Lines 3–13: Based on the author’s description of her location moments before, ask students to infer why Soueif is traveling in a boat.

Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the theme of women’s strength and bravery in the poem.

Which sentence best build the suspense

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes