Anticipating the Future through Texts: Visions — Cumulative exam
Question 5 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 IC
Read this passage from Dragonwings by Laurence Yep."Whoa, Red Rabbit." Father pulled at the reins and Red Rabbit stopped. Father set the brake, and as an extra precaution he put the wooden block behind the wheel."Can I help?" he asked.The demon was a big, cheerful-looking demon with a bland, round face. He eyed father. "I dunno, John." Many demons called Tang men John because, they insisted, they never could get the hang of our real names. "You know anything about horselesses?"Which detail shows that white people and Chinese people struggled with interacting with each other in the early 1900s?
Answer
A
The father stops to help the stranded man.
B
The man is cheerful-looking.
C
The man calls the father John.
D
There is a horseless carriage.
Explanation
The passage explains that the man calls Father “John” because many white people said they could not get the hang of Chinese names. This shows difficulty and unwillingness to communicate across cultures, so the detail that the man calls Father John is the best answer. The other details do not show a struggle between the groups.
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