Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
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Part A: Early in the morning he plans to leave, how does George feel about his upcoming departure?
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He is thrilled about his future plans.
He is regretting the decision to leave.
He is confident about his future success.
He is nervous about leaving.
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Part B: Which sentence from the passage provides the best evidence to support the answer in PartA?
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“Young George Willard got out of bed at four in the morning.”
“George crept past the cot and went out into the silent deserted main street.”
“Since two o’clock he had been awake thinking of the journey he was about to take And wondering what he would find at the end of his journey.”
“George came downstairs into the hotel office carrying a brown leather bag.”
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Part A: Early in the morning he plans to leave, how does George feel about his upcoming departure?
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Part B: Which sentence from the passage provides the best evidence to support the answer in PartA?
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RL.9-10.3
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Part A: What is the significance of the fact that townspeople have come to the train station to see George off?
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RL.9-10.3
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Part B: Based on the passage, which character has a different perspective on George’s departure?
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RL.9-10.3
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Which quotation from the passage best shows that the townspeople will continue with their old lives after George leaves to pursue his new life?
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RL.9-10.3
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Which of these qualities best describe the character of George Willard as he is presented in the passage?
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RL.9-10.3
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Which of these details provides evidence that George is solitary?
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RL.9-10.3
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Which of these details provides evidence that George is ambitious?
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RL.9-10.3
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Which of these details provides evidence that George is inexperienced?
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RL.9-10.3
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Which sentence from the passage best develops the theme of a new beginning?
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RL.9-10.2
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Which statement below best describes how the author’s choices regarding time and structure help advance a theme of the story?
