1. Which question is most likely to propel a discussion further?
A. What months of the year do students currently attend school?
B. What are the lengths of the breaks from school right now?
C. What areas already have students attend school year-round?
D. What would be the benefits of attending school year-round?
2. What type of argument does the author use in this speech?
A. Logos
B. ad hominem
C. syntax
D. pathos
3. Why might the author have decided to include this quote by Bly?
A. to show that Bly was an earnest reporter and was committed to reporting the truth
B. to show that Bly was capable of manipulating others to get what she needed
C. to show that Bly was unclear about whether she could ever find out the truth of what was going on at the asylum
D. to show that Bly was a more talented reporter than those who worked at the paper
4. Though ordinarily the preschool room had a disheveled appearance, today, with many of the students embarking on a field trip, it looked downright orderly. Which word in the sentence is explained with an antonym?
A. Ordinarily
B. Downright
C. Disheveled
D. Embarking
5. Which phrase from the passage best represents an idiom
A. that’s awesome”
B. “gave me the chills”
C. “I’ve seen a lot of fossils”
D. “with a baby inside of it”
6. Which detail from the text best supports the idea that people with disabilities lack representation and access?
A. “A lot of the time we’re not even there. We don’t show up . . . Not because we’re not around—we definitely are. It’s that a lot of physical spaces don’t acknowledge us.”
B. There’s immense pressure to create a three-minute long, easily digestible version of your culture for some literary or poetic scenes.
C. “Not all people who are deaf or have a chronic illness consider themselves disabled . . . the word ‘disabled’ can encompass a wide variety of experiences.”
D. “The manifesto for the Deaf Poets Society, published in June, calls disability justice ‘the civil rights movement you’ve never heard of.’”
7. What idea from the first two paragraphs does the third paragraph support?
A. Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs have studied tropical ecology in Mexico and Central America for half a century”
B. “The decline of Ohio’s butterflies has been captured through statistics and recorded data”
C. “the scientific literature abounds with anecdotes”
D. The solution to a worldwide insect decline won’t be simple.”
8. What does the first subheading suggest about how the section relates to the title?
A. It signals that the section will tell that scientists discovered that butterflies were disappearing in Ohio and why it matters.
B. It signals that the section will tell that scientists discovered that butterflies were disappearing in Ohio.
C. It signals that the section will tell how scientists discovered that butterflies were disappearing in Ohio.
D. It signals that the section will tell why scientists discovered that butterflies were disappearing in Ohio.
9. Which subtopics are likely to appear in the essay? Select the two correct answers.
A. history of global recessions
B. impact on unemployment
C. music of the Harlem Renaissance
D. economic causes
E. early history of Franklin Roosevelt
10. Which additional detail would be most effective to add to paragraph 3?
A. “It shouldn’t be that difficult to respect one’s neighbors and not wake them up at all hours of the night,” said resident Gabrielle Tafoya.
B. Resident Lola Stetson believes that the ordinance is not needed and would be too difficult to enforce.
C. A few residents have complained that their health has been affected by being woken at night by loud noises.
D. It appears that just a few residents have been causing most of the noise at night.
1. D. What would be the benefits of attending school year-round?
2. A. Logos
3. A. to show that Bly was an earnest reporter and was committed to reporting the truth
4. C. Disheveled
5. B. “gave me the chills”
6. A. “A lot of the time we’re not even there. We don’t show up . . . Not because we’re not around—we definitely are. It’s that a lot of physical spaces don’t acknowledge us.”
7. D. The solution to a worldwide insect decline won’t be simple.”
8. A. It signals that the section will tell that scientists discovered that butterflies were disappearing in Ohio and why it matters.
9. B. impact on unemployment
D. economic causes
10. C. A few residents have complained that their health has been affected by being woken at night by loud noises.