Question # 1
Correct answer: C. Caring(Group)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a. Her job runs her life. (Ines Delira)
b. Her legs are magnets for strays who are forever up for adoption. (Kyle Barnes)
c. She thinks it must be murder to become so involved with your patients. (Manuel Gonzalez)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
We went back to the story and reviewed our answers.






Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
A. In the story she doesn't seem needy.
B. The story doesn't say anything about her being patient.
D. She doesn't seem sickly. Only when she loses a pet she might be sickly.




Question # 2
Correct answer: B. He knows the dog is dying.
3 textual evidence from the text:
a. He's going to sleep with me one last time. (Ines Delira)
b. I'll have a good life, I know it, just like he had. (Kyle Barnes)
c. But he has a right to know what he'll be missing. (Manuel Gonzalez)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
We look at the answers and then went back into the story.




Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
A. He does feel sorry for him but it's not the right answer.
C. It doesn't mention that the dog has cancer in the last paragraph.
D. He doesn't know if the dog is in pain or not.




Question # 3
Correct answer: A. He grew up with the dog.
3 textual evidence from the text:
a. Alphonse was a present for my first birthday. (Ines Delira)
b. When you can't be in the same room with someone who's shared your dreams for thirteen years, it's hard
to get relaxed. (Kyle Barnes)
c. Mom sometimes calls him "Baby." Like he's my brother. (Manuel Gonzalez)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:
We looked over the answers and the question. Then we looked at the story.




Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:
B. Your not supposed to please dogs. It never says he pleased the dog.
C. Being a polite dog does not make him his brother.
D. He doesn't know the dog is in pain, so stop making it an answer choice.(INES DELIRA!!!!!!!!!!)


Question # 4
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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Question # 5
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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Question # 6
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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Question # 7
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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Question # 8
Correct answer:
3 textual evidence from the text:
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Text-specific interpretive question number 1:Who do you think is more fortunate, Leona Helmley's dog or the dog of the author in "A Boy and his Dog"? Support your response with evidence from the text.


Read the following link:
ONE LUCKY DOG

I think the dog in "A Boy and his Dog" is luckier because he has someone that loves him and cares for him. Love is very hard to explain, first someone tells you they do, but you don't know if they mean it and it gets you thinking; which is not good for your health. The dog with 12 million dollars, only has 12 million dollars. Along with a penthouse, a mansion, and other expensive things. So that's why we think the dog with the boy is luckier.