MCAP Grade 10 ELA Practice Questions - Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program English Language Arts - Grade 10 Exam

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Read the excerpt from Willa Cather's 'O Pioneers!': 'Carl sat on the woodpile and looked off at the vast, undulating prairie. The grey land stretched out to meet the horizon in an unbroken line of quiet resilience. It demanded everything from those who sought to master it—patience, sweat, and an abiding faith that after the harsh winter frost, the soil would yield its secret life once more.' Which statement best expresses the central theme developed in this excerpt?

Human survival on the frontier requires profound patience and harmony with the natural environment. Technological innovation is necessary to overcome the harsh climate of the Great Plains. Isolation on the prairie inevitably leads to psychological despair and abandonment of hope. Urban life provides greater moral fulfillment than agricultural labor.

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Human survival on the frontier requires profound patience and harmony with the natural environment.

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