“But this year, I planned to win. In fact, I was obsessed with winning—it was the only thing I could think about.”
What is the meaning of the word obsessed?
Question 2
2.
What does the word uncertainty in paragraph 2 help readers understand about the narrator’s feelings at the start of the race?
Question 3
3.
Which meaning of charged is used in paragraph 3 of the story?
Question 4
4.
Which context clue in paragraph 5 best helps readers understand what accomplished means?
Question 5
5.
In Greek mythology, a muse is a goddess who gives
inspiration to others. Which two clues from “Out to Win” explain why the narrator refers to Anna Banks as “my muse” in paragraph 5.
Question 6
6.
Select two sentences that best show Kasper and Carl are easily overpowered by the guards.
Question 7
7.
What is the meaning of burdened as it is used in paragraph 4?
Question 8
8.
What is the meaning of pondering as it is used in paragraph 5?
Question 9
9.
What does imprisoned mean as it is used in paragraph 5?
Question 10
10.
Which detail from paragraph 5 best supports the answer to the question 9?
full of confusion about
That’s when I realized I had been looking at Anna all wrong.
She had won many races, and she enjoyed racing other hard-working runners to challenge herself.
Competing against her had made me a better racer than I ever would have become otherwise.
She was not some evil person out to destroy me. Anna was an accomplished runner.
He looked up at me, grinning weakly, and said, “The pair of us, with our shovels and rakes, we weren’t much of a match for those guards and their swords, were we?
We were like two leaves against a powerful wind.”
He laughed, but I could hear the pain in his voice.
It hurt me to see my friend Kasper suffering so much.
