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6 5 M I NU TES, 5 2 QUESTIONS
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After readingeach passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table orgraph).

This passage is adapted from Mary Helen Stefaniak, The
Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel. ©2010 by Mary Helen
Stefaniak.

Miss Grace Spivey arrived in Threestep, Georgia,
in August 1938. She stepped off the train wearing apair of thick-soled boots suitable for hiking, a navyLine blue dress, and a little white tam that rode the waves
5 of her red hair at a gravity-defying angle. August wasa hellish month to step off the train in Georgia,
although it was nothing, she said, compared to the
119 degrees that greeted her when she arrived one
time in Timbuktu, which, she assured us, was a real
10 place in Africa. I believe her remark irritated some ofthe people gathered to welcome her on the burned
grass alongside the tracks. When folks are sweating
through their shorts, they don’t like to hear that thisis nothing compared to someplace else. Irritated or
15 not, the majority of those present were inclined to see
the arrival of the new schoolteacher in a positive
light. Hard times were still upon us in 1938, but, likemy momma said, “We weren’t no poorer than we’dever been,” and the citizens of Threestep were in the
20 mood for a little excitement.
Miss Spivey looked like just the right person to
give it to them. She was, by almost anyone’s
standards, a woman of the world. She’d gone toboarding schools since she was six years old; she’d
25 studied French in Paris and drama in London; andduring what she called a “fruitful intermission” in her
formal education, she had traveled extensively in the

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Near East and Africa with a friend of her
grandmother’s, one Janet Miller, who was a medical
30 doctor from Nashville, Tennessee. After her travels
with Dr. Miller, Miss Spivey continued her education
by attending Barnard College in New York City. She
told us all that at school the first day. When my little
brother Ralphord asked what did she study at
35 Barnyard College, Miss Spivey explained that
Barnard, which she wrote on the blackboard, was thesister school of Columbia University, of which, she
expected, we all had heard.
It was there, she told us, in the midst of trying to
40 find her true mission in life, that she wandered one
afternoon into a lecture by the famous John Dewey,
who was talking about his famous book, Democracy
and Education. Professor Dewey was in his seventies
by then, Miss Spivey said, but he still liked to chat
45 with students after a lecture—especially female
students, she added—sometimes over coffee, and see
in their eyes the fire his words could kindle. It wasafter this lecture and subsequent coffee that Miss
Spivey had marched to the Teacher’s College and50 signed up, all aflame. Two years later, she told acheery blue-suited woman from the WPA1 that she
wanted to bring democracy and education to thepoorest, darkest, most remote and forgotten cornerof America.
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They sent her to Threestep, Georgia.
Miss Spivey paused there for questions, avoiding
my brother Ralphord’s eye.
What we really wanted to know about—all
twenty-six of us across seven grade levels in the one
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agency that hired people for public and cultural development
projects and services.

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The narrator of the passage can best be described asA) one of Miss Spivey’s former students.
B) Miss Spivey’s predecessor.
C) an anonymous member of the community.
D) Miss Spivey herself.

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string in front of the blackboard behind the teacher’s
desk up front. That button on a string was something
new. When Mavis Davis (the only bona fide seventh
grader, at age thirteen) asked what it was for, Miss
65 Spivey gave the string a tug, and to our astonishment,
the whole world—or at least a wrinkled map of
it—unfolded before our eyes. Her predecessor, Miss
Chandler, had never once made use of that map,
which was older than our fathers, and until that70 moment, not a one of us knew it was there.
Miss Spivey showed us on the map how she and
Dr. Janet Miller had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean
and past the Rock of Gibraltar into theMediterranean Sea. Using the end of a ruler, she
75 gently tapped such places as Morocco and Tunis andAlgiers to mark their route along the top of Africa.
They spent twenty hours on the train to Baghdad, shesaid, swathed in veils against the sand that crept inevery crack and crevice.
80“And can you guess what we saw from the train?”Miss Spivey asked. We could not. “Camels!” she said.
“We saw a whole caravan of camels.” She looked
around the room, waiting for us to be amazed anddelighted at the thought.
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We all hung there for a minute, thinking hard,
until Mavis Davis spoke up.
“She means like the three kings rode toBethlehem,” Mavis said, and she folded her hands
smugly on her seventh-grade desk in the back of the
90 room.
Miss Spivey made a mistake right then. Instead of
beaming upon Mavis the kind of congratulatory
smile that old Miss Chandler would have bestowed
on her for having enlightened the rest of us, Miss
95 Spivey simply said, “That’s right.”

