Question # 1
Correct answer:C(Jocelyn Acosta)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.The vet is a kind of person whose job runs her life.(Jose Martinez)
b.One minute she's smiling over a recovering patient, or one who's come in just for shots; the next, she's blowing her nose like the place is a funeral parlor.(Jocelyn Acosta)
c.It must be murder to become so involved with your patients.(Jose Martinez)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:In page 246 paragraph 7 it say what person she is.(Jocelyn Acosta)






Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:It dosen't say that she is a patient,needy,or sickly.(Jose Martinez)



Question # 2
Correct answer:A(Jose Martinez)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.But he has a right to know what he'll be missing.(Jocelyn Acosta)
b.I couldn't stand if he were in pain.(Jose Martinez)
c.He's going to sleep with me one last time.(Jocelyn Acosta)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:The last paragraph of the story explains why the author tells his dog his future,because he'll never see him again.(Jocelyn Acosta)




Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:He already knows the dog is dying, has cancer,and is in pain,but he feels bad for his dog because he is like family and he is losing him.(Jose Martinez)



Question # 3
Correct answer:A(Jose Martinez)
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.Mom even sometimes calls him "Baby".Like he's my brother.(Jose Martinez)
b.Alphonse was a present for my first birthday.(Jocelyn Acosta)
c.I guess I thougt we'd just go on forever with Alphonse being my dog.(Jocelyn Acosta)

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:In page 244 it says that the author got Alphonse at his first birthday,so that means he grew up with him.(Jocelyn Acosta)




Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:It doesn't say that he pleases the dog,knows the dog is polite, and already knows the dog is in pain.(Jose Martinez)


Question # 4
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Question # 5
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Question # 6
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Question # 7
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Question # 8
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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

The authors dog is more fortunate because Leona Helmley's dog is just spoiled and the other dog is loved by his owner. ( Jocelyn Acosta)

Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum.(Jose Martinez)

The boy and his dog grew up together,he would take him to the vet when he was sick,the family thought Alphonse was like a brother to the author.He wouldn't get mad at him if he had bad gas and they would go for long walks togeher,Even though he didn't get everything he wanted but got his owner's love.(Jocelyn Acosta and Jose Martinez)