilah.

D.
The passenger train makes stops in: Boston, Hartford, and New York City.

Which source would be best to use to find the meaning of the word ignorant?A.
encyclopedia

B.
atlas

C.
dictionary

D.
thesaurus

What is another name for the Circum-Pacific Belt? A. Mount Vesuvius
B. Pacific Ring of Fire
C. Mount Pinatubo
D. Mediterranean Belt

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.“Horses on the Grass”
by Grace Schulman
From the tower window
the moon
draws a silver maple’s shadow
across a spangled lawn;
horses
rear, manes lashing the air,
front legs floating.
Half monarch,
half shadow, the tree
aspires to the sky;
one branch, cracked by lightning,
scrapes the earth.
Reflected
on the grass, bent twigs
are curved hooves, galloping
as the moon rises.
Divided it stands
in wholeness, mourning
its victories, praising
the god of trees, the king of horses.
The tree holds souls
in a bark prison
poised like a runner at the starting line—
and bolts free, wildly
pawing the ground those roots lie under.
Source: Schulman, Grace. “Horses on the Grass.” Days of Wonder: New and Selected Poems. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Poetry Foundation. Web. 25 July 2011.
Which statement about the poem is true?
The poem follows a rhyme scheme.
The poem is a sonnet.
The poem follows a fixed pattern of meter.
The poem uses free-verse structure.

Mark is reading a novel and has reached the rising action. What happens to the conflict in a story during the rising action?