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In the passage, Threestep is mainly presented as aA) summer retreat for vacationers.
B) small rural town.
C) town that is home to a prominent university.
D) comfortable suburb.
3
It can reasonably be inferred from the passage thatsome of the people at the train station regard Miss
Spivey’s comment about the Georgia heat withA) sympathy, because they assume that she isexperiencing intense heat for the first time.
B) disappointment, because they doubt that she will
stay in Threestep for very long.
C) embarrassment, because they imagine that she issuperior to them.
D) resentment, because they feel that she isminimizing their discomfort.
4
Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 2-5 (“She stepped . . . angle”)
B) Lines 10-14 (“I believe . . . else”)C) Lines 14-20 (“Irritated . . . excitement”)
D) Lines 23-25 (“She’d gone . . . London”)
5Miss Spivey most likely uses the phrase “fruitfulintermission” (line 26) to indicate thatA) she benefited from taking time off from herstudies in order to travel.
B) her travels with Janet Miller encouraged her tostart medical school.
C) her early years at boarding school resulted inunanticipated rewards.
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The interaction between Miss Spivey and Ralphord
serves mainly toA) suggest that Miss Spivey has an exaggerated viewof what information should be considered
common knowledge.
B) establish a friendly dynamic between thecharming schoolchildren and their indulgent
and doting new instructor.
C) introduce Ralphord as a precocious young
student and Miss Spivey as a dismissive anddisinterested teacher.
D) demonstrate that the children want to amuse
Miss Spivey with their questions.
7
In the third paragraph, what is the narrator most
likely suggesting by describing Miss Spivey as having“wandered” (line 40) in one situation and “marched”(line 49) in another situation?
A) Dewey, knowing Miss Spivey wasn’t very
confident in her ability to teach, instilled in her asense of determination.
B) Talking with Dewey over coffee made Miss
Spivey realize how excited she was to teach in thepoorest, most remote corner of America.
C) After two years spent studying, Miss Spivey was
anxious to start teaching and be in charge of her
own classroom.
D) Miss Spivey’s initial encounter with Dewey’s
ideas was somewhat accidental but ultimately
motivated her to decisive action.

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According to the passage, Miss Spivey ended up in
Threestep as a direct result ofA) her friendship with Janet Miller.
B) attending college in New York City.
C) talking with a woman at the WPA.
D) Miss Chandler’s retirement from teaching.
9
In the passage, when Miss Spivey announces that she
had seen camels, the students’ reaction suggests thatthey areA) delighted.
B) fascinated.
C) baffled.
D) worried.
10
Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 82-84 (“She looked . . . thought”)B) Lines 85-86 (“We all . . . up”)
C) Lines 87-90 (“She means . . . room”)
D) Lines 91-95 (“Instead . . . right”)

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1This passage is adapted from David Owen, The Conundrum:
How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good
Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse.
©2011 by David Owen.

Building good transit isn’t a bad idea, but it canactually backfire if the new trains and buses merely
clear space on highway lanes for those who would
Line prefer to drive—a group that, historically, has
5 included almost everyone with access to a car. To
have environmental value, new transit has to replaceand eliminate driving on a scale sufficient to cut
energy consumption overall. That means that a newtransit system has to be backed up by something that
10 impels complementary reductions in car use—say,the physical elimination of traffic lanes or theconversion of existing roadways into bike or bus
lanes, ideally in combination with higher fuel taxes,
parking fees, and tolls. Needless to say, those ideas
15 are not popular. But they’re necessary, because you
can’t make people drive less, in the long run, by
taking steps that make driving more pleasant,economical, and productive.
One of the few forces with a proven ability to slow
20 the growth of suburban sprawl has been theultimately finite tolerance of commuters for long,annoying commutes. That tolerance has grown inrecent decades, and not just in the United States, but
it isn’t unlimited, and even people who don’t seem to
25 mind spending half their day in a car eventuallyreach a point where, finally, enough is enough. Thatmeans that traffic congestion can haveenvironmental value, since it lengthens commuting
times and, by doing so, discourages the proliferation
30 of still more energy-hungry subdivisions—unless wemade the congestion go away. If, in a misguided
effort to do something of environmental value,municipalities take steps that make long-distance car
commuting faster or more convenient—by adding
35 lanes, building bypasses, employing traffic-control

