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 (02.03 MC) Read the selection, and then choose the option that answers the question. ¡Hola, amigos! Me llamo Rubén Suárez, y vivo en el pueblo de Mendoza, Argentina. Hoy es sábado, y mi padre está enfermo. Yo ayudo a mi padre a hacer las diligencias. Mi padre me dice en su lista de diligencias: Ten cuidado mientras manejas. Deposita mi cheque en el banco. No hagas la compra en el mercado; compra fruta en el supermercado. El supermercado cierra a las nueve de la noche. Compra el churrasco en el supermercado. Después, llena el tanque en la gasolinera; no se te olviden las llaves de mi automóvil. Finalmente, ve a mi tienda; la tienda se abre a las nueve de la mañana. A las siete de la noche, la tienda de mi padre se cierra. Based on the text, what activity may be similar in the USA and Argentina? (2 points)

 (02.06 LC) Read and choose the option that best answers the question. Juan estudia en una escuela técnica. Ayuda a su papá, el agricultor Jonás, en el jardín de su casa los sábados por la mañana. A Juan le gustan las flores, y quiere ser jefe y vender flores en los mercados. A Juan no le gusta leer, pero a veces ayuda a su mamá, la bibliotecaria Ana. Based on the text, what job does Juan go to school for? (2 points)

 (02.06 LC) Read and choose the option that best answers the question. ¡Hola! Soy Faustina y trabajo en la oficina del agricultor Hernández. Trabajo con los números, la calculadora y mi computadora. También, a veces, trabajo con el electricista De Soto y su secretaria Verónica. Based on the text, what is Faustina’s profession? (2 points)

 (02.06 MC) Read the selection and the question, and choose the option that best answers the question. ¡Hola! Mi nombre es Marina y vivo en Colombia. Tengo 15 años y estoy en la escuela superior. En Colombia, la escuela superior tiene cuatro rutas diferentes: Los programas técnicos (1−2 años) Los programas tecnológicos (3 años) Los programas docentes (4−5 años) Los programas profesionales (4−5 años) Yo estudio en el programa técnico. Me encantan los animales y me gusta la comida saludable como las frutas y verduras. Cuando terminas los dos años del programa técnico, puedes comenzar a trabajar inmediatamente. Hace dos años que mi amigo Saúl estudia una carrera en el programa técnico también. Él estudia cómo medir las calles y avenidas cuando quieren construir o poner nuevas carreteras. Puede empezar a trabajar en un mes. Mi amiga Saida estudia en un programa docente para ser maestra.En las carreras profesionales necesitas estudiar más que en las carreras técnicas. Mi prima Anastasia estudia las computadoras en el curso tecnológico. A ella le encanta la tecnología. Based on the information from the text, who will take longer to complete his/her studies? (2 points)

 (02.01 LC) Read and match each incomplete sentence with the correct word or phrase to complete it. (8 points) Antes de ________ el carro, ponte el cinturón de seguridad. [Answer01] Lucía, ________; hay embotellamientos en la calle Laurel. [Answer02] Marta es una conductora segura; tiene ________ en el baúl del carro. [Answer03] Pablo está triste hoy; tiene ________. [Answer04]

 (02.03 LC) Read the passage and the question. Then, choose the option that best answers the question. ¡Buenos días! Yo soy Carlota y hoy es sábado. Todos los sábados, hago las diligencias para mi casa. Primero, voy a la casa de mi abuelo porque cuido a sus perros. Después, voy al banco para depositar el dinero que me paga mi abuelo, y voy temprano porque cierran a la una los sábados. Luego, devuelvo unos libros a la biblioteca y finalmente, lleno el tanque de gasolina de mi carro. According to the reading, what does Carlota do last? (2 points)

