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Which sentence is appropriate for a formal e-mail?

A
Kids shouldn’t have to guess about how to save their money.
B
I mean, if kids can learn how to stash their cash, they will benefit.
C
A personal finance class could hook kids up with advice about money.
D
Schools should offer personal finance classes to teach basic economics.
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An informal variation on language is called

A
character.
B
setting.
C
theme.
D
dialect.
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Which of these words has a negative connotation?

A
respect
B
delight
C
jealousy
D
sympathy
4

Which excerpt from the text best supports the theme "One must persevere through hard times”?

A
It wasn’t his disreputable rags, nor the toes peeping out of one blue and one brown canvas shoes, nor yet the two stars of his rank done obviously in a hurry in biro, that troubled Jonathan.
B
So Jonathan, suspecting he might be amenable to influence, rummaged in his raffia bag and produced the two pounds with which he had been going to buy firewood which his wife, Maria, retailed to camp officials for extra stock-fish and corn meal, and got his bicycle back.
C
This newest miracle was his little house in Ogui Overside. Indeed nothing puzzles God! Only two houses away a huge concrete edifice some wealthy contractor had put up just before the war was a mountain of rubble.
D
At the first sign of light as neighbours and others assembled to commiserate with him he was already strapping his five-gallon demijohn to his bicycle carrier and his wife, sweating in the open fire, was turning over akara balls in a wide clay bowl of boiling oil.
5

Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.Twelve more years passed. Each year the Bagginses had given very lively combined birthday-parties at Bag End; but now it was understood that something quite exceptional was being planned for that autumn. Bilbo was going to be eleventy-one, 111, a rather curious number, and a very respectable age for a hobbit (the Old Took himself had only reached 130); and Frodo was going to be thirty-three, 33, an important number: the date of his "coming of age”. . .

A
The Bagginses throw extravagant parties.
B
Bilbo, a hobbit, is going to be 111.
C
Frodo is turning 33 years old.
D
Thirty-three is an important number.
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Which heading best exemplifies the format for an e-mail subject line?

A
Uniforms Are a Good Call for All!
B
Aren’t you tired of picking out clothes for school?
C
Consider a vote in favor of school uniforms.
D
Hey, let’s put an end to the trends . . .
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Which line from the text best supports the theme "Hard work pays off in the end”?

A
When he dug it up again a year later after the surrender all it needed was a little palm-oil greasing.
B
At the end of a fortnight he had made a small fortune of one hundred and fifteen pounds.
C
That must have been the last thought in Jonathan’s mind before he was finally carried away himself.
D
He couldn’t have been gone for long, though, when he was violently awakened again.
8

Which are common elements of fantasy? Select 3 options.true-to-life settingsimagined worlds everyday events mythical creatures the supernatural

A
true-to-life settings
B
imagined worlds
C
everyday events
D
mythical creatures
E
the supernatural
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Read the excerpt from "Digging."Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests...

A
The assonance connects the thumb and finger to the act of farming.
B
The assonance adds emphasis to the speaker’s past as a farmer.
C
The assonance creates a pleasing and interesting sound.
D
The assonance emphasizes that the speaker is writing about his father.
10

Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.On this occasion the presents were unusually good. The hobbit-children were so excited that for a while they almost forgot about eating. There were toys the like of which they had never seen before, all beautiful and some obviously magical. Many of them had indeed been ordered a year before, and all the way from the Mountain and from Dale, and were of real dwarf-make.

A
Great presents are given at the party.
B
The children almost forget to eat.
C
Some of the toys are magical.
D
The gifts have been ordered very early.
11

Which are factors that influence a person’s perspective? Check all that apply.ageracegendernationalityappearance

A
age
B
race
C
gender
D
nationality
E
appearance
12

Read the claim.A student tutoring program should be established so that peers can help one another.

A
Honor Roll students could offer homework help to students with specific academic needs.
B
With careful student pairings, academics would improve and new friendships would form.
C
Last spring, nearly twenty percent of all geometry students visited the guidance center to find a tutor.
D
Families often complain about the cost of tutors, but a student-run program would be free.
13

Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe."Na tief-man and him people," came the cool reply. "Make you hopen de door."

A
“The thief and his people,” came the cool reply. “Open the door.”
B
“The thief’s man and his friends,” came the cool reply. “He opened the door.”
C
“The thief and his people,” came the cool reply. “They opened the door.”
D
“The thief’s friends,” came the cool reply. “We opened the door.”
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Based on the passage, what are the best ways to describe Tom Sawyer’s character? Select 3 options.

A
amusing
B
cunning
C
mischievous
D
naive
E
stupid
F
vicious
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contextdialectsettingtheme

A
context
B
dialect
C
setting
D
theme
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Which line from "Ghost House" summarizes the speaker’s overall perspective?

A
I dwell with a strangely aching heart
B
In that vanished abode there far apart
C
I know not who these mute folk are
D
Who share the unlit place with me
17

Read the excerpt from "Ghost House."The whippoorwill is coming to shoutAnd hush and cluck and flutter about

A
to point out important ideas in the first line.
B
to create pleasing sounds in the second line.
C
to place emphasis on the word “shout” in the first line.
D
to link “coming” in the first line with “cluck” in the second line.
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Which excerpt from "Ghost House" uses both alliteration and assonance to add emphasis?

A
Who share the unlit place with me—
B
Doubtless bear names that the mosses mar.
C
Though two, close-keeping, are lass and lad,—
D
As sweet companions as might be had.
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fearhappinesshopelonging

A
fear
B
happiness
C
hope
D
longing
20

Which excerpt from Tom Sawyer allows the reader to infer the time of year?

A
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with.
B
She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and “jimpson” weeds that constituted the garden.
C
“It’s mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday, but he hates work more than he hates anything else, and I've got to do some of my duty by him, or I'll be the ruination of the child.”
D
While Tom was eating his supper, and stealing sugar as opportunity offered, Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments.

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