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measures that make it possible for existing roads toaccommodate more cars with fewer delays, replacing
tollbooths with radio-based systems that don’t
require drivers even to slow down—we actually make40 the sprawl problem worse, by indirectly encouraging
people to live still farther from their jobs, stores,
schools, and doctors’ offices, and by forcing
municipalities to further extend road networks,
power grids, water lines, and other civic
45 infrastructure. If you cut commuting time by
10 percent, people who now drive fifty miles eachway to work can justify moving five miles farther out,
because their travel time won’t change. This is how
metropolitan areas metastasize. It’s the history of
50 suburban expansion.
Traffic congestion isn’t an environmental
problem; traffic is. Relieving congestion without
doing anything to reduce the total volume of cars canonly make the real problem worse. Highway
55 engineers have known for a long time that building
new car lanes reduces congestion only temporarily,
because the new lanes foster additional driving—aphenomenon called induced traffic. Widening roads
makes traffic move faster in the short term, but the
60 improved conditions eventually attract additional
drivers and entice current drivers to drive more, andcongestion reappears, but with more cars—and thatgets people thinking about widening roads again.
Moving drivers out of cars and into other forms of
65 transportation can have the same effect, if existing
traffic lanes are kept in service: road space begets
road use.
One of the arguments that cities inevitably makein promoting transit plans is that the new system, by
70 relieving automobile congestion, will improve thelives of those who continue to drive. No one everpromotes a transit scheme by arguing that it would
make traveling less convenient—even though, froman environmental perspective, inconvenient travel is
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Effect of Route Capacity Reduction in Selected Regions

Region

Vehicles per day
on altered road

Vehicles per day onsurrounding roads

Changein traffic*

Beforealteration

After
alteration

Beforealteration

After
alteration

Rathausplatz,
Nürnberg

24,5840

67,28455,824–146.6%Southampton
city center

5,316

3,081

26,522

24,101–87.5%

Tower Bridge,
London44,2420103,262

111,999–80.3%New York
highway

110,000

50,000540,000

560,000–36.4%

1,300

0

2,130

2,885

–41.9%

Kinnaird Bridge,
Edmonton*Change in regional traffic in proportion to traffic previously using the altered road

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Figure 2

Could a significant road space reallocation
result in some people changing . . .

Survey of Transportation Engineers’ Predictions of Driver Behavior
the route of a journey
when they travel
their means of traveling
how often they make a journey
what is done in one tripa journey destination
their driving stylewhether they car-share
0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Percent of total responses for given behavior

yesPrediction
yes (in exceptional circumstances)nodon’t know

Figures adapted from S. Cairns et al., “Disappearing Traffic? The Story So Far.” ©2002 by UCL.

The main purpose of the passage is toA) provide support for the claim that efforts to
reduce traffic actually increase traffic.
B) dispute the widely held belief that building andimproving mass transit systems is good for theenvironment.
C) discuss the negative environmental
consequences of car-focused development andsuburban sprawl.
D) argue that one way to reduce the negativeenvironmental effects of traffic is to makedriving less agreeable.

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Which choice best supports the idea that the author
assumes that, all things being equal, people would
rather drive than take mass transit?
A) Lines 1-5 (“Building . . . car”)
B) Lines 5-8 (“To have . . . overall”)
C) Lines 15-18 (“But they’re . . . productive”)
D) Lines 19-22 (“One . . . commutes”)

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1As used in line 9, “backed up” most nearly meansA) supported.
B) copied.
C) substituted.
D) jammed.
14
In the first paragraph, the author concedes that his
recommendations areA) costly to implement.
B) not widely supported.
C) strongly opposed by experts.
D) environmentally harmful in the short term.
15
Based on the passage, how would the author most
likely characterize many attempts to improve traffic?
A) They are doomed to fail because most people likedriving too much to change their habits.
B) They overestimate how tolerant people are oflong commutes.
C) They are well intentioned but ultimately lead toenvironmental harm.
D) They will only work if they make driving more
economical and productive.
16
Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 8-14 (“That . . . tolls”)
B) Lines 22-26 (“That . . . enough”)C) Lines 31-40 (“If, in . . . worse”)
D) Lines 64-67 (“Moving . . . use”)

