NSHS English 2 EOC GLOW Question Preview (ID: 62370)

a) He feels confined by boundaries present in his life in the country.

b) He is displeased being home and wishes to return to being a soldier.

c) He wants to escape his present life on the farm but likes the security.

d) He is fearful of leaving the farm but knows he must to get an education.

a) Wildflowers

b) Freshly cut grass

c) Hemp

d) Cornfields

a) He worries he may not be able to attend the school.

b) He is relieved to gain education instead of fighting in a war.

c) He feels a need to leave the farm and further his education.

d) He realizes he can let go of resentment for the war and welcome the future.

a) An eighteen-year-old boy enjoys the hard work on his family farm and is satisfied with his fate. He hears about a new unive

b) An eighteen-year-old boy works hard in the heat on his family farm. He is unhappy and yearns for a better future through an e

c) An eighteen-year-old boy who lives in poverty works hard to help his family survive. He applies to become a student at a near

d) An eighteen-year-old boy is angry about the hard work he has to do every day on the family farm. He cannot wait to leave it a

a) by connecting the lad’s feelings of gratitude and good fortune after the war with his determination to serve his country in t

b) by connecting the lad’s joy about the end of the war with his plans to leave the farm and attend the university within the ye

c) by connecting the lad’s dislike for farm work and desire for education with his guilt about those who died during the war

d) by connecting the lad’s dream of a university education with the end of a difficult war and the beginning of better times

a) “He paused by and by and passed his forefinger across his forehead, brushing the sweat away from above his quiet eyes.”

b) “The heat of his work, the stifling air, the many-toned woods . . . these things were not in his thoughts.”

c) “The boy who is to be a soldier—one day he hears a distant bugle: at once HE knows.”

d) “By temperament he was of a type the most joyous and self-reliant . . . and discontent now was due to the fact that he had ..

a) It creates in the young man a resentment for country life.

b) It sparks in the young man a desire to grow beyond his roots.

c) It influences the young man to consider studying agriculture in college.

d) It motivates the young man to accept that he was born to be a farmer.

a) by showing his realization that he could be courageous enough to live his life as a farmer

b) by suggesting he has deep insecurity about becoming a good student and succeeding in life

c) by conveying his feelings of being restricted by farm life and wanting to get a formal education

d) by demonstrating his ultimate frustration with farming and desire to pursue education out of his sense of civic duty

a) by suggesting the farm is a safety net for the lad in case following his dream to study at a university fails to work out

b) by implying the farm teaches the lad about struggling in life, and he is hoping to avoid future struggles at the university

c) by suggesting the farm is stifling the lad's growing independence as he realizes the university presents a great oppertunity

d) by implying the farm teaches the lad about preserving on difficult tasks, and he appreciates and respects what he has learned

a) His parentage

b) His country neighborhood

c) His tasks on the farm

d) All of the above