Question 14 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B
Read the excerpts from part 5 of Zeitoun.Excerpt 1: Some nights Zeitoun struggles to sleep. Some nights he thinks of the faces, the people who arrested him, who jailed him, who shuttled him between cages like an animal, who transported him like luggage. He thinks of the people who could not see him as a neighbor, as a countryman, as a human.Excerpt 2: For many of his clients, it took time for the insurance money to come through, for the FEMA money to appear, for any number of complications to work themselves out. But now things are moving. The city is rising again. Since Hurricane Katrina, Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC has restored 114 houses to their former states, or improved versions thereof.Which statement best tells how the conflict in the first excerpt is similar to the conflict in the second excerpt?
Answer
A
Both Zeitoun and the city of New Orleans resist defeat despite having suffered injury and injustice.
B
Both Zeitoun and the city of New Orleans are stuck in a state of uncertainty due to injustices brought on by Hurricane Katrina.
C
Zeitoun is unable to sleep, much like the city of New Orleans, which is known as a city that never sleeps.
D
Zeitoun is haunted by nightmares, much as the city of New Orleans is.
Explanation
In the first excerpt, Zeitoun is still affected by his arrest and by being treated unjustly, but he has endured what happened to him. In the second, New Orleans has suffered damage and delays, yet the city is rebuilding, and Zeitoun’s company has restored 114 houses. Both excerpts show persistence after hardship, which is why choice A, “Both Zeitoun and the city of New Orleans resist defeat despite having suffered injury and injustice,” is best.
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