Context Clues and Multiple-Meaning Words — Unit test
Question 10 • * SY2025-26 - 1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 Sem 1 CR
Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.T.J. gulped and leaned over, his head between his legs. “I . . . I'm sick, Stacey. I gotta get home 'fore my daddy wake up. . . . He say I stay 'way from that house one more night, he gonna put me out, and he mean it, too. He put me out, I got no place to go. You gotta help me."
Answer
A
The author shows that when T.J. needs help, he turns to a friend he can trust.
B
The author shows that when T.J. needs help, he has no place to go.
C
The author shows that when T.J needs help, he has no more friends.
D
The author shows that when T.J. needs help, he can only depend on himself.
Explanation
T.J. is frightened that his father will put him out, so he asks Stacey, “You gotta help me.” This shows that when he needs help, he turns to a friend he trusts. Although T.J. says he would have no place to go if his father put him out, he is asking Stacey for support rather than depending only on himself.
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