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Explanation:
Here is the answer for the whole test.
1.Read the passage from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
"Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What are you driving so fast for?"
"Hmm?" said Walter Mitty. He looked at his wife, in the seat beside him, with shocked astonishment.
What is the effect of the dialogue in the excerpt?
It suggests that Mrs. Mitty knows all about her husband's vibrant and exciting inner life.
It suggests that Mrs. Mitty is an unreasonable and uncaring woman.
It suggests that Mr. Mitty dislikes dealing with real-life issues.
D.It suggests that Mr. Mitty is so absorbed in his fantasies that he's unaware of the world around him.
D is the correct answer for 1.
2.Read this excerpt from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
They went out through the revolving doors that made a faintly derisive whistling sound when you pushed them. It was two blocks to the parking lot. At the drugstore on the corner she said, "Wait here for me. I forgot something. I won’t be a minute." She was more than a minute. Walter Mitty lighted a cigarette. It began to rain, rain with sleet in it. He stood up against the wall of the drugstore, smoking. . . . He put his shoulders back and his heels together. "To hell with the handkerchief," said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.
How does the contrast between Mitty's view of himself and the reader's view of Mitty affect the story in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"?
It fuels the tension in the story because readers expect Mitty's reality to become as exciting as his fantasy.
It adds suspense as Mitty's fantasy life pushes him to behave in bold and daring ways in reality.
c.It creates a feeling of melancholy because Mitty's reality is so dull and unfulfilling when compared to his fantasies.
It injects the story with a sense of hope because Mitty realizes that his fantasy could be reality if he wants it to be.
C is the correct answer for 2.
4.Which statement is an example of situational irony in "The Piece of String"?
The peasants bargain with one another to get the best prices for their goods, yet all of their goods are worthless.
B.The mayor considers Malandain an honest man, yet Malandain lies about Hauchecorne and the pocketbook.
Hauchecorne becomes famous because everyone he meets demands that he tell the entertaining story of "the piece of string."
A great crowd gathers in the marketplace at Goderville to barter and trade, but only Hauchecorne benefits from being there.
B is the correct answer for 4.
5.In "The Piece of String," market day in the village of Goderville is busy and hectic, as people from near and far come to the village.
Which statement best explains how this event develops the plot?
It is part of the rising action of the story, which builds the reader's suspense about how Hauchecorne will prove his innocence.
It resolves the main conflict of the story by showing that Hauchecorne was innocent all along.
C.It acts as a part of the exposition, establishing the circumstances and setting that surround the action of the story.
It serves as the falling action of the story because it shows that people almost always get what they deserve.
C is the correct answer for 5.
