After my morning of capturing bees, i spent the afternoon in the peach stand out on the highway, selling t. ray’s peaches. it was the loneliest summer job a girl could have, stuck in a roadside hut with three walls and a flat tin roof.
i sat on a coke crate and watched pickups zoom by till i was nearly poisoned with exhaust fumes and boredom. thursday afternoon was usually a big peach day, with women getting ready for sunday cobblers, but not a soul stopped.
t. ray refused to let me bring books out here and read, and if i smuggled one out, say, lost horizon, stuck under my shirt, somebody, like mrs. watson from the next farm, would see him at church and say, “saw your girl in the peach stand reading up a storm. you must be proud.” and he would half kill me.
what kind of person is against reading? i think he believed it would stir up ideas of college, which he thought was a waste of money for girls, even if they did, like me, score the highest number a human being can get on their verbal aptitude test. math aptitude is another thing, but people aren’t meant to be overly bright in everything.
questions 1-10 refer to text 1. on your answer sheet circle + if the statement is true, - if it is false.
1. the peach stand, where the narrator works, is located close to a road.
2. the narrator indicates that her summer job is difficult, but enjoyable.
3. the narrator really enjoyed watching cars on the highway while sitting in the peach stand.
4. typically, there are many customers at the narrator’s roadside stand on thursday afternoons.
5. mrs. watson doesn’t agree with t. ray that reading in the peach stand is unacceptable.
6. t. ray doesn’t permit the narrator to read in the peach stand because it is a distraction.
7. t. ray thinks that spending money to educate girls in college is worthwhile in some cases.
8. the narrator claims that reading books during the summer improves verbal aptitude.
9. the narrator declares that her verbal and math abilities are both exceptional.
10. according to the narrator, people are not intended to be extremely smart in every subject.
1. The peach stand, where the narrator works, is located close to a road. + true
2. The narrator indicates that her summer job is difficult, but enjoyable. - false
3. The narrator really enjoyed watching cars on the highway while sitting in the peach stand. - false
4. Typically, there are many customers at the narrator’s roadside stand on Thursday afternoons. + true
5. Mrs. Watson doesn’t agree with T. Ray that reading in the peach stand is unacceptable. + true
6. T. Ray doesn’t permit the narrator to read in the peach stand because it is a distraction. + true
7. T. Ray thinks that spending money to educate girls in college is worthwhile in some cases. - false
8. The narrator claims that reading books during the summer improves verbal aptitude. + true
9. The narrator declares that her verbal and math abilities are both exceptional. - false
10. According to the narrator, people are not intended to be extremely smart in every subject. + true