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Name: Danielle Porter | Date: 12/19/13 |
Graded Assignment
Mid-Unit Test, Part 2: Challenges and Turning Points
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
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  1. Describe Eveline’s conflict and the turning point in her life.
Answer:
He conflict was rather to leave or stay in Ireland, and the turning point in her life is when she stayed instead of getting on the boat.

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  2. What does the story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” say about the theme of responsibility and neglect. Explain which character is neglectful of his or her obligations and which character consequently undertakes unnecessary responsibility as a result of that neglect. Explain the final outcomes of the both the neglect and the misplaced sense of responsibility.
Answer:
That with great money and power comes great responsibilities that you cannot just go by neglecting them. And I think that's just what the mother did because she was so caught up in the money instead of her son until he died.

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  3. Think about the young women in “Eveline” and “The Train from Rhodesia.” Reread the final sentence in “Eveline” on page 135. Then reread the young woman’s response after her husband gives her the lion in “The Train from Rhodesia” on page 158 (the sentence that begins “She was looking…”).

What do the two women have in common? Explain your answer, using the stories as support.
Answer:
They both are living there current lives but are basing things from their past situations.

Your Score | ___ of 20 |