MCP: Crick, Crack (AP LIT)

In context, the expression "play the monkey" (paragraph 5) likely means to

Act like a fool

The author uses capital letters for some words in the second paragraph primary to

Call attention to the idealized notions of the narrator as a young girl

The books the narrator gets from library van are significant to her because they

Described things and activities that are outside of her everyday experience

The creation of Helen reflects the narrator's

Disenchantment with life on the island of Trinidad

The narrator rejects the term "double" (first sentence of paragraph 7) most likely because it

Implies an equality she did not experience

The word "loomed" (final sentence of the passage) primarily suggests the narrator's feeling of

Insignificance

The idea that "Books transported you always into Reality" (end of paragraph 2) is best described as

Paradoxical

It can be inferred from the end of paragraph 4 through paragraph 5 ("But when ... at all") that Tantie considers the narrator's behavior to be

Silly and affected

Which of the following would the narrator most likely identify as an example of the "wrongside" (second sentence of the final paragraph)

Using the words "washicong' for plimsoil" (paragraph 2)