Cumulative Exam Answers

Cameron is conducting research about famous American artist Jackson Pollock. Which source on his list is the most credible?

Read this excerpt from the employee handbook for Pepper’s Pizza. What is the purpose of the heading?

Review the information for a website that a student intends to include on a works cited page.Web Address: www.arborday2014.orgName of Website: A Day for TreesOrganization: U.S. Department of AgricultureAuthor: not providedDate of Publication: January 10, 2014Date Accessed: April 18, 2014

Read the excerpt from Outcasts United.She blew the whistle, and soon a white cloud of dust began to rise from the scuffling feet of the two sides.The Fifteens displayed a new energy and determination, and took control of the ball. On an early run, Mandela set up Muamer, the new, mustachioed Bosnian forward, with a touch pass off the back of his foot, but Muamer missed the shot."Man!" Mandela shouted in frustration.Moments later, Peshawa slithered through the Fifteens' defenses and fired a shot that clanged into the chain-link fence of the backstop.The Seventeens were up 1–0.The Fifteens didn't give up. Soon Mandela dribbled through a seam in the Seventeens' defense, got a clear view of the goal, and fired a perfect shot: clang! The Fifteens had tied it 1–1. Luma blew the whistle for halftime.

Look at the poster from the Click It or Ticket Mobilization Media Campaign.

Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Clara wanted to learn how to skate on the ice. One day, her father saw her sitting on the ice attempting to put on a pair of skates. He was shocked and sent her to the house, and said something about "tomboys.”This did not cure her desire, and she could not understand why it was okay for the boys to skate but not her.

Nico is giving an oral presentation about the benefits of adopting a pet from a shelter. He makes eye contact with his audience throughout the presentation, glancing at his notes only occasionally. When he is showing pictures of kittens and puppies that are up for adoption, he raises his voice and speaks more quickly. He uses a chart to show all of the different animals in need of homes in his area, and he provides a brief bulleted list of all the reasons why students should not support pet stores. Before answering questions at the end, he shows a photo of his dog, a terrier that his family rescued.

Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.Annie Londonderry wasn't the only one who pushed the limits of time and distance on her two-wheeler. In the late 1890s, several women took the concept of riding a century—100 miles—to the extreme by peeling off two, three, four, or more centuries in a row. Perhaps the greatest female century rider performed outside the spotlight. Dora Rinehart’s exploits hardly ever were reported beyond the western United States, where the Colorado native earned the title “America’s Greatest Cyclienne.” Rinehart took up the bicycle to regain her strength after suffering scarlet fever. She started with short rides, but quickly built up her endurance. In 1896 alone, she pedaled 17,196 miles, more than any other woman in the United States. That included stretches of 10 days in July and 20 days from October 31 through November 19 when she rode a century every day.

Look at this portion of the Social Media Policy for Widget Corp. How is this section organized?

Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another BeginsHow does the author achieve his purpose of highlighting Clara’s bravery in these frames?

Read the paragraph on William Shakespeare.Many students study William Shakespeare’s plays today, though Shakespeare lived nearly 400 years ago. In his day, Shakespeare’s plays were performed in London at small playhouses and at large, open-air amphitheaters such as the Globe Theater. Audiences in the late 1500s eagerly attended the performances of the bard’s comedies, tragedies, and histories (Kline 110).

Read the sample student paragraph that addresses a counterclaim.Some claim that the Internet both invades and compromises one’s right to privacy. However, this is ridiculous. The Internet is only as invasive as one allows it to be, particularly since there are laws to protect people’s privacy. Exercising caution when supplying personal information online is the most vital step in protecting one’s privacy. Any information you do not feel comfortable sharing online should not be shared, and sensitive information should only be provided to trusted organizations. Additionally, some states have already enacted privacy laws that model the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, ensuring that information collected for one purpose may not be used—or sold—for other purposes without first notifying the individual to whom the data belongs. The first and most important protector of an individual’s information is that individual. People whose personal information is not properly protected only have themselves to blame.

Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech.Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

Read the sample student paragraph that addresses a counterclaim and rebuttal on increasing the legal age of driving to eighteen.With car crashes being the leading cause of death among teenagers, many are in favor of raising the legal driving age to eighteen. However, those who cite these statistics are overlooking other important facts. For instance, men are seventy-seven percent more likely to be involved in an accident than women. Does this mean that we should ban men from driving? Other statistics show that one is more likely to be involved in an accident in Newark, New Jersey, than anywhere else in the nation. Does this mean that we should ban people in Newark from driving? Is it fair to simply look at crash statistics and apply them to an entire group of people without considering all of the factors involved? There are many factors other than age involved in causing an accident, and these factors are the ones that actually need to be addressed.

Which claim is the most effective for the argument that learning another language has many advantages?

Read the paragraph.(1) Baseball is unique because it is the only sport in America that does not have a time clock—although tennis and softball are not timed, either. (2) Instead, games last for nine innings, unless there is a tie after the ninth, in which case they go extra innings. (3) Nine-inning games last an average of three hours. (4) Extra innings tack on time to an already long game, but the end is always the most exciting part. (5) Most people in the US watch baseball and are fans of their hometown team.

Which best describes the purpose of Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change?

Read the short speech given by the president of the student body.More trash receptacles are needed in our student parking lot. There are over two hundred student drivers occupying the lot, with only two accessible trash cans. The garbage overflows daily, leaving students and visitors stranded in ankle-deep rubbish. Fast food wrappers and discarded worksheets scatter like tumbleweeds across the asphalt. Every citizen of the school deserves a clear path to education.

