The Voice in My Head

Which of following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 60)?

People say grief is like the ocean — that it comes in waves. But waves is too soft of a description. It feels more like lightning. Sometimes, I’ll be driving somewhere and suddenly be struck, crying on my way to the grocery. Grief splits you open. I swear you spend your whole life trying to sew yourself back up.

1. Coach Summitt goes public with her early onset dementia diagnosis.
2. Coach Warlick is told that Coach Summitt’s health has taken a turn for the worse.
3. Coach Warlick tells Coach Summitt to “let go.”
4. Coach Warlick assumes responsibility of head coaching duties.

Match each vocabulary word with its definition.

Which of the following inferences about Coach Summitt is best supported by “The Voice In My Head”?

Which of these inferences about Coach Summitt’s feelings concerning Holly’s playing ability is best supported by the following passage (paragraphs 22-24)?

“Yeah, I recruited her,” Pat would deadpan. “She wasn’t very good.” She had one drill in practice that she named after me. “This is a Holly day!” she’d yell. Everyone would line up and run suicides, while I had to make 10 layups in a row, sprinting from one end of the court to the other. I was notorious for missing layups because I was too fast — I’d run full speed and my momentum would carry me too far under the basket. I’d make eight in a row and then miss. Every single one of us would have to start over again. It was brutal. She was brutal.

Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5?

What was one of Coach Warlick’s last memories of Coach Summitt? Cite specific evidence from the essay in your response.

Explore what Coach Warlick means by this statement: “Pat Summitt is a mountain. We’re all standing in her shadow.” In 250 words or more, explain the meaning of this statement and its importance to Warlick’s essay. Be sure to use specific evidence from the essay to support your analysis of its meaning.