Question 1

What is Gilmer's belief/claim?

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Blood relatives are not the only people who will support and love you.

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When life is tough, you have to remain strong.

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Hope always exists, but you have to find it.

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Not all family is supportive.

Question 2

Which of the following is the central idea of the text?

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Gilmer lived with a friend's family who taught her that love doesn't have to come from blood relatives.

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Family and Relationships

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Everyone should believe in the power of having support outside of family.

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Love does not just come from blood relatives.

Question 3

Which of the following is a summary of the text?

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Gilmer's life was typically unstable. After her mother passed away, her father relied on other people to take care of her. Her situation deteriorated when she was fifteen and living with her dad in a Howard Johnson's motel in Houston. Then, she went to live with her friend's family who loved and supported her in many ways. Gilmer learns that love doesn't come just from family.

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Family is not always supportive; blood does not mean unconditional love.

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People can find love outside of family.

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Family and Relationships

Question 4

Which of the following is the theme of the text?

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A person can find love and support outside of the family.

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Gilmer lived with a friend's family who taught her that love doesn't have to come from blood relatives.

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Family and Relationships

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Parents who have too many difficulties will not often be supportive of their kids.

Question 5

What is Gilmer's tone toward Su's family?

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Grateful

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Frustrated

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Bitter

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Indifferent

Question 6

How does stating the belief in the beginning of the text impact the structure?

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Gilmer tells her personal story that fostered the development of her belief.

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Gilmer is able to then complain about her father's lack of care and parenting skills.

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Gilmer is able to provide a universal truth/theme immediately after the claim.

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Gilmer is able to start her flashback.

Question 7

What effect does stating the belief in the first paragraph have on the reader?

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It sparks reader interest in wanting to know how blood relatives have disappointed her and who are the other people who stepped up to love and support her.

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She wants the reader to disagree with her belief.

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It forces the reader to agree with her at the beginning of the essay so she has ethos.

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It provides logos (evidence) that supports her belief.

Question 8

What is the point-of-view of this selection?

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First Person

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Third Person Omniscient

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Second Person

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Third Person Limited

Question 9

What is the purpose of the text?

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To express/reflect on her life experiences that led to her belief

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To inform/explain on the difficulties of her life

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To persuade people to love and support others outside of their family

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To criticize her father

Question 10

How does the purpose impact the point-of-view?

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The expression of Gilmer's feelings and sharing of her personal story naturally make the text a first person account.

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Because her account is personal, her point-of-view can't be trusted. She is unreliable.

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She uses her personal expression and story as a way to criticize others who don't believe the same.

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Her point-of-view is tied to the inform/explain purpose of providing logos/facts about her life.

Question 11

Which of the following quotes displays the long term impact the Beach family had on Gilmer?

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"Without the Beaches, I would have become a cynical woman...They kept me from being paralyzed by my past..."

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"I believed that the only person who would take care of me was me."

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"By the time I went to live with the Beaches, I believed that life was entirely unfair and that love was tenuous and untrustworthy."

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"For me, it wasn't family that was there on the day I was born..."

Question 12

What inference can you make about Gilmer before she became a member of the Beach family?

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She had learned to distrust adults because her dad was not reliable or stable.

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She thought that even her friends would let her down.

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She had learned to lean on others for support because her dad let her down.

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She thought that love was not possible for her.

Question 13

What inference can be made about Gilmer if she had not lived with Beach family?

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Gilmer would have grown up to be bitter, distrusting, and distant because she has no trust in others.

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Gilmer would have effectively learned to take care of herself.

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Gilmer would have been close to her dad despite their moving around and instability.

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Gilmer would have learned to naturally trust people.

Question 14

Why is the mention of Howard Johnson's motel important to the text?

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Her story comes full circle to explain how she grew and changed from the teen who lived in the motel.

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It simply provides the setting in the exposition.

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It explains how the motel was the setting of all of her problems.

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It explains how she is still bitter about living in the motel with her father.

Question 15

What does Gilmer use a colon (:) in the following sentence: "As far I could tell, for the Beaches, there was no difference between Su and me: I was their daughter, too."?

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She wishes to stress that was treated like family without being a blood relative.

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She wants to express her shock and surprise that anyone loved her.

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She wants to express her inability to accept their kindness.

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She wants to contrast her dad's treatment of her with the Beaches' behavior.

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