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26. c. Tante Atie is the narrator’s guardian, possibly

her aunt (tante means aunt in French, but it is

also used as a title of respect). She is clearly in a

position of authority over the narrator (she

grabs Sophie’s ears, for example), they seem to

live together, and Tante Atie seems to be in

charge of where Sophie goes and when; she will

put Sophie on the plane to go to her mother.

They are not sisters (choice a), because they

would have the same mother. They are not

friends (choice b) because Tante Atie is older

than Sophie and again is in a position of author￾ity. Tante Atie is not her mother, because the

“secret” is that she must send Sophie back to her

mother, so choice d is incorrect. Sophie goes to

bed (line 23), so they are not in school but

rather living together, so choice e is incorrect.

27. a. She has just learned the secret that Tante Atie

was keeping from her: that she must leave Tante

Atie and live with her mother. Tante Atie tells

her, “I kept a secret. [ . . . ] It was very sudden,

just a cassette from Martine saying, ‘I want my

daughter,’ and then as fast as you can put two

fingers together to snap, she sends me a plane

ticket with a date on it” (lines 27–33). There is

no indication that Sophie will be going to

boarding school (choice b) or that she just

learned she was adopted (choice c). We know

from the lines above that she is going to her

mother’s, not a new foster home (choice d).

There is no evidence that she is being punished,

so choice e is also incorrect.

28. b. The narrator doesn’t want to go. She may be

upset that she didn’t know the secret, but it is

the content of the secret that is so upsetting. The

last lines of the passage are the strongest clues.

That Tante Atie would even joke about putting

her on a plane while she was asleep to imagine

that their time together was a dream suggests

that they are happy together and that she didn’t

tell Sophie because she knew Sophie would not

want to go. There is no evidence that Sophie

misses her mother (choice a), that she doesn’t

like Tante Atie (choice c), or that she is afraid of

flying (choice d). Tante Atie tells us that Sophie

can read (“You try to tell me there is all wisdom

in reading”), so choice e is incorrect.

29. d. Tante Atie can’t even laugh at her own joke

because she is so upset about the circumstances.

She says she didn’t tell Sophie because “I needed

time to reconcile myself, to accept it” (lines

28–29). She doesn’t want Sophie to go, so

choices a and b are incorrect. She may feel angry

(choice c), but sadness is the more likely to be

the dominant emotion. There is no evidence

that she will be afraid (choice e).

30. b. Throughout the essay, the author expresses his

people’s respect for the land. “Every part of the

earth is sacred to my people,” he states (lines

6–7), for example, and “The earth does not

belong to man, man belongs to the earth” (lines

44–45). They clearly do not think they own the

land (choice a); the author asks in lines 2–4,

“how can you buy or sell the sky? The land? The

idea is strange to us. If we do not own the fresh￾ness of the air . . . .” Their reverence for the land

contradicts choices c and d. There is no evi￾dence that they believe the land is haunted

(choice e).

31. c. The author is addressing all new Americans—

the people to whom he would be selling the

land. There is a clear distinction between the

“you” of the new Americans and the “we” of the

Native Americans, so choices b, d, and e are

incorrect. Choice a is incorrect because he

speaks of President Washington in the third

person.

32. d. The questions the author asks and the state￾ments he makes are aimed at convincing the

new Americans to treat the land with respect:

“you must give to the rivers the kindness you

would give any brother” (lines 29–30); “if we sell

you our land, you must keep it apart and

sacred” (line 36–37). He does not offer any rea￾sons for the new Americans not to buy the land,

so choice a is incorrect. He does not address the

Native Americans nor suggest that they fight, so

choice b is incorrect. He does not state any rea￾sons not to buy the land, and he praises the land

rather than pointing out any flaws, so choice c is

incorrect. There is no evidence of the power he

has over his people, so choice e is also incorrect.

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