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What excerpts from "The Storyteller” indicate that the aunt is unaware of her flaws? Select two options.

A
“An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat, and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party, but the small girls and the small boy emphatically occupied the compartment.”
B
“‘Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.”
C
“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly.“‘I don’t agree with you,’ said the bachelor.“‘Perhaps you would like to tell them a story,’ was the aunt’s retort.”
D
“The aunt suppressed a gasp of admiration.”
E
“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.”
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo and study the map.The city stands at the mouth or entrance of the gulf of Kalhat, so that no ship can enter or leave the gulf except by leave of its rulers. The malik of this city thus has a powerful hold over the sultan of Kerman, to whom he is subject. For sometimes the sultan imposes some due on the malik of Hormuz or one of his brethren, and they refuse to pay it, and the sultan sends an army to enforce payment.

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A
The map helps the reader understand the elevation of Kalhat
B
The map helps the reader understand the distance to Kalhat from Sharkh
C
The map helps the reader understand the size of Kalhat
D
The map helps the reader understand Kalhat's location on the Gulf of Kalhat.
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Which phrases from the text best show the narrator’s attitude? Select three options.

A
“need guts”
B
“outside the school gates”
C
“group of Hidaya students”
D
“so exposed”
E
“no way I had the courage”
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Which excerpt is an example of situational irony in Saki’s "The Storyteller”?

A
“Most of the aunt’s remarks seemed to begin with ‘Don’t,’ and nearly all of the children’s remarks began with ‘Why?’ The bachelor said nothing out loud. ‘Don’t, Cyril, don’t,’ exclaimed the aunt, as the small boy began smacking the cushions of the seat, producing a cloud of dust at each blow.”
B
“The frown on the bachelor’s face was deepening to a scowl. He was a hard, unsympathetic man, the aunt decided in her mind.”
C
“She repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping.”
D
“‘It’s the stupidest story I’ve ever heard,’ said the bigger of the small girls, with immense conviction. “‘I didn’t listen after the first bit, it was so stupid,’ said Cyril.”
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A student is writing a conclusion for a research-based informative essay on the possibility of exploring and inhabiting Mars. What should he include in his conclusion? Select two options.

A
a restatement of his main thesis
B
new evidence to support his main thesis
C
citations for the research cited in the essay
D
an opinion about the research in the essay
E
a review of evidence used to support the thesis
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Which quotations from chapter 7 of Night convey an atmosphere of panic? Select two options.

A
“Here or elsewhere, what did it matter?”
B
“Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight.”
C
“Then, two ‘gravediggers’ grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour.”
D
“Father! Father! Wake up. They’re going to throw you outside.”
E
“And I started to hit him harder and harder.”
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recently interviewed 404 children who had arrived in the United States from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico; 58 percent said their primary reason for leaving was violence. (A similar survey in 2006, of Central American children coming into Mexico, found that only 13 percent were fleeing violence.) They aren’t just going to the United States: Less conflicted countries in Central America had a 712 percent increase in asylum claims between 2008 and 2013.Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Enrique allows himself to doze only on trains farther north, where the gangsters no longer control the tops of the trains. There, he jams his body into the crevice on top of a hopper, next to the trapdoors used to fill the car. Or he waits until the train rounds a curve, giving him a good view of all of the cars. He spots a boxcar with its door open. When the train slows, he jumps off and races to the boxcar, jumping inside for a quick nap.

A
The first excerpt uses narrative techniques, and the second excerpt uses quotations.
B
The first excerpt uses facts and statistics, and the second excerpt is told as a story.
C
The first excerpt relies on emotional words, and the second excerpt uses long explanations.
D
The first excerpt relies on strong words, and the second excerpt is told from a first-person point of view.
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Which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? Select two options.

A
“Whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.”
B
“‘Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.”
C
“The children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.”
D
“Evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.”
E
“In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”
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Which underlined phrase is a prepositional phrase?

A
Test-takers were asked not to use their notes, books, or calculators.
B
Before passing out the test, the teacher asked students to close their books.
C
Neither of the tests this week had questions about the Pythagorean theorem.
D
The teacher and the students thought that the test took longer than expected.
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Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet?

A
“And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, / As any she belied with false compare.”
B
“Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?”
C
“Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey, / If Time have any wrinkle graven there; / If any, be a satire to decay, / And make Time's spoils despised every where.”
D
“My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red, than her lips red: / If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; / If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.”
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Read the paragraph from a research-based essay on the benefits of a classroom with a learning center–based layout for preschoolers.(1) A classroom should be set up as a series of learning centers, which are designated stations that encourage exploration. (2) This layout allows children to move freely throughout the room, delving into activities that interest them and possibly discovering new materials and games. (3) Self-directed play and learning promotes confidence and independence in kids. (4) Students are focused on a task of their choosing, enjoying themselves, and interacting in smaller groups. (5) Discipline problems are often reduced.

