How It Feels to Be Colored Me / Zora Neale Hurston

Test Practice

Use Context Clues

With your partner, discuss how to answer the following question about the selection.

Which word is the best synonym fast in the following sentence?
I became a fast brown—warranted not to rub nor run.
a. quick
b. solid
c. permanent
d. dark


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did you use context clues to eliminate the incorrect answers?

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