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According to the passage, reducing commuting time
for drivers can have which of the following effects?
A) Drivers become more productive employees
than they previously were.
B) Mass transit gets extended farther into suburban
areas than it previously was.
C) Mass transit carries fewer passengers andreceives less government funding than it
previously did.
D) Drivers become more willing to live farther fromtheir places of employment than they previously
were.
18
As used in line 72, “promotes” most nearly meansA) upgrades.
B) serves.
C) advocates.
D) develops.
19
According to figure 1, how many vehicles traveled on
the altered road through the Southampton city centerper day before the route was altered?
A) 3,081
B) 5,316
C) 24,101
D) 26,522

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1Do the data in figure 1 support or weaken theargument of the author of the passage, and why?
A) Support, because the data show that merely
moving drivers out of cars can induce traffic.
B) Support, because the data show that reducing
road capacity can lead to a net reduction intraffic.
C) Weaken, because the data show that in somecases road alterations lead to greater traffic onsurrounding roads.
D) Weaken, because the data show that traffic
reductions due to road alterations tend to be
brief.

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Based on figure 2, the engineers surveyed were mostskeptical of the idea that in the event of a reallocationof road space, drivers would changeA) when they travel.
B) their means of traveling.
C) how often they make a journey.
D) their driving style.

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1In the early 1990s, textbooks acknowledged thathumans had slow-conducting nerves, but asserted
that those nerves only responded to two types ofLine stimuli: pain and temperature. Sensations of pressure
5 and vibration were believed to travel only along
myelinated, fast-signaling nerve fibers, which also
give information about location. Experiments
blocking nerve fibers supported this notion.
Preventing fast fibers from firing (either by clamping
10 the relevant nerve or by injecting the local anesthetic
lidocaine) seemed to eliminate the sensation ofpressure altogether, but blocking slow fibers only
seemed to reduce sensitivity to warmth or a small
painful shock.
15Håkan Olausson and his Gothenburg University
colleagues Åke Vallbo and Johan Wessberg
wondered if slow fibers responsive to gentle pressure
might be active in humans as well as in othermammals. In 1993, they corralled 28 young
20 volunteers and recorded nerve signals while gently
brushing the subjects’ arms with their fingertips.
Using a technique called microneurography, inwhich a fine filament is inserted into a single nerve tocapture its electrical impulses, the scientists were able
25 to measure how quickly—or slowly—the nerves
fired. They showed that soft stroking prompted
two different signals, one immediate and one
delayed. The delay, Olausson explains, means thatthe signal from a gentle touch on the forearm will
30 reach the brain about a half second later. This delay
identified nerve impulses traveling at speeds
characteristic of slow, unmyelinated fibers—about
1 meter/second—confirming the presence of thesefibers in human hairy skin. (In contrast, fast35 conducting fibers, already known to respond totouch, signal at a rate between 35 and 75 m/s.)
Then, in 1999, the group looked more closely at
the characteristics of the slow fibers. They named
these “low-threshold” nerves “C-tactile,” or CT,
40 fibers, said Olausson, because of their “exquisite
sensitivity” to slow, gentle tactile stimulation, butunresponsiveness to noxious stimuli like pinpricks.
But why exactly humans might have such fibers,
which respond only to a narrow range of rather
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only in hairy human skin—such as the forearm andthigh. No amount of gentle stroking of hairless skin,such as the palms and soles of the feet, prompted
50 similar activity signatures. Olausson and hiscolleagues decided that these fibers must be
conveying a different dimension of sensory
information than fast-conducting fibers.
Although microneurography can give
55 information about how a single nerve responds togentle brushing and pressure, it cannot tease out
what aspect of sensation that fiber relays, says
Olausson. He wanted to know if that same slow
nerve can distinguish where the brush touches the
60 arm, and whether it can discern the difference
between a goat-hair brush and a feather. Most
importantly, could that same fiber convey a pleasantsensation?
To address the question, Olausson’s group sought
65 out a patient known as G.L. who had an unusual
nerve defect. More than 2 decades earlier, she had
developed numbness across many parts of her bodyafter taking penicillin to treat a cough and fever.
Testing showed that she had lost responsiveness to
70 pressure, and a nerve biopsy confirmed that G.L.’s
quick-conducting fibers were gone, resulting in an
inability to sense any pokes, prods, or pinpricks
below her nose. But she could still sense warmth,
suggesting that her slow-conducting unmyelinated75 fibers were intact.
Upon recruiting G.L., Olausson tested her bybrushing her arm gently at the speed of between
2–10 centimeters per second. She had more trouble
distinguishing the direction or pressure of the brush
80 strokes than most subjects, but reported feeling apleasant sensation. When the researchers tried
brushing her palm, where CT fibers are not found,
she felt nothing.
Olausson used functional MRI studies to examine
85 which areas of the brain lit up when G.L.’s arm wasgently brushed to activate CT fibers. In normal
subjects, both the somatosensory and insular cortices
were activated, but only the insular cortex [which
processes emotion] was active when researchers
90 brushed G.L.’s arm. This solidified the notion thatCT fibers convey a more emotional quality of touch,rather than the conscious aspect that helps us
describe what we are sensing. CT fibers, it seemed,
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1Based on the passage, textbook authors in the early
1990s would most likely have expected which
condition to result from the blocking of fast fibers?
A) The rate at which other nerve fibers fired would
increase.
B) The test subject would perceive gentle stimuli as
painful.
C) The body would compensate by using slow fibers
to sense pressure.
D) The ability to perceive vibrations would be
impaired.
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Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 1-4 (“In the . . . temperature”)B) Lines 4-7 (“Sensations . . . location”)C) Lines 12-14 (“blocking . . . shock”)
D) Lines 34-36 (“In contrast . . . 75 m/s”)
24
As used in line 18, “active” most nearly meansA) present.
B) attentive.
C) movable.
D) restless.
25
As used in line 24, “capture” most nearly meansA) occupy.
B) seize.
C) record.
D) influence.

