AP English Literature and Composition

In the context of the passage as a whole, the narrator is best described as a reader who

D - uses the stories she reads to help contextualize her own experience

The narrator's comments about the children near the end of the passage divulge all of the following about Altaf EXCEPT his

A - exasperation

(This poem about a farrier (a blacksmith who makes shoes for horses) was first published in 1918.) The syntax in line 9 ("This . . . endears") serves to underscore the speaker's perspective that

A - tending the sick is mutually rewarding

The tone created by the use of italics and hyphens throughout the passage helps express which of the following perspectives?

A - the children's excitement at the unexpected arrival of a stranger

At the beginning of the passage ("I sat . . . shoulders"), the narrator can most accurately be described as

B - a spiteful child

In the fourth paragraph, Matilda, as the narrator, makes the remark that "A new silence was about to open up between us," which exposes the origin of a distance between mother and daughter caused by

B - her mother's condemnation of Matilda's father

(This poem about a farrier (a blacksmith who makes shoes for horses) was first published in 1918.) The speaker of the poem is best described as

E - a recent caretaker