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  • Which statement characterizes the mother’s attitude toward her husband?

    She is proud that he retains the memory of his native land.
    She is fearful that his obsession with figs will cause further troubles.
    She is frustrated by his unwillingness to take firm actions to finish things.
    She is supportive of his connecting figs with happy memories of his native land.


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  • How does the mother feel about her husband’s dreams?

    She is frustrated by them.
    She shares them with him.
    She worries about them.
    She admires them.


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  • “At age six I ate a dried fig and shrugged.” (stanza 2). This line from the poem can be restated as

    I hated the figs my father grew.
    Eventually, I learned to love the taste of figs.
    I didn’t see why figs were so important to my father.
    I ate that first fig and then gestured to have more of them.


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  • A line in stanza 3 says, “He tended garden half-heartedly, forgot to water.” Which phrase means the same as half-heartedly?

    to try one’s best to accomplish something, but fail
    to do something with little real interest in it
    to go about doing something with great dedication
    to try to make something fail because of intense dislike for it


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  • The main conflict in this poem is between

    the father’s longing and his reality.
    the father’s figs and his other fruit trees.
    the father’s dreams and the mother’s dreams.
    the father’s dreams and his daughter’s dreams.


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  • The advertisement indicates that the seminar will teach

    the definition of compulsive behavior.
    the seven-point M.A.G.I.C.A.L. process.
    about the health risks of losing your temper
    how to stop people from treating others thoughtlessly.


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  • In what way is the advertisement intended to appeal to a wide audience?

    It refers to the most common mistakes people make.
    It warns people not to act in ways they will later regret.
    It mentions situations that most people have experienced.
    It urges people not to take out their anger on the wrong people.


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  • Which is not an interpretation of “sweat” as used in the advertisement?

    worry
    perspire
    fret over
    be vexed


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  • Which quote from the passage does not demonstrate a persuasive technique used in the passage?

    “You’ll learn how to infuse your life with greater wisdom and restraint through the seven- point M.A.G.I.C.A.L. process.” (paragraph 4)
    “Most of us already understand how we ‘should’ act in certain situations.” (paragraph 5)
    “It can help you live a happier and less stressful life, starting the very next day.” (paragraph 6)
    “In just one day you’ll see the amazing results.” (paragraph 7)


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  • Read the following excerpt from the advertisement. “[W]hen you spend your precious time and energy ‘sweating the small stuff,’ you sacrifice your potential to achieve happiness and success in your life. ... [w]hen you are bothered, frustrated, stressed out, and annoyed, all the emotion takes a great deal of energy. ...” Which phrase from the above passage explains what is meant by “sweating the small stuff”?

    “all the emotion takes a great deal of energy”
    “when you are bothered, frustrated, stressed out”
    “when you spend your precious time and energy”
    “you sacrifice your potential to achieve happiness”


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  • “Sometimes I couldn’t help myself. I’d reach out and try to snitch a piece of dough to eat. ... I always got caught. ... She would order, ‘Don’t fuss in the food. You know I don’t like fussing in the food.’ And I would pull my hand away, place it back on the sifter and try to look contrite and obediently dutiful.” As used in paragraph 4, the phrase fussing in the food is similar to

    touching the food.
    fretting over the food.
    worrying about the food.
    complaining about the food.


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  • Which statement from the passage helps the reader understand the grandmother’s loving personality?

    “Her breathing came harder and heavier as the dough thickened into a solid ball.”
    “When she was done mixing and kneading, the bread dough rose while we made the beds, shook the rugs, and swept the wooden floors.”
    “Within minutes of handing the pan to her, she had milk, lard, yeast and flour poured into it and was elbow deep in sticky bread dough.”
    “Taking one of the pieces in her fingertips, she slathered it with butter, sprinkled it with a spoonful of sugar, then turned, bent over slightly and placed it into my cupped hands.”


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  • Read the following excerpt from paragraph 7 of the passage. “She never gave words: she didn’t have to. Instead, we shared the task of baking bread.” What does the word instead refer to in this excerpt?

    What does the word instead refer to in this excerpt?
    instead of saying I love you
    instead of laughing
    instead of farming


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  • Read the following excerpt from paragraph 4 of the passage. “And I would pull my hand away, place it back on the sifter and try to look contrite and obediently dutiful.” Why does the narrator behave in the manner stated above?

