Question # 1
Correct answer:C:caring
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.One minute she's smiling over a recovering,or one who's come in just for shots;the next,she' blowing her nose like the place is a funeral parlor[johnathan]
b.I shouldn't blame myself.she says there's was nothing I could have done to stop it anyway.{diana}
c.

Explanation of the multi-step process that we followed in choosing the correct answer:C is the correct answer because in the passage it said that the nurse would one minute smile and than she would blow her nose like if she was in a funeral.






Explanation of the incorrectness of the three other answer choices:The other two are not the correct answers because in the passage it never said anything about her being needy or patient it just said about her being caring.



Question # 2
Correct answer:B: He knows that the dog is dying.
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.i'm going to tell him about it now, whisper it in his ear ,and i'wont ieave out a single deatail[johnathan]
b.She tells me that when dogs get old all of these things become a problem,It's usualy progress of aging.Except not in Alphonse's case[diana]
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Question # 3
Correct answer:A: He grew up with the dog
3 textual evidence from the text:
a.Alphonse was a present for my frist birthdayDad brought him home,just a scruffy little puppy.[johnathen]
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Question # 4
Correct answer:
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Question # 5
Correct answer:
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Question # 6
Correct answer:
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Question # 7
Correct answer:
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Question # 8
Correct answer:
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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 dog in A Boy and His Dog is luker because he has the love of his owner and he also has a family that loves him alot because when the owner of dog finds out that his dog has cancer he feels that part of his kife is leaving because he had that dog when it was a pup.