Unit 9: The Motherless Girl! questions and answers

Question 1

What is the effect of the repeated b sound in "Brightly-patterned butterflies flit around new blossoms"?

Accepted Answer

It gives a musical rhythm that is easy to remember

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It shows that the butterflies are dangerous

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It makes the line sound sad, heavy and slow

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It changes the speaker in the middle of the poem

Question 2

"She instructed the hyena to grab, kill and eat the girl with the band on the right hand." Why did the woman tie bangles on the girls' arms?

Accepted Answer

So that the hyena would know which girl to kill

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To show they were sisters

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Because it was the custom for fetching water

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To make them look beautiful for a ceremony

Question 3

Choose the correct word: Teachers are best known for the role of ___ the students that are placed in their care.

Accepted Answer

educating

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warm

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degradation

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models

Question 4

Choose the correct complex preposition: She is planning to move to a bigger house ___ her children.

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for the sake of

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by way of

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according to

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away from

Question 5

What does a good recipe make possible each time a dish is prepared?

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A dish that tastes the same each time

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A dish that needs no ingredients

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A dish that is always different

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A dish for one person only

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