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From the love of the good woman by Alice Munro …
From the love of the good woman by Alice Munro
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This was the way they talked when they got clear of town. They
talked as if they were free-or almost free-agents, as if they didn’t
go to school or live with families or suffer any of the in…
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returned, and the red-winged blackbirds were darting in pairs,
striking bright on your eyes as if they had been dipped in paint.
“Should’ve brought a twenty-two.” 35 &qu…
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It was their first time out this year. They had come across the
bridge over the Peregrine River, the single-lane double-span
bridge known locally as Hell’s Gate or the Death Trap-…
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The quotation “the water looked like butterscotch pudding on the boil” (lines 16 to 17) provides an example of **
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a. hyperbole
b. irony
c. simile
d. paradox
The images in lines 13 to 19 reinforce a sense of *
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a. unrestricted freedom
b. nervous energy
c. endless monotony
d. imminent danger
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Line 21 serves to emphasize the boys’ *
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a. individual differences
b. preoccupation with their surroundings
c. secretive behavior
d. absorption in their journey
That the boys “spoke with casual regret, as if guns were readily available to them” (lines 36 to 37) reveals that they
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presume to have the same privileges as adults
take for granted the right to behave inappropriately
imagine themselves as being free of responsibilities
envision themselves as members of an exclusive club
The detail “They crashed around for some time” (line 50) illustrates the boys’
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confused understanding of their purpose
enthusiastic attempts to outdo one another
indifferent attitude toward the environment
determined efforts to locate the object of their desire
The parenthetical comment in line 69 reveals the
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boys’ inattention to detail
impracticality of the boys’ plan
boys’ intention to conduct their activities in secret
ability of the boys to anticipate unexpected problems
That the boys “practically gave up using names” (lines 76 to 77) while together outside of town stems from their
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disrespect for authority
need to impress one another
tendency to be competitive
familiarity with one another
The statement “Any one of at least a dozen boys could have been substituted for any one of these three, and accepted by the others in exactly the same way” (lines 90 to 92) is most strongly reinforced by the quotation
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“Most members of that company were between nine and twelve years old” (lines 92 to 93)
“Most of them lived in the north end of town” (line 95)
“there were notable differences as to how they lived at home and what was expected of them in life” (lines 99 to 100)
“these differences dropped away as soon as they were out of sight” (lines 100 to 101)
The excerpt focuses on the
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camaraderie shared by the boys in their adventures
optimism with which the boys view the future
differences in social status among the boys
distinctive character of each of the boys
