Week 8 Test Answers
Read this excerpt from the secondary source "Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home at Knob Creek."Likewise, he never forgot the time he fell in the swollen Knob Creek while playing on a foot log near his home. Had it not been for Austin Gollaher, a friend and school mate, Abraham would probably have drowned. Austin, with a keen sense of pioneer knowledge, grabbed a long tree limb from the bank and held it out like a strong arm to the struggling Lincoln. Abraham spoke of the incident after he became President.
Read this excerpt from the secondary source “Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek.”Lincoln once wrote that while living on Knob Creek he and his sister, Sarah, were sent for short periods to an A, B, C school—the first kept by Zachariah Riney, and the second by Caleb Hazel. These were subscription schools and lasted only a few months. Free schools did not come to Kentucky until the 1830s.
Read this excerpt from “1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times.”Then came the Black-Hawk war; and I was elected a Captain of Volunteers—a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went the campaign, was elated, ran for the Legislature the same year (1832) and was beaten—the only time I have been beaten by the people. The next, and three succeeding biennial elections, I was elected to the Legislature.
The table below shows some beliefs about aging organized into two columns.
Judy wants to create a diagram of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs using examples from her life instead of category titles. Which diagram best represents the correct order in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
Placing punctuation marks at the end of each sentence is an example of a(n) _____________. Please select the best answer from the choices provided
Read this description of Abraham Lincoln.I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln’s dark brown face, with the deep-cut lines, the eyes, always to me with a deep latent sadness in the expression. . . . None of the artists or pictures has caught the deep, though subtle and indirect, expression of this man’s face.
Benjamin is an elderly patient who has recently started struggling with incontinence. Benjamin’s nursing assistant assumes that his struggle is related to his age. What negative effect could believing this myth have?
The main idea behind Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is that
Read this description of Abraham Lincoln.His laugh stood by itself. The neigh of a wild horse on his native prairie is not more distinguished and hearty.
Julie is talking on the phone to her sister who lives in another state. They are talking about a struggle Julie has been having since her husband died and many of her friends retired to other states. Julie’s sister suggests that Julie start volunteering at her church or join a scrapbooking club. What change is Julie most likely struggling with?
Readers can tell that authors are using sarcasm when they
Read this passage.I can guarantee that dancing with me will be a memorable experience. I will likely step on your toes, sway to the wrong beat, and move in the wrong direction. You may regret dancing with me, but you will definitely never forget it.
Read this excerpt from a secondary source about Abraham Lincoln.Lincoln joined a volunteer company in the Black Hawk War in 1832. He served only three months in the war, and he never saw battle. Even so, Lincoln considered this event to be one of the greatest successes of his life. The men in his company elected him captain, and Lincoln was very proud of, yet humbled by, their confidence in him.
Read these excerpts.My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon counties, Illinois.–“1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times”He [Lincoln] could remember how he stayed by his mother’s side and watched her face while listening to her read the Bible.–“Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek”
strong and hardworkingcurious and intellectualfriendly and outgoingadventurous and daring
Read this excerpt from “1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times .”If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes—no other marks or brands recollected.
Which sentence uses hyperbole?
Read this excerpt from “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.”Again and again I had [traveled] those dreary twelve miles to and from the town; and all the way, I was meditating upon some means of escape for myself and made every effort to [ . . . bring about] our purchase, but all their plans had [failed]. Dr. Flint was suspicious and determined not to loosen his grasp upon us. I could have made my escape alone; but it was more for my helpless children than for myself that I longed for freedom. Although [freedom] would have been precious to me, above all price, I would not have taken it at the expense of leaving them in slavery. Every trial I endured, every sacrifice I made for their sakes, drew them closer to my heart, and gave me fresh courage to beat back the dark waves that rolled and rolled over me in a seemingly endless night of storms. . . .
Read this excerpt from “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.”In 1835, after seven years of mistreatment, she escaped. Because she did not know a safe way to get to freedom in the North, she had to go into hiding. At first, she stayed at the house of a white Southern woman who wanted to help her. When she was close to being discovered, she fled and hid in the underground cellar of relatives. She lived in the underground space for seven years before she could run away to freedom.
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