Part A In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” which sentence best describes the
captain’s response to Twain’s attack on Brown?
a. The captain is worried that he will be blamed for what happened.
b. The captain cannot decide whether to punish Twain or to praise him.
c. The captain is surprisingly delighted and supports Twain.
d. The captain is very angry and punishes Twain.

Part B

Which quotation from “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” best supports the
answer you chose for Part A?
a. “So you have been fighting, Mr. Brown?”
b. “Do you know that that is a very serious matter?”
c. “Are you aware that this boat was plowing down the river fully
five minutes with no one at the wheel?”
d. “I’m deuced glad of it! Hark ye, never mention that I said that.”

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme