Why did Annie walk around with pails of rocks?

To practice carrying what she needed to serve lunch

Why did Annie decide to "cut herself a new path?"

Her husband left her and her kids

Why did the author say that being a Negro was burdensome?

Jim Crow laws negatively affected the lives of black people.

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New Directions Review

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1
Comparing life to a road in the story "New Directions" is an example of:
An extended simile
A metaphor
A simile
An extended metaphor
2
The word aroma has which type of connotation?
Negative
There is no connotation for this word
Positive
Neutral
3
Why did Annie walk around with pails of rocks?
She was trying to strength train for a marathon
To practice carrying what she needed to serve lunch
She was taking out her anger
So she could throw the rocks at the factory workers
4
Someone who has good domestic skills could work as a:
Maid or cook
Teacher
Lumber jack
Banker
5
Menacing and sinister are synonyms for:
Domestic
Meticulous
Ominous
Assess
6
Why did Annie decide to "cut herself a new path?"
She was a really good cook
Her husband left her and her kids
She wasn't able to work in a factory
She needed cotton from the cotton gin
7
Ignore and guess are antonyms for:
Domestic
Assess
Conceded
Meticulous
8
What is the connotative meaning of a word?
Its dictionary definition
Its emotional association
The context clues around the word
How many times the author uses the word
9
Who is Annie Johnson?
Maya Angelou's mother
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou's grandmother
Maya Angelou's daughter
10
Which team recently conceded defeat in game 7 of the World Series?
The Cardinals
The Indians
The Cubs
The Bears
11
Why did the author say that being a Negro was burdensome?
Jim Crow laws negatively affected the lives of black people.
Carrying the meat and brazier to the factories was difficult
The Civil War was still going on so Annie was a slave.
Life was easy for black people in the South in the 1900s.
12
This is NOT a synonym of Meticulous:
Thorough
Precise
Careless
Careful
13
Comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other would be an example of:
A simile
An idiom
A metaphor
Onomatopoeia

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