Question

1. part a: why does the boy feel a sense of detachment from his family and his role in the army?

a. because he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the battle.
b. because he feels unimportant compared to the soldiers.
c. because he is excited about the prospect of heroism.
d. because he is indifferent to the outcome of the battle.
part b which excerpt from the passage supports the answer to part a?
a. \the boy felt his family move yet farther off away in the dark, as if one of those great prairie-burning trains had chanted them away never to return.\
b. \he lay next to it, his arm around it, feeling the tremor, the touch, the muted thunder as, all the rest of the april night in the year 1862, near the tennessee river, not far from the owl creek, very close to the church named shiloh, the peach blossoms fell on the drum.\
c. \for with the careless bones of the young men harvested by night and bindled around campfires in the orchard grass, were the similarly strewn steel bones of their rifles, with bayonets fixed like eternal lightning lost in the orchard grass.\
d. \yes, thought the boy, that’s all very well for them, they can give as good as they get!\

Explanation:

Part A

To determine why the boy feels detachment, we analyze each option:

• Option A: If the battle's magnitude overwhelms him, it could make him feel detached as he's overawed by the scale, losing a sense of personal connection to family and his role.
• Option B: Feeling unimportant compared to soldiers would make him detached from his role (since he sees himself as less significant) and family (as the battle's grandeur overshadows personal ties). But we need to check with Part B.
• Option C: Excitement about heroism would likely increase engagement, not detachment.
• Option D: Indifference to the battle outcome doesn't directly relate to detachment from family/role.

The most logical reason for detachment from family and role is being overwhelmed by the battle's magnitude (Option A) or feeling unimportant. But to confirm, we look at Part B.

Part B

We analyze each quote:

• Option A: "The boy felt his family move yet farther off away in the dark, as if one of those great prairie - burning trains had chanted them away never to return." This shows the boy's perception of family moving away, supporting a sense of detachment (matches Part A's idea of being overwhelmed or disconnected).
• Option B: Describes a sensory experience of the night, not related to detachment from family/role.
• Option C: Describes the aftermath of battle (bones, rifles), not about the boy's detachment from family/role.
• Option D: The boy's thoughts about others, not about his detachment from family/role.

So for Part A, the best answer is A (Because he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the battle), and for Part B, the quote that supports it is A.

Final Answers

Part A: A. Because he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the battle
Part B: A. "The boy felt his family move yet farther off away in the dark, as if one of those great prairie - burning trains had chanted them away never to return."

Answer:

To determine why the boy feels detachment, we analyze each option:

• Option A: If the battle's magnitude overwhelms him, it could make him feel detached as he's overawed by the scale, losing a sense of personal connection to family and his role.
• Option B: Feeling unimportant compared to soldiers would make him detached from his role (since he sees himself as less significant) and family (as the battle's grandeur overshadows personal ties). But we need to check with Part B.
• Option C: Excitement about heroism would likely increase engagement, not detachment.
• Option D: Indifference to the battle outcome doesn't directly relate to detachment from family/role.

The most logical reason for detachment from family and role is being overwhelmed by the battle's magnitude (Option A) or feeling unimportant. But to confirm, we look at Part B.

Part B

We analyze each quote:

• Option A: "The boy felt his family move yet farther off away in the dark, as if one of those great prairie - burning trains had chanted them away never to return." This shows the boy's perception of family moving away, supporting a sense of detachment (matches Part A's idea of being overwhelmed or disconnected).
• Option B: Describes a sensory experience of the night, not related to detachment from family/role.
• Option C: Describes the aftermath of battle (bones, rifles), not about the boy's detachment from family/role.
• Option D: The boy's thoughts about others, not about his detachment from family/role.

So for Part A, the best answer is A (Because he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the battle), and for Part B, the quote that supports it is A.

Final Answers

Part A: A. Because he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the battle
Part B: A. "The boy felt his family move yet farther off away in the dark, as if one of those great prairie - burning trains had chanted them away never to return."