    She disobeyed her grandmother.
    She does not want the bread to rise too much.
    She is concerned about getting her hands dirty.
    She wants to make the bread taste different.


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  • What does the reader learn from the grandmother’s interaction with Shelly?

    People who work hard are never sentimental.
    People on a ranch should depend on their neighbors for help.
    There are ways to express one’s feelings without using words.
    Making bread on Mondays was once a tradition for many people.


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  • The narrator looks back on the summers spent with her grandmother with

    humor.
    fear.
    fondness.
    indifference.


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  • Which represents the organizational pattern of the passage?

    repetition of a key idea with examples
    cause-and-effect
    problem-solution
    chronological order


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  • According to the information given in the passage, the number of different species to be found on Earth is likely to be

    greater than has been presently catalogued.
    about the same as has been presently catalogued.
    dependent on how many different categories scientists can devise.
    greater for the plant kingdom than for the animal kingdom.


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  • Which sentence summarizes paragraph 2?

    Earth has abundant water.
    Venus is too hot to support life as we know it.
    The planet Mars is too cold to support life as we know it.
    The climate of Earth is just right for living things.


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  • Based on paragraph 5, which is probably true?

    Hunters in New Guinea did not name any fish or plants.
    People did not begin naming animals and plants until three hundred years ago.
    All of the frogs, lizards, snakes, birds, insects, and worms in New Guinea have been named.
    Other cultures around the world have historically named the animals and plants like the hunters in New Guinea.


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  • Using information from the passage, which phrase is likely the meaning of the word “microbiology”?

    the study of very small organisms
    the study of very ancient organisms
    the study of very complex organisms
    the study of very rare organisms


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  • In paragraph 18, why does the word known appear in quotation marks?

    It is a direct quote from the author.
    It is meant to indicate that very little is actually known about those organisms.
    It is meant to indicate that all that can be known about those organisms has been discovered.
    It is meant to indicate that scientists disagree over the names and classifications of many of those organisms.


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  • According to the information given in the passage, what would be the branch of biology that is concerned with the study of the various species of insects?

    entomology
    marine biology
    microbiology
    anthropology


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  • What is the main purpose of paragraph 7?

    to explain why insects are the largest group
    to persuade people to care about the living things on Earth
    to describe the variety of living things that has been discovered
    to illustrate how various types of living things are treated differently


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  • “The multitude spanned a mile wide and extended for 240 miles, consisting of no fewer than three pigeons per cubic yard of sky.” In this excerpt from paragraph 1, the word spanned means

    flew.
    slowed.
    increased.
    stretched.


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  • The author’s purpose in this passage is to

    persuade people to study their own favorite birds or animals.
    explain why Passenger Pigeons can no longer be seen.
    describe how impressive the numbers of Passenger Pigeons were.
    show the danger of wild Passenger Pigeons.


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  • “Mathematicians and physicists perhaps can visualize the number, but for years I struggled.” This sentence from paragraph 2 can be paraphrased by which of these statements?

    I cannot see why these numbers are so important to some people.
    I had trouble understanding how large the number was.
    I decided to study math and physics to help me understand.
    I was never good at math or physics when I was in school.


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  • What do paragraphs 6 and 7 add to the reader’s understanding of Passenger Pigeons?

    how mathematicians and physicists calculated the number of pigeons that flew over Kentucky and Indiana in the early 1800s
    the reasons why Passenger Pigeons are more interesting than carrier pigeons
    what the Passenger Pigeons looked like to those who saw them
    the reasons why Passenger Pigeons are unlikely to be seen again


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  • “This species once comprised 25 to 40 percent of the total land-bird population. ...” In this excerpt from paragraph 4, the word comprised means

    led to.
    made up.
    counted on.
    improved on.


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  • The author uses the image, “They closed over the sky like an eyelid” (paragraph 7), to describe the

    breadth of the flock.
    delicate flesh color of the flock.
    sense of doom brought by the flock.
    way the flock appeared in his dreams.


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  • What does paragraph 5 add to the reader’s understanding about flocks of Passenger Pigeons?

    the difficulty in imagining how many there were
    how people reacted to their appearance
    why their sighting was a rare event
    what scientists long ago believed about them


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  • Which statement accurately describes Passenger Pigeon flocks today?

    The birds sometimes fly in layers on top of each other.
    They close over the sky like an eyelid.
    We have to imagine what it would be like to see a flock of them.
    Some flocks of the birds are reported to have blocked out the sun.


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