Excerpt from Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker

What does paragraph 4 most reveal about the mother

• She is tireless

• She is responsible

• She has a hard time relaxing

• She has devotion for animals

The personification of the sky as "sulky" in paragraph 9 suggests the sky is

• unpredictable

• northern

• snowy

• gloomy

What does paragraph 9 mainly reveal about the narrator?

• She thinks of nature as calming

• She is attached to familiar things and is close to her family

• She loves language and has a vivid imagination

• She pays attention to yearly patterns

Which idea would be most important to include in a summary of the story?

• "We had to sell our wheat this month and not hold it over, that is, we did if I was going to the university that fall." (paragraph 2)

• "It might go higher along toward Christmas, but we couldn't wait for that." (paragraph 2)

• "She stood there untying her bandanna and I watched her as though I didn't know her face better than my own." (paragraph 14)

• "I took off my apron and was running across to the barn for the pickup before Dad ha taken his hat from behind the door." (paragraph 17)

In paragraph 19, what does the phrase "like a monument" mainly suggest about the elevator?

• It is a beautiful building

• It is a landmark

• It was designed by an architect

• It is an old building

What is the best definition of "spoiled" as used in paragraph 21?

• decreased the value of

• made greedy by giving too much

• took away an opportunity

• made unfit for use

How does the author mainly develop the narrator's point of view in the story?

• by exaggerating how harsh the winter months are

• by using elements of humor

• by showing how the narrator interacts with her family

• by sharing the narrator's thoughts

Read the lines from paragraph 19

"You can't see the elevator till you get past our place. There's only one in Gotham, but it stands up from the crossroads like a monument. That and the railroad station are the only things to let people know Gotham's a town"

What can you conclude about the setting and genre of the selection?

• The story takes place in the past and is expository

• The story takes place in the past and the is historical fiction

• The story takes place in the future and is expository

• The story takes place in the future and is historical fiction

What is the effect of including the personification in paragraph 1?

"The fields have a tired peaceful look..."

• It compares the fields to something peaceful

• It stresses the importance of knowing what peaceful looks like

• It expresses the appearance of the fields during the drought season

• It creates a negative mood for the story

The author included paragraph 2 to-

• contrast the months of September and December during the time of harvesting

• describe the hot air of July and the busy schedules of mom and dad

• provide background information about the characters circumstances and why wheat prices were important

• illustrate the narrators circumstances and the obstacles he had to overcome