Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

A.
Penelope scanned the dim crowded room, full of people, for her brother.

B.
Penelope wore a sequined fluorescent dress to the party.

C.
Penelope wrote a long, detailed story for her creative writing class.

D.
Penelope's favorite aunt, Jane, decided to come for a short sweet visit.

Part A:

The inference about the women's rights movement supported by the article is:

B. Many people did not believe that women should be given voting rights.

Part B:

The sentence from the article that BEST provides support for the correct answer in Part A is:

C. Activists were yelled at, beaten, and jailed for expressing their views. (paragraph 4)

The sentence that is punctuated correctly is:

D. Penelope's favorite aunt, Jane, decided to come for a short sweet visit.

Choose TWO sentences that are correctly punctuated.

A.
Henry has a huge, baseball card collection that is worth a small fortune.

B.
Having several, older sisters has taught me a lot about makeup, hairstyles, and fashion.

C.
Slow, careful movements are necessary when learning to write complicated Chinese characters.

D.
Lisa only wants to cook healthy, low–fat meals, but we are all desperate for a big juicy hamburger.

E.
Jaime did not really want to spend the long, hot day indoors, but he felt better knowing that he was earning some extra money for college.

The two sentences that are correctly punctuated are:

A. Henry has a huge, baseball card collection that is worth a small fortune.
C. Slow, careful movements are necessary when learning to write complicated Chinese characters.

Read the sentence.


Mrs. Baxter teaches life science and health and sometimes physical education at times.

The sentence above is cluttered with too many words and phrases. Which of the following correctly revises the sentence?
A.
Mrs. Baxter at times teaches life science and health and physical education.

B.
Mrs. Baxter teaches life science and at times, physical education.

C.
Mrs. Baxter teaches life science, health, and sometimes physical education.

D.
Mrs. Baxter teaches life science, physical education, and sometimes health.

The sentence that correctly revises the cluttered sentence is:

C. Mrs. Baxter teaches life science, health, and sometimes physical education.

Two-Part Question

Multiple Choice Question
The following question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A:

Which statement about the relationship between the NWSA and AWSA is accurate?

A.
The NWSA worked on passing the Nineteenth Amendment, while the AWSA supported the campaign for the Fifteenth Amendment.

B.
The NWSA focused on changing the federal government, while the AWSA worked to influence changes at the local and state level.

C.
The women of the AWSA formed their group as a result of attending the convention held by the founders of the NWSA.

D.
The work of the NWSA paved the way for the AWSA and other women suffrage groups to form many years later.

Multiple Choice Question
Part B:

Which sentence from paragraph 3 of the article BEST provides support for the correct answer in Part A?

A.
There were two main groups with differing ideas about how to attain those goals.

B.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA) in 1869.

C.
They did not support the campaign for the Fifteenth Amendment, which would give African

American men the right to vote, because it excluded women.

D.
Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell started the American Woman

Suffrage Association (AWSA) that same year.

Part A:

The accurate statement about the relationship between the NWSA and AWSA is:

B. The NWSA focused on changing the federal government, while the AWSA worked to influence changes at the local and state level.

Part B:

The sentence from paragraph 3 of the article that BEST provides support for the correct answer in Part A is:

D. Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell started the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) that same year.

How does information in paragraph 2 of the article help the reader understand how Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott influenced the women's rights movement?

A.
by comparing the rights of women with those of men at the time

B.
by explaining the goals outlined at the convention in Seneca Falls

C.
by telling when the first women's rights convention was organized

D.
by stating when the suffrage movement began in the United States

The correct answer is B. The information in paragraph 2 of the article helps the reader understand how Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott influenced the women's rights movement by explaining the goals outlined at the convention in Seneca Falls.