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Which conclusion is best supported by the findingsof Olausson’s 1993 experiment?
A) Stimulation at bodily extremities can be sensed
as rapidly as stimulation closer to the brain.
B) The presence of hairs in human skin lessens the
speed with which nerves conduct signals.
C) Gentle pressure is sensed not only by fast fibers
but also by slow fibers.
D) The speed at which a nerve fires is dependent on
the strength of pressure applied to the nerve.
27
Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 22-26 (“Using . . . fired”)
B) Lines 26-28 (“They . . . delayed”)C) Lines 28-30 (“The delay . . . later”)D) Lines 37-38 (“Then . . . fibers”)
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The sentence in lines 43-45 (“But . . . mystifying”)
serves mainly toA) identify factors that Olausson had previously
failed to consider.
B) propose a solution to a dilemma encountered by
Olausson.
C) anticipate a potential criticism of Olausson by
the reader.
D) show a problem from the perspective of
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It can reasonably be inferred that one of the intended
goals of the 1999 experiment was to determine theA) precise nature of sensations that CT fibers canconvey.
B) relationship between body hair and CT fiber
function.
C) role played by CT fibers in the perception ofpain.
D) effect of microneurography on CT fiber
signaling.
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The main purpose of the sixth paragraph(lines 64-75) is toA) identify those of G.L.’s neurological conditions
that might be relieved by the experiment.
B) contextualize the nerve function of G.L. bycomparing it with that of other adults.
C) detail procedures that G.L. had experienced
during previous experiments.
D) indicate why G.L.’s medical condition was ofvalue to Olausson’s experiment.

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According to the passage, G.L. differed from
Olausson’s other test subjects in terms of theA) number of cortices activated in the brain during
gentle brushing.
B) physical dimensions of the somatosensory
cortex.
C) intensity of nerve signals required to activate theinsular cortex.
D) effect of MRI scanning on the basic function ofbrain cortices.
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According to the passage, humans experience anemotional aspect of touch whenA) brain cortices are shielded from nerve signals.
B) CT fibers are exposed to a stimulus.
C) nerve fibers that sense pain are suppressed.
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1Passage 1 is adapted from a speech delivered in 1898 byAlbert J. Beveridge, “March of the Flag.” Passage 2 isadapted from a speech delivered in 1900 by William
Jennings Bryan, “Imperialism.”