A
by splitting sentence 1 into two sentences to separate the ideas
B
by splitting sentence 2 into two sentences to separate the ideas
C
by combining sentences 2 and 3 with the transition word therefore
D
by combining sentences 4 and 5 with the transition word so
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.They have sheep here that have no ears, nor even ear-holes; but in the place where ears ought to be they have little horns. They are small creatures and very pretty. And here is something else that may strike you as marvelous: their domestic animals—sheep, oxen, camels, and little ponies—are fed on fish. They are reduced to this diet because in all this country and in all the surrounding regions there is no grass; but it is the driest place in the world. The fish on which these animals feed are very small and are caught in March, April, and May in quantities that are truly amazing. They are then dried and stored in the houses and given to the animals as food throughout the year. I can tell you further that the animals also eat them alive, as soon as they are drawn out of the water.

A
to explain why the sheep have horns but no ears
B
to explain why the sheep in the region are so small
C
to explain why people in the region have to feed their animals fish
D
to explain why there are such large quantities of fish available
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What evidence supports the conclusion that "The Storyteller” uses satire to impart the theme that adults should respect children’s intelligence? Select two options.

A
“‘Come and look out of the window,’ she added.“The child moved reluctantly to the window. ‘Why are those sheep being driven out of that field?’ he asked.”
B
“‘Oh, look at those cows!’ exclaimed the aunt. Nearly every field along the line had contained cows or bullocks, but she spoke as though she were drawing attention to a rarity.”
C
“The smaller girl made no actual comment on the story, but she had long ago recommenced a murmured repetition of her favourite line.”
D
“The storyteller paused to let a full idea of the park’s treasures sink into the children’s imaginations; then he resumed.”
E
“‘The story began badly,’ said the smaller of the small girls, ‘but it had a beautiful ending.’“‘It is the most beautiful story that I ever heard,’ said the bigger of the small girls, with immense decision.“‘It is the only beautiful story I have ever heard,’ said Cyril.”
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.This province produces great quantities of excellent white incense, and also dates in great abundance. No grain is grown here except rice, and not much of that; but it is imported from abroad at a big profit. Fish is plentiful, notably tunnies of large size, which are so abundant that two of them can be bought for a Venetian groat. The staple diet consists of rice, meat, and fish. . . . As for the incense of which I have spoken, which grows here in such profusion, the lord buys it for 10 gold bezants a cantar and then sells it to foreign merchants and others for 40 bezants a cantar. The lord of Shihr does this on behalf of the sultan of the province of Aden. For the sultan of Aden has incense bought up throughout his dominions at the price of 10 bezants and afterwards sold at 40 from which he derives an immense profit.

A
The author notes that the incense is produced in "great quantities."
B
The author uses the phrase "immense profit" to describe the value of the incense.
C
The author includes the detail that the lord "sells it to foreign merchants."
D
The author uses the word "excellent" to describe the incense grown in the province.
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Why is it helpful to examine the tone of a sonnet?

A
Determining how the poet feels about the subject of the sonnet is the main purpose of interpretation.
B
Identifying the tonal patterns of rhyme and rhythm in a sonnet enables readers to correctly interpret it.
C
Determining the speaker's attitude toward the topic of a sonnet is essential to an accurate interpretation.
D
Identifying the emotional impact the sonnet has on the reader or listener allows readers to interpret it accurately.
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."To permanently stem this flow of children, we must address the complex root causes of violence in Honduras, as well as the demand for illegal drugs in the United States that is fueling that violence.What literary device supports the author’s purpose, which is to show what has led to the refugee crisis?

A
setting
B
repetition
C
strong opinions
D
neutral words
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.Here again good incense grows in profusion—I will tell you how. It is produced by trees of no great size, like little fir trees. They are gashed with knives in various places, and out of these gashes oozes the incense. Some of it even oozes from the tree itself without any gashing, in consequence of the great heat that prevails.

A
to convince readers of the benefits of using incense from Dhofar
B
to entertain readers with tales of buying incense
C
to educate readers about how incense is made in Dhofar
D
to give readers instructions on how to make their own incense
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Read the excerpt from Persepolis.Which details best help develop the central idea of the panels? Select three options.Marjane says she is the last prophet.The sky behind Marjane is dark.Several people kneel at Marjane's feet.Marjane has a star around her face.All of the men look angrily at Marjane.

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Marjane says she is the last prophet.
B
The sky behind Marjane is dark.
C
Several people kneel at Marjane's feet.
D
Marjane has a star around her face.
E
All of the men look angrily at Marjane.
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Read the excerpt from Persepolis.Which elements does the author use most to develop the central idea of these panels?

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A
facial expressions and speech balloons
B
thought bubbles and captions
C
captions and facial expressions
D
speech balloons and layout
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In this passage, the author suggests that cruelty can occur when people face horrible conditions. Which evidence best supports this viewpoint? Select two options.

A
“Anyway, I knew that I would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men!”
B
“I saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. He had just detached himself from the struggling mob.”
C
“Then I understood: he was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. With lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth.”
D
“A shadow had lain down beside him. And this shadow threw itself over him.”
E
“Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me . . . You're killing your father . . . I have bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . .”

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