1. The title of the story " Forbidden Fruit" is most likely intended as a(n) ______________ allusion. (1 point)
a. biblical
b. historical
c. literary
d. mythological 2. Which of the following sentences from the text best exaggerates the speakers desire for pork? (1 point)
a. "the ban provoked hot dreams and icy abstinence"
b. " the smell of fried pork made me faint"
c. "I would loiter for hours in front of the foodstore showcase and contemplate sausages beaded with fat and dappled with pork."
d. " I imagined myself skinning the sausages and letting my teeth sink into the juicy luxuriant meat." "And here I, with my almost invariably high marks, was equalized with my brother, who would, of course, use those beautiful notebooks to pen his idiotic car-driving applications. And my sister, who gobbled up pork fat yesterday, would receive an underserved gift today."
3. Which of the following words best identifies the speakers tone? (1 point)
a. accusatory
b. angered
c. conceited
d. indignant 4. What does the speaker most likely learn as a result of tattling on his sister? (1 point)
a. to avoid speaking of pork around his father.
b. that loyalty to ones family is a moral imperative
c. the importance of timing and thinking before speaking
d. that the truth must always be revealed despite the costs