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2021 STAAR English 2 - Fiction: Beartown

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1.

What do the repeated italicized words “bang-bang-bang-bang-bang” in both paragraphs 1 and 5 emphasize?

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2.

In paragraph 2, what does exhume mean?

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3.

Which quotation best suggests that Kevin probably feels increasing pressure from external expectations?

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4.

How are paragraphs 8 through 10 important to the development of the plot?

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5.

Why does the author include the extended flashback in paragraph 1?

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6.

What does the narrator suggest about Kevin in paragraph 3?

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7.

Read this quotation from paragraph 7.

Based on the quotation, the reader can infer that Kevin feels —