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Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.

A
The sentence proves that the author is knowledgeable.
B
The sentence creates an image of children at play.
C
The sentence discusses the death of children.
D
The sentence offers facts about diseases adults contract.
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Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi."Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.

A
logos and reason.
B
ethos and credibility.
C
pathos and ethos.
D
logos and pathos.
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Which excerpt from Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi” best appeals to readers’ logic?

A
Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure.
B
Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.
C
It’s things like frogs, who make it their business to croak at night, particularly when mating. Artificial lights disrupt their mojo and that means less frogs and reduced populations.
D
Migratory birds depend on cues from properly timed seasonal schedules. Artificial lights can cause them to migrate too early or too late and miss ideal climate conditions for nesting, foraging and other behaviors.
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Use the passages Silent Spring and "A Case for Waawaatesi” to answer the following question.

A
paragraph 1 of Silent Spring
B
paragraph 1 of “A Case for Waawaatesi”
C
paragraph 3 of Silent Spring
D
paragraph 3 of “A Case for Waawaatesi”

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