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Conflict and Character in Mildred Taylor's The Land

Question 10 • CA-English Language Arts 8 B

Read the excerpt from The Land.Mitchell looked up, first at Hammond, then at me, and I felt my knees go weak. "Yeah," he mumbled, his eyes fixed on me, and at that moment I knew that my troubles with Mitchell were far from over.

Answer
A
tired.
B
relieved.
C
scared.
D
angry.

Explanation

The narrator says their knees “go weak” when Mitchell looks at them, which suggests fear or nervousness. The thought that the trouble with Mitchell is “far from over” reinforces that the narrator feels scared, not tired, relieved, or angry. The best choice is “scared.”

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