What can the reader infer about Bess Hickson from Paragraph 3?
Question 3
3.
The cotton plants described in paragraph 5 serve as a metaphor for -
Question 4
4.
Which line provides the best evidence that Bess's father is hurt by her marriage?
Question 5
5.
Why does the author include the information about the dying garden in paragraph 2?
Use "Between Hell and Texas" to answer questions 6-9
Question 6
6.
Read the Dictionary entry below for the word abysmal.
Abysmal (uh-biz-muhl) adj.1. very deep; unfathomable 2. very profound; limitless 3. very bad or wretched 4. immeasurably great
Which definition represents the meaning of abysmal as it is used in paragraph 3?
Question 7
7.
Why does the author include the quotation from Meinzer in paragraph 5?
Question 8
8.
Which quotation best supports what Meinzer says in paragraph 1?
Question 9
9.
How do the photographs support the author's arugment in the final paragraph?
Use "The Drought" and "Between Hell and Texas" to answer questions 10-16
Question 10
10.
Which option best describes the effect of drought on Bess Hickson in "The Drought" and on Wyman Meinzer in "Between Hell and Texas"?
Question 11
11.
Which element is the same for both pieces?
Question 12
12.
Which quotation from "Between Hell and Texas" echoes what Bess learns in "The Drought"?
Question 13
13.
Both selections explore how drought -
Question 14
14.
Which option best states the purposes of these two selections?
Question 15
15.
Which pair of quotations from "The Drought" and "Between Hell and Texas" illustrates the difference btween Bess Hickson's situation and Wyman Meinzer's?
Question 16
16.
The tone of the final paragraph in each selection is --
