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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.As Montgomery and de Grey slowly made their way through the message, they noticed more and more oddities. For example, 97556 appeared near the end of the message; the 90000 family indicated important names that were not used very often in messages. We can imagine their shock when they realized that 97556 stood for Zimmermann. That single name fired the men with excitement as they began working on the message from the beginning.

A
The inference is supported by the fact that the men had to work very slowly to decipher the complicated message.
B
The inference is supported by the complicated codes that were used by the Germans to convey their messages across the Atlantic during the war.
C
The inference is supported by the fact that two men were involved in the deciphering of the message.
D
The inference is supported by the excitement the men feel when they discover that the message was sent by Zimmermann, the German foreign secretary.
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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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Review the statement by Karin Slaughter in her NPR interview.And you have to make sure that the reader cares enough about these characters so that when bad things happen, they want to read along.

A
Child is less concerned with character development than Slaughter.
B
Child is more concerned with character development than Slaughter.
C
Both Child and Slaughter feel that suspense is created through characters.
D
Neither Child nor Slaughter feel suspense is created through characters.
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A
exactly aligned
B
completely opposed
C
similar in some ways
D
not at all similar
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Which pieces of textual evidence support the inference that the codebook was of high importance? Select 2 options.

A
On several occasions Room 40 received an unexpected but welcome gift when a German codebook was recovered after a sea battle and presented to the British code breakers.
B
One such gift was a codebook from the German ship Magdeburg, a light cruiser that ran aground on an island off of Finland.
C
When Russian ships quickly bore down on the cruiser, the captain of the stranded ship immediately did what all naval officers were taught to do: he ordered his signalman to bring him the ship's codebook so he could throw the book, wrapped in lead covers, into the sea.
D
But before the signalman could deliver the book to his captain, he was killed by Russian guns.
E
When the Russians recovered his body, the sailor was still clutching the codebook in his arms.
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Which support the central idea of a text? Select three options.

A
analogies
B
attitudes
C
anecdotes
D
examples
E
extremes
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Review the line from Karin Slaughter’s NPR interview.And with each page, that's what I try to do – is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle.

A
Child feels that characters are not important to the plot. Slaughter feels characters are central.
B
Child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. Slaughter feels they must have reactions.
C
Slaughter builds suspense through her characters. Child builds suspense by delaying answers.
D
Slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. Child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.
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opinions
B
ideas
C
evidence
D
descriptions
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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.

A
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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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.

A
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
C
by including more detailed information about who did fieldwork for the Union and how it was done
D
by adding complexity to the topic by raising the moral issues involved in fieldwork and other espionage

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