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Read the sentence.The speaker of Okita’s poem tries to present herself in ways that have little to do with her customs.Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?

A
The speaker of Okita’s poem has a go at painting herself in ways that have little to do with her background.
B
The speaker of Okita’s poem has a crack at describing herself in ways that have little to do with her stock.
C
The speaker of Okita’s poem makes an effort to show herself in ways that have little to do with her family.
D
The speaker of Okita’s poem attempts to characterize herself in ways that have little to do with her heritage.
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Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby.Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound. They were not perfect ovals—like the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact end—but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead. To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size. I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.The use of words such as “fashionable,” “superficial,” “bizarre,” and “sinister” provide

A
a truthful and vivid description of the West Egg and East Egg.
B
a sense of artificiality in the world the narrator finds himself in.
C
an idea of mischief that surrounds the narrator and his friends.
D
a meaningful portrayal of life on the Long Island Sound in the 1920s.
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Because of his journalistic background, Ernest Hemingway’s diction tends to be

A
a combination of formal and informal.
B
neither formal nor informal.
C
only formal.
D
only informal.
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Which excerpt from The Great Gatsby best indicates that Nick is not fully content with his life?

A
He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
B
Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.
C
Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.
D
I had a dog—at least I had him for a few days until he ran away—and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.
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Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.No, let us go no further. Decency and custom forbid it. I said it earlier, when speaking of my grandfather: In Jewish tradition a man’s death belongs to him alone. Let the gas chambers remain closed to prying eyes, and to the imagination. We will never know all that happened behind those doors of steel.Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which theme is addressed in both excerpts?

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A
Inexperience can sometimes lead to misunderstanding.
B
It’s important to follow tradition regardless of circumstance.
C
Some truths are too difficult to fathom if one has not experienced them.
D
There are times when one must be able to see in order to believe.
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Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. “Tenente,” Passini said. “We understand you let us talk. Listen. There is nothing as bad as war. We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. There are some people who never realize. There are people who are afraid of their officers. It is with them the war is made.” “I know it is bad but we must finish it.” “It doesn’t finish. There is no finish to a war.” “Yes there is.” Passini shook his head. “War is not won by victory. What if we take San Gabriele? What if we take the Carso and Monfalcome and Trieste? Where are we then? Did you see all the far mountains to-day? Do you think we could take all them too? Only if the Austrians stop fighting. One side must stop fighting. Why don’t we stop fighting? If they come down into Italy they will get tired and go away. They have their own country. But no, instead there is a war.”Which best describes the effect of Passini’s long pieces of dialogue?

A
They indicate that Passini is naive about the ways of war.
B
They indicate that Passini is guided by his emotions.
C
They indicate that Passini feels passionately about his beliefs.
D
They indicate that Passini is the main protagonist.
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Which accurately describes a contrast between Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea and Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus?

A
Wiesel’s narrative is a nonfiction account of the Holocaust, whereas Spiegelman’s novel is a fictional account.
B
Wiesel’s work relies on the memories of others, whereas Spiegelman’s account relies on the memories of one person.
C
Wiesel’s story includes his thoughts and feelings, whereas Spiegelman’s novel illustrates his father’s horrific experiences.
D
Wiesel’s writing is loosely based on his own experiences, whereas Spiegelman’s narrative is purely imaginative.
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Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.The road was crowded and there were screens of corn-stalk and straw matting on both sides and matting over the top so that it was like the entrance at a circus or a native village.Keeping in mind Hemingway’s iceberg principle, what feeling is he trying to convey by describing the scene as an “entrance to a circus or a native village”?

A
a feeling of unease as the narrator is driving into a peculiar and alien location
B
a feeling of sadness at the devastation that has been caused by violence of war
C
a feeling of joy as the narrator realizes that he is alive despite all the carnage
D
a feeling of defeat about a war that has taken so many lives and still continues on
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Which incident taken from O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is the best example of irony?

A
Lucynell Crater falls asleep in the diner before she has a chance to eat her food, and she is left there by her husband.
B
Mrs. Crater gives her car to Mr. Shiftlet in hopes that he will marry her one and only daughter.
C
Mrs. Crater thinks she is gaining a son-in-law, when in fact Mr. Shiftlet takes her car, her money, and abandons her daughter at a diner.
D
Mr. Shiftlet appears at the plantation house and explains that even the best doctors cannot know what is in his heart.
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Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066 was based on

A
evidence that all Japanese Americans were plotting to fight the US within its borders.
B
past experiences of Japanese Americans causing civil unrest in the United States.
C
the assumption that Japanese Americans posed a threat to national security.
D
written reports that Japan was recruiting American citizens to spy for them.
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Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.It is unbelievable how fast people adapt. It hurts to admit it, but within hours of first breathing the cattle car’s nauseating air, we began to feel at home. ‘Home’ was the edge of the wooden plank I sat on as I dreamed of the Jewish exiles of antiquity and the Middle Ages. More curious than afraid, I thought of myself as their brother. Mixed into my sadness there was undeniable excitement, for we were living a historic event, a historic adventure.Which best describes the author at this point in his life?

A
He comprehends the situation but is trying to remain optimistic.
B
He reveals the torment he feels while riding the train to the unknown.
C
He is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening.
D
He is troubled by how quickly the others have accepted the current condition.
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In order to write a strong essay that links together related ideas and sentences, the writer must employ

A
comparisons.
B
transitions.
C
metaphors.
D
conflict.
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Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".My best friend is a white girl named Denise—we look at boys together. She sat in front of meall through grade school because of our names:O’Connor, Ozawa.In the excerpt, Okita reveals significant details about

A
religion and culture.
B
race and friendship.
C
internment and prison.
D
youth and love.
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Read the sentence.In chapter three, Joseph feels confused about the way things happened at the court house.Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?

A
Joseph is confused that things happened as they did at the court house in chapter three.
B
In chapter three, the reader learns that Joseph feels weird about the way events happened at the court house.
C
Joseph feels some confusion about the way things occurred at the court house in chapter three.
D
In chapter three, the reader learns that Joseph feels confused about the events that occurred at the court house.
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By signing Executive Order No. 9066, President Roosevelt assumed that

A
no one would actually be interned in camps.
B
he was doing what was best for his nation.
C
his direction and command would end the war.
D
the internment camps would be permanent.

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