(1) I really don’t know how it all went wrong. (2) It started out as a simple idea—I wanted to make a birthday cake for my mother. (3) My mom has always been a wonderful cook. (4) I had never successfully baked anything—much less something as complicated as a cake. (5) She was working late that day, so I rushed home from school to get started on the cake. (6) I got out the recipe book and found a recipe for "Delicious Chocolate Cake." (7) I ran around the kitchen gathering ingredients. (8) The first thing listed on the recipe was cocoa. (9) "Hmm . . . I know! I can use some Coco Puffs cereal!" I said to myself. (10) Then, the recipe called for baking soda. (11) I looked into the fridge and found some diet soda in a can. (12) "This looks like the stuff," I said and poured the whole can of diet soda into the mixing bowl. 3
Choose the word or words that would best connect sentences 6 and 7.
A.
For example,
B.
Then,
C.
Suddenly,
D.
Finally,

Lesson 10: crossing borders: unit test “borders” 1.what does the mother’s refusal to state her nationality as canadian or american signify? a)that she resents governmental interference with her life b)that she identifies with neither country c)that she comes from somewhere else d)that she is stubborn and proud 4.the author’s chosen visual images, sensory details, and dialogue all convey a particular feeling in “delfino ii: diez in the desert.” thus feeling is known as: a)tone b)mood c)pathos 5.compare and contrast the poem “mexicans begin jogging” and the story “delfino ii: diez in the desert.” a)both are written about similar themes (immigration), but the story has a more serious mood than the poem b)both focus on mexican immigrants, but the story has a lighter tone than the poem. c)both main characters are afraid: diez is afraid of being caught smuggling people over the border, and soto is afraid of being caught working illegally. d)the tone in both selections is similar, but the subject matter differs slightly. 15. the tone of the poem “ka’ba” versus the tone of the poem “harlem ii” might be described as a)grateful vs ungrateful b)certain vs doubtful c) hurtful vs defeated d)safe vs dangerous