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PART A: How does the speaker's feelings about the backyard compare to their parents?

The speaker's parents enjoyed the backyard more than the speaker did.
The speaker and their parents had many happy memories in the backyard.
C. The speaker has happier memories in the backyard than their parents.
The speaker and their parents were both unimpressed by the backyard.
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PART B: Which TWO quotes from the text best support the answer to Part A?
"leftover land between / neighboring cul-de-sacs and the elementary school."
(Lines 2-3)
"Still, I would visit its few humble stations - / the cracked stump by the fence"
(Lines 4-5)
"Then there was the shady dirt/ under the old maple tree where I read" (Lines
8-9)
"Twilight hanging like a velvet curtain, the thinning / pine trees at least only
silhouettes." (Lines 13-14)
"My parents would be at the top of the empty hill / sitting at the rusty, wrought
iron table in an orb of / orange candlelight" (Lines 15-17)
"scraping off the meat of the leaves with their teeth / and just casting the rest
away" (Lines 18-19)
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Answer: B. “Still, I would visit its few humble stations — / the cracked stump by the fence” (Lines 4-5)

E. “My parents would be at the top of the empty hill / sitting at the rusty, wrought iron table in an orb of / orange candlelight ” (Lines 15-17)

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