Prose Passage Multiple Choice (A Thousand Splendid Suns passage 1) 1) Families had flooded the city is an example of a.

Personification b. Repetition c. Hyperbole d. Assonance e. Simile 2) That night they went to Chaman lines 29-30, primarily serve to a. Show the readers the power Rasheed has over Mariam b. Show the fun festivities that occur on Eid c. Describe Mariams happiness d. Show how much Rasheed cares for Mariam e. Illustrate the liveliness in Kabul 3) From lines 34-35, But, mostly, she missed Nana the reader can predict that Mariam feels a. Afraid b. Melancholy c. Tired d. Stressed e. Worried 4) After encountering Fariba and her husband with Rasheed, Mariam comes to the realization that I. Rasheed does not want Mariam to make friends II. Rasheed loves Mariam III. Faribas husband is a shy man a. I only b. II only c. III only d. I and II e. I and III 5) In the passage, her, line 35 refers to a. Mariams mother b. Fariba c. Rasheeds daughter d. A little girl e. Mariam

Prose Passage AP Style Multiple Choice Answers and Rationale 1) Answer: C Choice A is incorrect. No inanimate objects are being personified in this line. Choice B is incorrect. No words or phrases are being repeated in this line. Choice C is correct. Hosseini is exaggerating the amount of people entering the city by saying the people flooded it. Choice D is incorrect. No vowel sounds are being repeated in this line. Choice E is incorrect. Nothing is being compared using like or as in this line. 2) Answer: A Choice A is correct. By adding the small detail that Mariam was standing behind Rasheed while watching the fireworks, Hosseini is showing the readers that Rasheed overpowers and has control over Mariam. Choice B is incorrect. The festivities going on during Eid are being described earlier in the passage, not in this line. Choice C is incorrect. This line does not mention Mariam being happy at all. Choice D is incorrect. Although the readers can infer that Mariam is standing behind Rasheed because he cares about her and wants to protect her, that is not the case since he is abusive towards her. Choice E is incorrect. Although this line does show the liveliness in Kabul, that is not the sheer purpose of it. 3) Answer: B Choice A is incorrect. Hosseini does not describe Mariam as being afraid in this line. Choice B is correct. Mariam goes into detail about how she wishes her mother were here in this line and was thinking about the past when her mother was alive. Choice C is incorrect. Nothing in this line mentions that Mariam is feeling tired. Choice D is incorrect. Nothing in this line mentions that Mariam is feeling stressed. Choice E is incorrect. Nothing in this line mentions that Mariam is feeling worried. 4) Answer: E Choice A is incorrect. Although this statement is true, it is not the only true one. Choice B is incorrect. Since Rasheed is abusive towards Mariam, the readers cannot infer that he loves her. Choice C is incorrect. Although this statement is true, it is not the only true one. Choice D is incorrect. Only one of these statements is true, not both. Choice E is correct. Both of these statements are true. 5) Answer: E Choice A is incorrect. Although this line mentions Mariams mother, it is not about her. Choice B is incorrect. This line does not mention Fariba within it at all.

Choice C is incorrect. Rasheed does not have a daughter. Choice D is incorrect. A little girl is not mentioned in this line at all. Choice E is correct. Mariam is referring to herself in this line when she says her.