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Which statement correctly compares and contrasts My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir and the poem are both told from first-person point of view, but the poem is shorter.
B
Both the memoir and poem describe the bus ride of Rosa Parks, but the memoir includes more facts.
C
The memoir includes facts and opinions, but the poem includes only facts.
D
Both the memoir and the poem are about Rosa Parks, but the poem talks more about her personal feelings.
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cause and effectchronologyproblem and solutionquestion and answer

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cause and effect
B
chronology
C
problem and solution
D
question and answer
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How is the tone in My Story different from the tone in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir has a shy tone; the poem has a bold tone.
B
The memoir has a fanciful tone; the poem has a factual tone.
C
The memoir has an uplifting tone; the poem has a depressing tone.
D
The memoir has an angry tone; the poem has an admiring tone.
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Which is found in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" but not in My Story?

A
the idea that segregation was unfair
B
details about what the police did
C
a description of Rosa Parks’s bus ride
D
praise for Rosa Parks’s act
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Read the excerpt from the poem "On the Bus with Rosa Parks."RosaHow she sat there,the time right inside a placeso wrong it was ready.That trim name withits dream of a benchto rest on. Her sensible coat.

A
It shows Rosa Parks’s view of herself.
B
It explains Rosa Parks’s motivation for staying seated.
C
It shows the poet’s perspective of Rosa Parks.
D
It provides a portrait of Rosa Parks with a lot of descriptive detail.
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In My Story, when Rosa Parks writes about her famous bus ride and arrest on December 1, 1955, she mostly uses a chronological text structure because she wants

A
to explain why she stayed in her bus seat instead of standing.
B
to compare and contrast the treatment of blacks and whites.
C
readers to think about the causes of discrimination.
D
readers to understand what occurred to her that day.
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Which correctly describes the narration in My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir is in third-person narration; the poem is in second-person narration.
B
Both the memoir and the poem are in third-person narration.
C
Both the memoir and the poem are in first-person narration.
D
The memoir is in first-person narration; the poem is in third-person narration.
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Read the excerpt from My StoryAnother time he went to see about extending the route of the Day Street bus. Black people in a little community on the other side of the Day Street Bridge had to walk across the bridge, about half a mile, to get to the bus. Mr. Nixon went down to the bus company to protest. He was always going down to the bus company to protest; sometimes he went by himself, sometimes he took someone with him. He himself did not ride the buses—he had his own car; but he was acting on behalf of the community. The bus company told him that as long as the people were willing to walk the half mile and then pay to ride the rest of the way downtown, they had no need to extend the bus line.

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Cause: People had to walk a half mile to catch the bus. Effect: The bus company refused to extend the bus line.
B
Cause: People had to walk across a bridge to catch the bus. Effect: Mr. Nixon protested to the bus company.
C
Cause: The bus company refused to extend the bus line. Effect: Mr. Nixon drove his car into town.
D
Cause: Mr. Nixon asked the bus company to make a new stop. Effect: The bus company refused to make a new stop.
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Read the excerpt from the poem "On the Bus with Rosa Parks."RosaHow she sat there,the time right inside a placeso wrong it was ready.That trim name withits dream of a benchto rest on. Her sensible coat.

A
It shows Rosa Parks’s view of herself.
B
It explains Rosa Parks’s motivation for staying seated.
C
It shows the poet’s perspective of Rosa Parks.
D
It provides a portrait of Rosa Parks with a lot of descriptive detail.
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Read the excerpt from My Story. I did not go down with the others to present that petition to the bus company and the city officials, because I didn’t feel anything could be accomplished. I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.

A
She did not sign the petition to the bus company.
B
She did not like the petition to the bus company.
C
She did not go with her friends to present the petition.
D
She did not believe her friends would sign the petition.
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Read the excerpt from My Story.Back in the spring of 1955 a teenage girl named Claudette Colvin and an elderly woman refused to give up their seats in the middle section of a bus to white people. When the driver went to get the police, the elderly woman got off the bus, but Claudette refused to leave, saying she had already paid her dime and had no reason to move. When the police came, they dragged her from the bus and arrested her.

A
gives readers a clear picture of the sequence of events.
B
helps readers get into the minds of the people described.
C
helps readers see the pros and cons of the situation.
D
gives readers a vivid and detailed description of the bus.
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Which statement correctly compares and contrasts My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir and the poem are both told from first-person point of view, but the poem is shorter.
B
Both the memoir and poem describe the bus ride of Rosa Parks, but the memoir includes more facts.
C
The memoir includes facts and opinions, but the poem includes only facts.
D
Both the memoir and the poem are about Rosa Parks, but the poem talks more about her personal feelings.
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Read the excerpt from My Story.I wasn’t frightened at the jail. I was more resigned than anything else. I don’t recall being real angry, not enough to have an argument. I was just prepared to accept whatever I had to face. I asked again if I could make a telephone call. I was ignored.

A
a friend of hers.
B
her own perspective.
C
the point of view of a historian.
D
leaders of the desegregation movement.
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In My Story, why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955?

A
She wanted to go to court.
B
She was too tired from work.
C
She was sick of segregation.
D
She wanted to get arrested.
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Which correctly describes the narration in My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

A
The memoir is in third-person narration; the poem is in second-person narration.
B
Both the memoir and the poem are in third-person narration.
C
Both the memoir and the poem are in first-person narration.
D
The memoir is in first-person narration; the poem is in third-person narration.
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Read the excerpt from My Story.Here it was, half a century after the first segregation law, and there were 50,000 African Americans in Montgomery. More of us rode the buses than Caucasians did, because more whites could afford cars. It was very humiliating having to suffer the indignity of riding segregated buses twice a day, five days a week, to go downtown and work for white people.

A
facts about bus ridership.
B
the anger black people felt.
C
why segregation started.
D
statistics about Montgomery.
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Read the excerpt from "On the Bus with Rosa Parks."RosaHow she sat there,the time right inside a placeso wrong it was ready.

A
the poet’s feeling of pride in Rosa Parks.
B
Rosa Parks’s feeling of fear on the bus.
C
the poet’s own fight against segregation.
D
the consequences of Rosa Parks’s act.

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