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1. PART A: Which statement expresses the main theme of the poem?

A. Childhood homes always hold a special importance to people.
B. Children often find special meaning in places and things that adults do not.
C. Ordinary places can become extraordinary with a little imagination.
D. As we grow older, our memories of the past grow more positive.

2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “It used to feel too big / and mostly abandoned, leftover land between / neighboring cul-de-sacs” (Lines 1-3)
B. “Was there ever any glory there? I can remember / a few humid evenings through the crack of the back door.” (Lines 11-12)
C. “Twilight hanging like a velvet curtain, the thinning / pine trees at least only silhouettes.” (Lines 13-14)
D. “scraping off the meat of the leaves with their teeth / and just casting the rest away.” (Lines 18-19)

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PART A: Which statement expresses the main theme of the poem?

A. Childhood homes always hold a special importance to people.

B. Children often find special meaning in places and things that adults do not.

C. Ordinary places can become extraordinary with a little imagination.

D. As we grow older, our memories of the past grow more positive.

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