Absolute Free GED-Reading Exam Practice for Comprehensive Preparation 

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Sibyl tells Miss Cooper that "Mummy says no" (line 57) to her getting another job. Why does Miss Cooper

repeat these words aloud (line 58)?  

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Later in the story, Rip wakes up from a twenty-year nap and returns to the village. On the basis of the

information in this excerpt, what will probably be his greatest hope? 

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Later in the essay from which this excerpt is taken, a young man offers to help the narrator to cross the street.

With this information and the information in this excerpt, what can the reader conclude about the actual effect

the aging process is having on the narrator?  

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The narrator tries to appease her friend by saying, "It’s only make-believe," but her friend cries out, "No! It isn’t! You know it isn’t!" (lines 39–42). With what are the girls wrestling?   

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In describing her treatment of Lin Tao-tao, the narrator says she felt "ashamed for having made her cry" (lines

40–41). What does this statement reveal about the narrator?