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Lit Analysis: The Pie
By Jessica Sanders
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Instructions
Cite strong and thorough text evidence to support analysis of what a text says as well as what it implies.
Read the short story "The Pie" by Gary Soto. Refer back to it while answering the questions that follow.
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Question 1
1.
The statement “My face was sticky with guilt” (line 71-72) suggests that Gary’s actions are...
Choose the best answer.
forgotten.
noticeable.
repulsive.
emotional.
Question 2
2.
The word “it” (line 28) refers to the...
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pie.
trunk.
sun.
squirrel.
Question 3
3.
What word best describes the narrator’s tone in paragraph 3?
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guilty
panicked
satisfied
curious
Question 4
4.
The words “the pie like a discus in my hand” (line 23-24) is an example of...
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simile
imagery
personification
alliteration
Question 5
5.
The purpose of the boy crawling underneath the house (lines 84-93) is to...
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illustrate the need for the boy to continue hiding.
reveal the need for redemption or forgiveness.
keep him from becoming too bored.
provide him with a temporary escape from the stifling kitchen.
Question 6
6.
The function of the sentence “A burp perfumed the air” (lines 53-54) is to...
Choose the best answer.
serve as a warning to anyone who might want a piece.
illustrate the pleasure he received from eating the pie.
indicate the narrator was very hungry.
show that the narrator is rude.
Question 7
7.
The function of Cross-Eyed Johnny’s comment: “Your hands are dirty” (line 66) is to...
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indicate the narrator’s guilt.
make the narrator give him some pie.
serve as an insult to get even with the narrator.
show that the narrator didn’t wash his hands.
Question 8
8.
The sentence “A squirrel nailed itself high on the trunk, where it forked into two large bark-scabbed limbs” (lines 27-29) is an example of...
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simile.
personification.
symbolism.
metaphor.
Question 9
9.
One can infer that the six-year-old Gary knew that stealing was wrong because he...
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grinned at the grocer.
blamed boredom for taking the pie.
nearly wept trying to decide which one to steal.
concealed the pie behind his Frisbee.
Question 10
10.
The reader can infer that Soto is feeling guilt by the way he...
Choose the best answer.
grins at the grocer as he sneaks the pie out of the store.
eats the pie until it is all gone.
remembers the other pies on the rack.
hides under the house listening to the howling pipes.