(LC) “The Old Swimmin’ Hole”By James Whitcomb Riley OH! the old swimmin’-hole! whare the crick so still and deepLooked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep,And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest belowSounded like the laugh of something we onc’t ust to knowBefore we could remember anything but the eyesOf the angels lookin’ out as we left Paradise;But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,And it’s hard to part ferever with the old swimmin’-hole. Oh! the old swimmin’-hole! In the happy days of yore,When I ust to lean above it on the old sickamore,Oh! it showed me a face in its warm sunny tideThat gazed back at me so gay and glorified,It made me love myself, as I leaped to caressMy shadder smilin’ up at me with sich tenderness.But them days is past and gone, and old Time’s tuck his tollFrom the old man come back to the old swimmin’-hole. Oh! the old swimmin’-hole! In the long, lazy-daysWhen the humdrum of school made so many run-a-ways,How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane,Whare the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so planeYou could tell by the dent of the heel and the soleThey was lots o’fun on hands at the old swimmin’-hole.But the lost joys is past! Let your tears in sorrow rollLike the rain that ust to dapple up the old swimmin’-hole. There the bullrushes growed, and the cattails so tall,And the sunshine and shadder fell over it all;And it mottled the worter with amber and goldTel the glad lilies rocked in the ripples that rolled;And the snake-feeder’s four gauzy wings fluttered byLike the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky,Or a wounded apple-blossom in the breeze’s controleAs it cut acrost some orchurd to’rds the old swimmin’-hole. Oh! the old swimmin’—hole! When I last saw the place,The scene was all changed, like the change in my face;The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spotWhare the old divin’-log lays sunk and fergot.And I stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be—But never again will theyr shade shelter me!And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul,And dive off in my grave like the old swimmin’-hole. Read these lines from the poem again: Oh! the old swimmin’—hole! When I last saw the place,The scene was all changed, like the change in my face; These lines from the poem let readers know (4 points)

(HC) In seven to ten complete sentences, explain the connection between development of themes in literature and the time period the literature represents as explained in your comparison/contrast writing in Module 4. (10 points)

(HC) In three to five complete sentences, explain the use of one literary device in support of theme in the comparison piece you chose for your comparison/contrast writing in Module 4. (6 points)

(LC) “The Old Swimmin’ Hole”By James Whitcomb Riley OH! the old swimmin’-hole! whare the crick so still and deepLooked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep,And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest belowSounded like the laugh of something we onc’t ust to knowBefore we could remember anything but the eyesOf the angels lookin’ out as we left Paradise;But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,And it’s hard to part ferever with the old swimmin’-hole. Oh! the old swimmin’-hole! In the happy days of yore,When I ust to lean above it on the old sickamore,Oh! it showed me a face in its warm sunny tideThat gazed back at me so gay and glorified,It made me love myself, as I leaped to caressMy shadder smilin’ up at me with sich tenderness.But them days is past and gone, and old Time’s tuck his tollFrom the old man come back to the old swimmin’-hole. Oh! the old swimmin’-hole! In the long, lazy-daysWhen the humdrum of school made so many run-a-ways,How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane,Whare the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so planeYou could tell by the dent of the heel and the soleThey was lots o’fun on hands at the old swimmin’-hole.But the lost joys is past! Let your tears in sorrow rollLike the rain that ust to dapple up the old swimmin’-hole. There the bullrushes growed, and the cattails so tall,And the sunshine and shadder fell over it all;And it mottled the worter with amber and goldTel the glad lilies rocked in the ripples that rolled;And the snake-feeder’s four gauzy wings fluttered byLike the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky,Or a wounded apple-blossom in the breeze’s controleAs it cut acrost some orchurd to’rds the old swimmin’-hole. Oh! the old swimmin’—hole! When I last saw the place,The scene was all changed, like the change in my face;The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spotWhare the old divin’-log lays sunk and fergot.And I stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be—But never again will theyr shade shelter me!And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul,And dive off in my grave like the old swimmin’-hole. Read these lines from the poem again: But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,And it’s hard to part ferever with the old swimmin’-hole. Which idea do these lines from the poem illustrate? (4 points)