Unit Test — Cumulative exam Answers

As part of the process of synthesizing information from different sources, a reader

Read the passage from "The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff ” by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson.On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) into existence. Its mission: "to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes.” NASA was created by an act of Congress, and it was a civilian entity rather than another branch of the military because Eisenhower wanted to ensure that the space agency pursued a scientific endeavor.

Look at the graphic and read the excerpt from Chapter Four of Windows to the Universe: Revolutions in Astronomy.About a month later, JWST reached its destination, Lagrange Point 2 (L2), over a million miles from Earth.How does the graphic enhance the information from the excerpt?

Read the sentence from “Fish Cheeks.”For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.Which sense does the description appeal to?

Read the passages from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros and “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer.Today while cooking oatmeal she is Madame Butterfly until she sighs and points the wooden spoon at me. I could’ve been somebody, you know? Esperanza, you go to school. Study hard.For four years I boarded with a couple she knew. I paid my rent in labor, and I ate vegetables I grew myself. I wore my clothes until they were thin as parchment. But I graduated at the top of my class!