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 phrase from the excerpt best provides textual evidence that the land presents a formidable challenge to human effort?

'sat on the woodpile and looked off' 'demanded everything from those who sought to master it' 'stretched out to meet the horizon' 'yield its secret life once more'

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'demanded everything from those who sought to master it'

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