Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

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But the man caught and clamped one hand on the boy’s shoulder at the same time that he brought his other hand open across the boy’s head. With a dull “whup,” the boy twirled, and the man then shove-kicked the boy down the driveway. The third boy, the youngest of all, was long ago gone. From across the street a man hollered “Good for you Gonzalez. Welcome back to Earth.”
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What does this excerpt from “'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez,” tell us about the character of Fredo? Select all that apply.

A. He is constantly away from home.
B. He is close friends with his neighbor.
C. He has never stood up against the bullies before.
D. He has seemingly been in his own world for a long time.

Answer 1

The answer I would pick would be D.

Answer 2

D. He has seemingly been in his own world for a long time.

His home had turned into the nest of the iron woodchuck, the hive of the iron honey bee, the storeroom of the iron squirrel, the complex of councils of the iron subterranean insect.