Question 9 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from “Clara Barton’s Childhood.” First, with shining eyes and bated breath, she learned to cross the little winding French river on teetering logs at its most dangerous depths. When this sport grew tame, she made her way to the local sawmill where she delighted to ride the carriage which conveyed the logs to the old-fashioned up-and-down saw. The carriage moved very slowly when it was going forward and the saw was eating its laborious way through the log, but it came back with violent rapidity. Which details from the excerpt best indicate that Clara’s actions were risky? Select three answers.
Answer
A
the saw was eating its laborious way through the log,
B
The carriage moved very slowly when it was going forward.
C
When this sport grew tame,
D
teetering logs at its most dangerous depths.
E
but it came back with violent rapidity.
Explanation
The “teetering logs at its most dangerous depths” directly shows that crossing the river involved a serious risk. At the sawmill, the carriage carried Clara near a saw cutting through a log, and its return “with violent rapidity” suggests a sudden, dangerous movement. The slow forward motion in choice B does not indicate the same danger, and choice C only says Clara had grown accustomed to the earlier sport.
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