Question

Please help me because i am no very good at the english

A Baker's Dozen
David Matherne

4) Where would you find a definition for valedictory?
A) almanac
B) dictionary
C) encyclopedia
D) thesaurus
5) All of these statements from the passage give evidence that the speaker repeated a grade in high school EXCEPT
A) Counselors were shown that I didn't have to graduate with my class, like they so earnestly wished for me to.
B) I showed the teachers who said, "Conrad, your sophomore year will be two of the best years of your life, son."
C) Then, maybe I would have gone to those Physical Science study halls. Maybe I would have actually done my homework in Mr. Pugnacious' class.
D) Just because he only took the requisite twelve years to make it through school and graduate from his alma mater, and I took slightly longer, that doesn't make me a loser.
6) Based on the first paragraph of the passage, what inference can you make about the speaker?
A) The speaker is lazy and did not excel in high school.
B) The speaker respects his step-father and regrets disappointing him.
C) The speaker is intelligent and clever, but did not excel in high school.
D) The speaker thinks he is a loser because he did not excel in high school.
7) Which research source would you use to find the origin of the word sophomore?
A) thesaurus
B) French textbook
C) grammar textbook
D) Oxford English Dictionary,/i>

Answer 1

I only put the answers of the ones I know - Hope this Helps

4) B

7) A

Answer 2

I have not read 'A Baker's Dozen', so I do not know the answers to questions 5 and 6. However, for question 4, you would find the definition for valedictory, or any word, in a dictionary. For question 7, you can find the origin of a word in a thesaurus.