Look at this poster from the Click It or Ticket Mobilization Media Campaign.

Which best compares the authors’ purposes in Silent Springand "A Case for Waawaatesi”?

Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.Some stated the liberating effects of the bicycle with less sarcasm. "The bicycle has brought to women a healthful, wholesome means of securing a degree of freedom and independence that no amount of discussion regarding 'women's rights' would ever have produced," wrote the L.A.W. Bulletin and Good Roads magazine in 1898. Meanwhile, Munseg's Magazine assessed the impact of the wheel on women in a special bicycle-themed issue. "If she has ridden her bicycle into new fields, becoming in the process a new creature, it has been gradually and unconsciously," the editors wrote. "She did not have to be born again in some mysterious fashion, becoming a strange creature, a new woman. She is more like the 'eternal feminine,' who has taken on wings, and who is using them with an ever increasing delight in her new power." Indeed, many bicycle companies at home and abroad did put wings on the women in their advertisements, emphasizing that they had taken flight.

Why does Lincoln conclude with an appeal to both pathos and ethos? Select three answers.

Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change .But the bicycle craze had a more lasting impact on women’s clothing than just the use of bloomers. Thanks in large part to cycling, the innovation of rational dress reformers were starting to take effect by the end of the 1890s. Corsets were on their way out, dresses were getting shorter, and women no longer wore the heavy, bulky undergarments that gave them round, unnatural shapes. These changes went a long way toward unburdening women and setting the stage for them to be healthier and more active in the coming century.

Look at the image and read the caption.Caption: This is an image of a woman wearing a crinoline in the 1850s created by cartoonist George Cruikshank.

Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross.Later on arrived a shipload of supplies from the business people of New York, which were stored with the Galveston committee, and we were asked to aid in the distribution of these supplies, and to a certain extent we did, but succeeded in organizing a committee of citizens, ladies and gentlemen, to carry out and complete this distribution.That was the real power of Clara.Which is one similarity between the frame and the excerpt?

Read the paragraph from a letter.I am writing to you today to discuss the situation at the downtown park. Recently, my family and I attended the annual town picnic there. Unfortunately, we were mobbed by unruly geese who stole our lunches. The overwhelming number of geese at the park has become unacceptable.

What does Martin Luther King Jr. make allusions to in his "I Have a Dream” speech? Select 4 options.Abraham Lincolnthe Emancipation Proclamationthe Washington MonumentJohn F. Kennedythe Constitutionthe Bible

Read the clause.During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public.

Read the sentence.When they arrived at the beach, the students who had never seen the ocean before ran toward the shore.

Read the paragraph.Recently, I have noticed that our student body has adopted a practice that should be avoided. Students discard a large amount of uneaten food during lunch. Everything thrown in the trash bins ends up in a landfill, which is a problem because the pollution and gases related to landfills can harm the environment.

Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change.By the turn of the century, the bicycle's heyday was over and a new mechanical wonder promised to transport men and women faster and farther than ever before. Bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them. The era of the automobile had begun.

Read this excerpt from the introduction to Wheels of Change by Sue Macy.Imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. Add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. How suffocated women must have felt. And how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons.

Read the excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.[S]hall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

Which is a dependent clause?

Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines.”The coal companies, in response, recruited workers from as far as New York’s Ellis Island, where newly arriving immigrants were desperate for jobs.

How does the author of the letter to the editor feel about urban sprawl?

What is the central idea of the letter to the editor?

Which excerpt from the introduction to A state of War and Peace contains subjective language?

Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace.Most awards raise a cacophony of sentiment, from praise and admiration to protests or just plain head-scratching. In the entertainment industry, the Academy Awards regularly elicit outrage.

Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace.As soon as his nomination was announced, President Obama's critics pointed out the irony of choosing this leader, who at the time was in the middle of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since he was conferred the prize in 2009, there have been calls for Obama to give back the Peace Prize, given his push to use force against Syria, with or without a U.N. Security Council resolution, and his drone use in the Middle East.

Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace.This book will examine the intentions of the man who established the prizes, Alfred Nobel. He was famous for inventing dynamite and other explosives, and at the time of his death had ninety weapons factories around the world, so there is a lack of consensus as to how far his pacifist convictions went.

Read the excerpt from the introduction to A State of War and Peace.Despite the secrecy behind the selection process and a tradition of keeping the list of nominees from being disclosed for fifty years, I believe there is logic to how the winners are chosen. I hope to arrive at an understanding of the method behind the madness used to sift through thousands of the world's highest achievers year after year.

Which feature of a book introduction is reflected in the introduction to A State of War and Peace?

Read the excerpt from "Dwaina Brooks.”Dwaina tore into the house that night after school and found her mother, Gail. As usual, she was in the kitchen. "Mama," Dwaina said. "I need you to help me fix some stuff to take down to that shelter we call at school. Let's make up as much as we can. Sandwiches and chicken. Let's get everyone to do it. C’mon."

Which best describes the author’s purpose in "Dwaina Brooks”?

Read the excerpt from "Dwaina Brooks.”Then one afternoon, Dwaina talked with a young man who had been without a home for a long time."What do you need?" she asked him."I need a job and a permanent home," he replied."Well, I can't give you that," she answered impatiently. "I don't have a job either. Don't you need anything else?""Yeah. I would love a really good meal again."

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.”"Ah, the romantic soul!”said my parents skeptically,worried that my business would fail,that I was behind the times.

In "Binding Memories,” a book’s spine serves as an extended metaphor for the speaker’s

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.”Bound by a spine strong enough to hold entire worlds

Which is the best comparison of tone in these two essays on genetically modified food?