PLEASE HELP!!! 60 POINTS! When Paulsen's army family moves back to the United States, Paulsen is introduced to a a mob of mean schoolchildren. b his first book of fiction. c a private tutor. d public school. Question 2 What is the purpose of using anecdotes in a narrative? a To teach a moral b To confuse the reader c To make a connection d To show a fact Question 3 The organizational pattern of the excerpt is chronological order. A. True B. False Question 4 Paulsen says he wants two things: to write and a for young people to use his life as an example and become writers. b for as many young readers as possible to read his work. c to give all the money that he makes to environmental causes. d to make as much money as he possibly can. Question 5 Why does his teacher read to young Paulsen in the class cloakroom? a She wants him to know she will always protect him. b She wants to see if he belongs to this grade level. c She is afraid he will hurt himself if he doesn't come out. d She wants a story to capture and soothe him. Question 6 Paulsen loves writing so much that he has written a everything from ad jingles to cookbooks. b on the back of a dogsled and on a sailboat. c himself out of story ideas. d every day for thirty years. Question 7 How does this text relate to what you know or have learned about the world? Answer in 2-3 sentences Your answer: Question 8 Gary Paulsen has survived a all of the above. b a miserable childhood. c falling through the ice. d Frightening sea storms. Question 9 Paulsen uses long sentences at the end of the passage to convey urgency. A. True B. False Question 10 Why does Gary Paulsen credit books with saving his life? Your answer:

7.) This text relates to what I have learned about the world because it expresses the emotion that he has put into this text. according to the text it states "books once again changed the course of my life. This time, though, I wrote them.". This shows how he really enjoyed books and how he went from reading them to writing them. I have learned much from this text and i felt the emotion that he was trying to convey to his readers.

8.) A) all of the above.

9.) A) True

10.) Gary Paulsen credits books with saving his life because he is saying they saved him from how he used to live. according to the text it states "She gave me the first hint I’d ever had in my entire life that there was something other than my drunken parents screaming at each other in the kitchen.".