Question

My First Day on the Job

1. In the story’s exposition, the narrator reveals that she wants to be a writer but does not know which kind of writer.

What does this detail foreshadow?

A. The narrator will have a long and difficult job search.

B. The narrator will encounter challenges as a journalist.

C. The narrator will decide which kind of writer she wants to be.

D. The narrator will be offered a job because of her strong writing samples.

2. Which excerpt from the story best supports the idea that the narrator admires the people she interviews the first day on the job?

A. “I wasn’t completely sure what I was supposed to be asking besides how the budget cuts would affect each school."

B. “I realized the answer was simple Reporter 101: Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?”

C. “It made me think that my new job as a reporter was going to be easy in comparison.”

D. “By the time I finished up, I’d gotten a crash course in interviewing and had received an interesting range of opinions about the budget cuts.”

3. Which excerpt from the story best supports the inference that the narrator is a competent writer?


A. “ . . . I’d taken up my boss on his offer and stayed at my part-time job through the summer after college.”

B. “He was happy with the few writing samples I’d brought to the interview and offered me the job on the spot.”

C. “ . . . I was sitting down with John, one of the executive editors of the newspaper chain, hearing all the daunting details of being a ‘cub reporter.’”

D. “I’d been an English major and wanted to be a writer, though I had no idea what kind of writer.”

Answer 1

Answer: Okay, for the first one my answer is tied between A or B

for the second one my answer would be D

3rd my answer is B



Explanation: Based on the fact that they both would make sense in this situation, my answer would be A or B but leaning towards A.

The only one that makes sense.

B the fact that she didn't need to bring more than a few samples for him to be satisfied and give her a job shows that she must be a competent writer.

Answer 2

samuel is incorrect, for the first one, the answer is;

C) The narrator will decide which kind of writer she wants to be.

Apologies on not answering the other 2, it's cause i didn't have em on my test

At least it's something and not nothing, hope this helps anyone who comes across it!