READING COMPREHENSIONSHE WAS THE FIFTH WOMAN TO WIN THE AWARD, WHICH

31. a. The sentence preceding and leading into sen-

really no joy depicted in the poem nor any sense

tence 3 speaks of the very brief time—a month—

that this is a baby eagle (choice c), and there is no

that the organizers of the fair had to find a new

mention of baby birds he might be watching over

site and get information out. Choices b, d, and e

(choice d). There is no other eagle mentioned in

are incorrect because they could not have been

the poem (choice e). Saying that the eagle watches

known about at the time the fair was moved.

and then falls like a thunderbolt implies alertness

Choice c is incorrect because there is no indica-

and striking, so the most logical choice is that the

tion in the passage that New York officials tried to

eagle is hunting.