Moon Over Manifest

4A What does the phrase "few and far between" mean?

• A less often

• B less happy

• C more distant

• D harder to hear

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4B Which detail from the story of helps the reader to understand the meaning of that phrase?

• A "...does his best talking..."

• B "so on the occasion..."

• C "...did I ever tell you about.."

• D "...where hed lived once upon a time..."

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5A Which pair of sentences provide the best summary of Moon Over Manifest

• A A Girl wonders about a town she will see for the first time. She decided to jump off a train to see it sooner.

• B A girl lives with her father but must go on a train alone. Her father is upset because she has gotten very sick.

• C A girl rides a train alone to go live in her father's hometown. She misses her father but is curious about her new home.

• D A girl enjoys a train ride to a new home. She looks through the things she had brought with her and thinks about the past.

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5B Which two sentences from the story best support the answer to Part A?

• A "Maybe that was how I found comfort then..."

• B "It started the day I got a cut on my knee"

• C "I reached into my satchel for the flour sack that held my few special things"

• D "In a gold case, it wore more like a pocket watch, but inside was a compass showing every direction"

• E "But as everyone worth his salt knows...."

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6A In the story Moon Over Manifest, how do paragraphs 2 and 3 contribute to the overall structure of the story?

• A They compare the personalities of two characters

• B They describe the setting

• C They present a solution to the main conflict

• D They establish the problem of the story

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6B Which detail from the story best supports the answer to 6A?

• A "I could taste the sadness in his voice..."

• B "...while he worked a railroad job back in Iowa"

• C "The doctors said I was lucky to be alive"

• D "...a letter from Gideon telling folks that I would be received by Pastor Howard at the Manifest depot"

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