Text 1 (story): The river rose past the fence, so Mara carried the hens upstairs, counting each one twice. Text 2 (poem): Water at the fence. / Hens on the stairs. / Count. Count again. How does Text 2 approach the same rescue?

Text 1 (historical novel): In 1871 Nell trimmed the salt-stiff wick by hand. Text 2 (fantasy retelling): Nell whispered to the lamp, and the flame rose and answered in a gull's voice. What does the fantasy form make possible here?

Text 1 (memoir): Every Friday my grandmother punched the dough down twice, and I was allowed to watch, never touch. Text 2 (poem): Flour snow. / Two fists, twice. / My hands in my pockets. Which text states the rule outright?

Text 1 (memoir): I was nine the summer the well ran dry, and we hauled water in milk cans. Text 2 (poem): Nine that summer. / Dry throat of the well. / Milk cans, sloshing. How does Text 2 handle the same dry summer?

Text 1 (story): Theo checked the porch at midnight, then folded the leash away, telling himself the dog knew the road home. Text 2 (poem): Midnight porch. / Leash folded small. / The road knows him. What does Text 1 spell out?

Text 1 (historical novel): The masons set the last keystone in 1483 as the abbot counted coins into their palms. Text 2 (fantasy): The bridge grew overnight from a seed of stone. How do the forms explain the bridge?

Text 1 (memoir): On my first day I read the room numbers twice and still sat down in the wrong class. Text 2 (poem): Numbers on doors, / read twice, read wrong. / A chair that belongs to somebody else. How does Text 2 treat the mistake?

Text 1 (story): Yusuf pressed his palm to the window, felt the cold answer, and pulled his sleeve down. Text 2 (poem): Palm to glass. / The cold pushes back. / Sleeve, then silence. What does the poem's form do with the gesture?

Text 1 (historical novel): In the third winter of the siege, Ada's family weighed the bread and ate half. Text 2 (fantasy): Ada's loaf refilled itself each dawn, so long as no one thanked it aloud. What does the fantasy add?

Text 1 (memoir): My father never spoke while the line was in the water, and I learned to keep still beside him. Text 2 (poem): Line in the water. / Two mouths shut. / I am learning his quiet. How does each text present the lesson?

Text 1 (story): Ines waved until the ship was a smudge, then walked home the long way so no one would speak to her. Text 2 (poem): Wave. / Smudge. / The long way home, past nobody. Which text explains the route she takes?

Text 1 (historical novel): The village boarded the mill in 1348 and left bread on the wall for the sick. Text 2 (fantasy): The mill's shadow turned solid, and only bread on the wall let a traveler pass. Why is the bread left?

Text 1 (story): Priya swam one more length, then set her wet sneakers on the fence post to dry. Text 2 (poem): One more length. / Sneakers on the post, / dripping toward September. What does Text 2's last line add that Text 1 does not?

Text 1 (memoir): My aunt let go of my back without telling me, and I swam four strokes before I noticed. Text 2 (poem): Hands gone. / Four strokes of not knowing. / Then the knowing. How does Text 2 mark the moment of noticing?

Text 1 (story): The smoke came over the ridge at noon, so Dad taped the window seams and told us to breathe slowly. Text 2 (poem): Noon, and the ridge exhales. / Tape on the seams. / Breathe slow. How does Text 2 handle the same noon?

Text 1 (historical novel): At eleven, Tam carried lamps down the shaft for ten hours and was paid in tokens. Text 2 (fantasy): Tam's lamp remembered every turn of the shaft and dimmed when a tunnel meant to close. How do the forms treat the lamp?

Text 1 (memoir): We left the house at dawn, and I counted the rooms from the driveway to be sure I had missed none. Text 2 (poem): Dawn. Driveway. / Six windows, counted twice. / One still dark. What does Text 2 add to the same count?

Text 1 (story): Nora set the box by the vent and left the lid open, though her mother had said no animals inside. Text 2 (poem): A box by the vent. / Lid up. / The rule stays outside with the cold. Which text states the rule outright?

Text 1 (memoir): I sold peaches from a crate at the corner all July. Text 2 (poem): Crate, corner, July. / Peaches going soft. / My hands sticky all month. How does Text 2 treat the same month?

Text 1 (historical novel): The ferry crossed the harbor twice a day in 1902, and Ida sold tickets from a stool. Text 2 (fantasy): Ida's ferry crossed only when the harbor agreed. True or False: both texts set the crossings by a printed schedule.