Building Vocabulary Unit Test
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Question
Use the sentences to answer the questions.
Tension exists between the ranchers who feel threatened by wolves and the conservationists who want to see wolves protected. Many ranchers want to remove federal protection for the gray wolves.
Which of the following describes what the word conservationists means in the first sentence?
(1 point)
Responses
a person who works for the government
a person who works for the government
a person who wants to preserve the environment and wildlife
a person who wants to preserve the environment and wildlife
a person who owns animals for selling them
a person who owns animals for selling them
a person who pursues animals for food
a person who wants to preserve the environment and wildlife
Use the sentence to answer the question.
Now Annie was in bed, groaning theatrically—she’s a drama major—but I told my mother I’d go anyway. I hadn’t seen my grandmother since she’d been admitted to Lawnrest.
Which of the following is the clearest context clue for theatrically?
(1 point)
Responses
"she's a drama major"
"she's a drama major"
"Annie was in bed"
"Annie was in bed"
"she'd been admitted"
"she'd been admitted"
"I hadn't seen my grandmother"