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Read this excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About."The Pentagon wanted to ensure that their pilots would be able to fly their jets and bombers in the most unpredictable, hostile environments, including the presence of huge winds whipped up by nuclear fireballs. To accomplish this, the Pentagon developed flight simulators, in what was the birth of virtual reality. The pilots would sit in chairs with goggles placed over their eyes and use joysticks to control the simulated computer image in their headset. Select the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument.

A
Virtual reality allows people to experience harsh environments, such as nuclear warfare, in a safe location.
B
Virtual reality began as a Pentagon-generated tool that prepared jet pilots for nuclear war.
C
Virtual reality has impressive gadgetry, such as joysticks and headsets, that were inspired by the Pentagon.
D
Virtual reality is an indispensable tool that prepares pilots for the shock of nuclear fireballs.
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How does Michio Kaku establish the sense of urgency that compelled the development of the Internet in "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About"?

A
by comparing the United States’ emerging technology to the Soviet Union’s
B
by explaining the United States’ plans to launch World War III
C
by describing the paranoia of the nuclear arms race that reigned at the time
D
by detailing a quantitative study of Pentagon priorities
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Read the excerpt from Gary Soto’s story "Like Mexicans."We talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me. . . . Carolyn waved again. I looked back, waving . . . . Her people were like Mexicans, only different.Which best describes the irony in this excerpt?

A
The narrator is embarrassed about his own Mexican identity even though there is no reason to be.
B
Carolyn is exactly like a good Mexican girl even though her family is Japanese American.
C
After worrying about marrying a woman from a different culture, the narrator learns that her family is a lot like his own.
D
Although the narrator has dreamed about marrying a Mexican girl for most of his life, he finds a Japanese American girl instead.
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Read the excerpt from Julia Ortiz Cofer’s poem "El Olvido."It is a dangerous thingto forget the climate of your birthplace,to choke out the voices of dead relativeswhen in dreams they call youby your secret name.Which statement best expresses Cofer’s point?

A
Although the United States has much to offer, it is a very dangerous place.
B
Immigrants must remember and preserve their own native cultures.
C
The voices of dead relatives may enter a person’s dreams at night.
D
Dead relatives will call people by secret names that no one else knows.
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Read the excerpt from Gary Soto’s story "Like Mexicans."My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice, she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey, they don’t work como burros,” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that, honey!” For the good advice, she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies, hijo”—she would say— “Look, my son. He marry one and they fight every day about I don’t know what and I don’t know what.” Which element of cultural heritage is revealed in this excerpt?

A
art
B
religion
C
folklore
D
language
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Read this excerpt from "Like Mexicans.". . . I ignored them and climbed the back fence to see my best friend, Scott, a second-generation Okie.What is the meaning of the underlined term in this context?

A
someone who is from the West and whose parents are from the West
B
someone who is racist and whose parents who are racist
C
someone who is not Mexican and whose parents are not Mexican
D
someone who is fluent in English and whose parents are fluent in English
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Read the excerpt from Sandra Cisneros’s story "Mericans."La Virgen de Guadalupe is waiting inside behind a plate of thick glass. There’s also a gold crucifix bent crooked as a mesquite tree when someone once threw a bomb. La Virgen de Guadalupe on the main altar because she’s a big miracle, the crooked crucifix on a side altar because that’s a little miracle. What element of cultural heritage is revealed in this excerpt?

A
language
B
religion
C
clothing
D
folklore
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe.As soon as the pound notes were placed in his palm Jonathan simply closed it tight over them and buried fist and money inside his trouser pocket. He had to be extra careful because he had seen a man a couple of days earlier collapse into near-madness in an instant before that oceanic crowd because no sooner had he got his twenty pounds than some heartless ruffian picked it off him.

A
He decides to spend the money quickly so he does not lose it on the way back home.
B
He is cautious with the money because people got robbed more often after the war.
C
He decides to give his money away to the man who lost his because he feels bad for him.
D
He is proud of having more money and lets other people know about it on his way home.
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe.Jonathan Iwegbu counted himself extraordinarily lucky. "Happy survival!” meant so much more to him than just a current fashion of greeting old friends in the first hazy days of peace. It went deep to his heart. He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife Maria’s head and the heads of three out of their four children. As a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads.

