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Question 1
Which of the following embodies the central idea of the passage?
Question 2
Which phrase/line/detail from the passage best supports the main idea from the previous question?
Question 3
Which possible theme, or overarching idea, for the passage is best supported by this sentence in the text?
"A great many times she [Eliza] repeated her former promises—how very faithful and obedient she would be; how hard she would labor night and day, to the last moment of her life, if he would only buy them all together."
Question 4
As it is used in the following sentence, "Eliza burst into a paroxysm of grief, weeping plaintively," paroxysm means:
Question 5
Read the following lines from the text. Which of the following answer choices explains how these lines support the development of the ideas/details in the passage?
"All the time the trade was going on, Eliza was crying aloud, and wringing her hands. She besought the man not to buy him [Randall, her son], unless he also bought herself and Emily. She promised, in that case, to the most faithful slave that ever lived. The man answered that he could not afford it…"
