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Author’s Purpose and Viewpoint in The Dark Game, Part 3 — Unit test Answers

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Read this paragraph from The Dark Game.When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster." She was in her early forties and unmarried. What could she do, she wondered, to serve her country? The answer came to her when she recalled her father's aunt Letitia telling her how she had ministered to the captured troops of the Continental army during the American Revolution, especially those who had been wounded in action.

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Elizabeth Van Lew was an unmarried woman in her forties who wanted to serve her country but did not know how.
B
Elizabeth Van Lew asked herself what she wanted to do to help the Northern cause during the Civil War.
C
Elizabeth Van Lew was called a spinster in the South during the time of the Civil War because she had been unmarried for such a long time.
D
Elizabeth Van Lew wanted to help during the Civil War and drew inspiration from a relative who had taken care of wounded Revolutionary soldiers.
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Review the information in the chart about the problems of turning stories into films.What solution best completes the chart?

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A
Add more narrative detail.
B
Eliminate characters.
C
Add dialogue or a voice-over.
D
Change the ending.
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Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.

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The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
B
The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
C
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.
D
The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.
E
Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
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Which are examples of an expository writing style? Select 3 options.More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception.Other attacks include the use of viruses and Trojan horses.But how can you bury a mountain of soil? Before long, the army engineers came up with a plan that would allow them to do just that.Only a small fraction of the information flowing around the world is securely encrypted.Hall well understood the gamble the Germans were taking.When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster."

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More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception.
B
Other attacks include the use of viruses and Trojan horses.
C
But how can you bury a mountain of soil? Before long, the army engineers came up with a plan that would allow them to do just that.
D
Only a small fraction of the information flowing around the world is securely encrypted.
E
Hall well understood the gamble the Germans were taking.
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When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster."
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.Yet, by the time Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than American battle deaths in all other wars from the Revolution through the Vietnam War.

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to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts
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to persuade readers of the seriousness of the American Civil War
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to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle
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to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in Appomattox, Virginia
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Read the sentence.Alma plans to visit London and Paris, where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple.

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It is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
B
It is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
C
It is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
D
It is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
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Peter is writing about this excerpt from The Code Book.A variation on the Trojan horse is a brand-new piece of encryption software that seems secure, but which actually contains a backdoor, something that allows its designers to decrypt everybody's messages. In 1998, a report by Wayne Madsen revealed that the Swiss cryptographic company Crypto AG had built backdoors into some of its products, and had provided the U.S. Government with details of how to exploit these backdoors. As a result, Americ

H
Hidden messages can be shared through a backdoor in encryption software. It reminds me of the way I leave my kitchen door open so the cat can come in.
H
Hidden messages can be shared through a backdoor in encryption software. The author gives an example of this software helping the government.
A
A Trojan horse is a type of encryption software, but as the author explains, it is not always 100 percent secure.
A
A Trojan horse is a type of encryption software, which reminds me of Greek mythology.
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Read this excerpt from The Dark Game.Another thing that changed very little in the years between the wars was the means of obtaining military intelligence. Although the use of photography and the telegraph brought some technological advances, the craft of spying on the enemy's army still relied on fieldwork.

b
by enhancing the reader’s understanding of which technological advances were used during fieldwork
b
by changing the reader’s perceptions about how fieldwork could help the Union cause
b
by including more detailed information about who did fieldwork for the Union and how it was done
b
by adding complexity to the topic by raising the moral issues involved in fieldwork and other espionage
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.On February 24, when Hall sensed that the Zimmermann telegram would tip the balance in favor of the U.S. joining the Allied forces, the British home secretary presented the telegram to President Wilson. One week later, news of the Zimmermann telegram was splashed across the front page of American newspapers. On April 6, 1917, the Congress of the United States declared war on Germany and its allies.

A
As Hall sensed that the telegram would increase public outrage, the Americans joined the war against Germany.
B
When the British home secretary took the telegram to Washington, D.C., President Wilson was stunned by the message.
C
While the Americans declared war on Germany, the contents of the message were published on the front pages of the newspapers.
D
After the contents of the telegram were published on the front page of American newspapers, the US declared war on Germany.
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publication datecentral ideaparts of speechauthor’s background

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publication date
B
central idea
C
parts of speech
D
author’s background

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