Choose the meaning of the bold word.
They appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses
actors
environmentalists
deserters
inhabitants
inhabitants
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
Failing that, I could have surreptitiously dumped the whole outfit overboard, written off the forty or so dollars as love’s tribute. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
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happily
slyly
enthusiastically
sorrowfully
slyly
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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Responses
baffled
alerted
calmed
upset
calmed
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses
puzzling
too bold
silly
pitiful
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses
able to be felt
strange
hurtful
imagined
able to be felt
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
“I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
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Responses
sulkily
savagely
suspiciously
swiftly
sulkily
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses
oddly
insecurely
enthusiastically
for all to see
insecurely
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
What are the words that can solder cracked pride? (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses
mend
alert
calm
upset
mend
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The bleak feeling was back within him. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses
hopeless
optimistic
rejected
dangerous
hopeless
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
Carmody was a lithe, tanned man with dark alert eyes and a quiet, self-assured voice. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses
handsome
graceful
towering
squat
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Carlos wrote a report about modern foods for his social studies class.
(1 point)
Responses
common noun
proper noun
compound noun
collective noun
common noun
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
As I listened to Carlos, I pictured myself at the fair in St. Louis.
(1 point)
Responses
common noun
proper noun
compound noun
collective noun
proper noun
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
When Carlos presented the report to the class, he brought in samples of the foods.
(1 point)
Responses
first-person pronoun
second-person pronoun
third-person pronoun
reflexive pronoun
third-person pronoun
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Although I do not pretend to understand the science behind it, this is reassuring to me.
(1 point)
Responses
adverb
adjective
article
compound adjective
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
Scientific information like this does not always hold my attention.
(1 point)
Responses
article
adjective
proper adjective
adverb
adjective
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
I sometimes read the science section of the Sunday newspaper.
(1 point)
Responses
article
adjective
proper adjective
adverb
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
If you keep an open mind, you never know what you might learn.
(1 point)
Responses
article
adjective
proper adjective
adverb
If the sequence of bases on the mRNA codon is AUU, what would be the sequence of bases on the opposite strand assembled by the tRNA?(1 point)
Responses
TAA
UUA
UAA
ATT
The sequence of bases on the opposite strand assembled by the tRNA would be UAA.
Proteins are important molecules that are synthesized, transported, and used in cells in a multitude of ways. The rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus have parts to play in this system. These functions are __________, respectively.
Identify the answer choice that correctly fills in the blank in the above passage.
(1 point)
Responses
DNA making and DNA packaging
protein packaging and lipid production
DNA packaging and DNA storing
protein making and protein packaging
protein making and protein packaging
In which part of the cell do ribosomes perform protein synthesis?(1 point)
Responses
vacuole
nucleus
cytoplasm
lysosome
Ribosomes perform protein synthesis in the cytoplasm of a cell.
What would happen to a cell that lacked smooth endoplasmic reticulum?(1 point)
Responses
Its cell membrane would be impermeable.
It would not be able to replicate DNA.
It would not be able to make lipids.
It would not be able to produce tRNA.
If a cell lacked smooth endoplasmic reticulum, it would not be able to make lipids.
silly
handsome
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.
However, when a science article is about something that strongly appeals to me, such as snowflakes, I become interested.
(1 point)
Responses
article
adjective
proper adjective
adverb