A
The story takes place right before a war.
B
The story takes place in the middle of a war.
C
The story takes place right after a war.
D
The story takes place years before the start of a war.
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A message that a text conveys about a topic is called a

A
dialect.
B
setting.
C
theme.
D
detail.
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Which details should you look for in determining the setting of a story? Check all that apply.the story’s time periodwhere the author livesthe characters’ environmenthow long the story iswhere the story takes place

A
the story’s time period
B
where the author lives
C
the characters’ environment
D
how long the story is
E
where the story takes place
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Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe.As soon as the pound notes were placed in his palm Jonathan simply closed it tight over them and buried fist and money inside his trouser pocket. He had to be extra careful because he had seen a man a couple of days earlier collapse into near-madness in an instant before that oceanic crowd because no sooner had he got his twenty pounds than some heartless ruffian picked it off him.

A
Money should be hidden in one’s pocket.
B
Sometimes a blessing can be a burden.
C
A thief stole a man’s much-needed money.
D
Crowds of people can never be trusted.
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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.
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Read the excerpt from Sandra Cisneros’s story "Mericans."“Por favor,” says the lady. “¿Un foto?” pointing to her camera.“Si.” She’s so busy taking Junior’s picture, she doesn’t notice me and Keeks. “Hey, Michele, Keeks. You guys want gum?” “But you speak English!”“Yeah,” my brother says, “we’re Mericans.”Which best explains the irony in this excerpt?

A
The woman assumes that the narrator’s brother is from the region, but he is actually from the US.
B
The narrator’s brother does not know how to say the word “Americans” even though he is a US citizen.
C
Neither the narrator nor her brother actually cares for the gum the woman is passing out to them.
D
The children assume that the woman is a foreigner, but she actually lives in a nearby Mexican town.
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How does Michio Kaku establish the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an “Age of Discovery” in “Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence”?

A
by describing the government support offered to scientists of the time
B
by offering quantitative proof of people’s improved health and lifespans
C
by highlighting the social and religious developments of the era
D
by listing the significant scientific developments of the era
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Which best defines the word “assimilation”?

A
the relation to or adaptation of cultural diversity
B
the absorption of differing ethnic groups into a dominant culture
C
the reflection of one culture’s traditions onto another culture
D
the mosaic of models that focuses on cultural diversity
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Read the excerpt from Sandra Cisneros’s story "Mericans."They’re not from here. Ladies don’t come to church dressed in pants. And everybody knows men aren’t supposed to wear shorts.Which best explains the irony expressed in this excerpt?

A
The narrator is a child and is therefore not in the position to judge any adult’s choice of wardrobe.
B
While the narrator expresses disdain for the tourists’ choice of clothes, their outfits are, in fact, perfectly suitable for church.
C
The man and woman are highly respected natives to the region, while the narrator is not even from the area.
D
The narrator judges the inappropriate attire of the Americans while her own behavior is inappropriate as well.
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Read the excerpt from Sandra Cisneros’s story “Mericans.”“¿Quieres chicle?” the lady asks in a Spanish too big for her mouth. “Gracias.” The lady gives him a whole handful of gum for free, little cellophane cubes of Chiclets, cinnamon and aqua and the white ones that don’t taste like anything but are good for pretend buck teeth. “Por favor,” says the lady. “¿Un foto?” pointing to her camera.“Si.”She’s so busy taking Junior’s picture, she doesn’t notice me and Keeks. Which statement best describes the irony of the woman’s actions?

A
She speaks Spanish better than any of the children.
B
She assumes that the children speak Spanish instead of English.
C
She is too busy taking a picture to notice the other two children.
D
She mistakenly believes that the children have never had Chiclets before.
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What is meant by the term “Magic Mirror” as it is used in "The Intelligent Planet"?

A
an evolved Internet that does research without human input
B
a futuristic home accessory that is capable of answering questions
C
a secretary who is capable of performing accurate research
D
a resource that responds accurately and intuitively
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Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence."With these three fundamental discoveries, triggered by the quantum revolution, the DNA revolution, and the computer revolution, the basic laws of matter, life, and computation were, in the main, finally solved.What is the author’s purpose for including this statement?

A
to praise the impressive work of modern scientists
B
to provide evidence that the age of discovery is concluding
C
to give examples of federally funded scientific discoveries
D
to criticize societies that fail to encourage science

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