Passage 1

Fellow-Citizens: It is a noble land that God has
given us; a land that can feed and clothe the world; aland whose coast lines would enclose half theLine countries of Europe; a land set like a sentinel between
5 the two imperial oceans of the globe; a greater
England with a nobler destiny. It is a mighty people
that He has planted on this soil; a people sprungfrom the most masterful blood of history; a people
perpetually revitalized by the virile . . . working-folk
10 of all the earth; a people imperial by virtue of theirpower, by right of their institutions, by authority of
their heaven-directed purposes—the propagandists
and not the misers of liberty. It is a glorious history
our God has bestowed upon His chosen people; a
15 history whose keynote was struck by Liberty Bell; ahistory heroic with faith in our mission and our
future; a history of statesmen, who flung theboundaries of the Republic out into unexploredlands . . . a history of soldiers, who carried the flag
20 across blazing deserts and through the ranks ofhostile mountains, even to the gates of sunset; ahistory of a multiplying people, who overran acontinent in half a century . . . a history divinely
logical, in the process of whose tremendous
25 reasoning we find ourselves to-day. . . .
Think of the thousands of Americans who willpour into Hawaii and Porto Rico when the
Republic’s laws cover those islands with justice andsafety! Think of the tens of thousands of Americans
30 who will invade . . . the Philippines when a liberal
government . . . shall establish order and equity
there! Think of the hundreds of thousands ofAmericans who will build a . . . civilization of energy
and industry in Cuba, when a government of law
35 replaces the double reign of anarchy and tyranny!—
think of the prosperous millions that Empress ofIslands will support when, obedient to the law ofpolitical gravitation, her people ask for the highest
honor liberty can bestow, the sacred Order of the
40 Stars and Stripes, the citizenship of the Great
Republic!

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If it is right for the United States to hold thePhilippine Islands permanently and imitate
European empires in the government of colonies, the45 Republican party ought to state its position anddefend it, but it must expect the subject races toprotest against such a policy and to resist to theextent of their ability.
The Filipinos do not need any encouragement
50 from Americans now living. Our whole history has
been an encouragement not only to the Filipinos, but
to all who are denied a voice in their own
government. If the Republicans are prepared tocensure all who have used language calculated to
55 make the Filipinos hate foreign domination, let themcondemn the speech of Patrick Henry. When heuttered that passionate appeal, “Give me liberty orgive me death,” he exprest a sentiment which still
echoes in the hearts of men.
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Let them censure Jefferson; of all the statesmen of
history none have used words so offensive to those
who would hold their fellows in political bondage.
Let them censure Washington, who declared that thecolonists must choose between liberty and slavery.
65 Or, if the statute of limitations has run against
the sins of Henry and Jefferson and Washington, letthem censure Lincoln, whose Gettysburg speech will
be quoted in defense of popular government when
the present advocates of force and conquest are
70 forgotten.
Some one has said that a truth once spoken cannever be recalled. It goes on and on, and no one canset a limit to its ever-widening influence. But if itwere possible to obliterate every word written or
75 spoken in defense of the principles set forth in the
Declaration of Independence, a war of conquest
would still leave its legacy of perpetual hatred, for it
was God himself who placed in every human heart
the love of liberty. He never made a race of people so
80 low in the scale of civilization or intelligence that it
would welcome a foreign master.
Those who would have this Nation enter upon acareer of empire must consider, not only the effect ofimperialism on the Filipinos, but they must also
85 calculate its effects upon our own nation. We cannot
repudiate the principle of self-government in thePhilippines without weakening that principle here.

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1In Passage 1, Beveridge asserts that the resources andimmensity of the United States constitute aA) safeguard against foreign invasion.
B) replication of conditions in Europe.
C) divine gift to the American people.
D) source of envy for people in other countries.
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In the second paragraph of Passage 1 (lines 26-41),
the commands given by Beveridge mainly serve toA) remind the audience of its civic responsibilities.
B) anticipate the benefits of a proposed policy.
C) emphasize the urgency of a national problem.
D) refute arguments that opponents have advanced.
35
As used in line 72, “recalled” most nearly meansA) repeated.
B) retracted.
C) rejected.
D) remembered.
36
It can reasonably be inferred from Passage 2 that
Bryan considers the preference for nationalsovereignty over foreign rule to be aA) reaction to the excesses of imperial governmentsin the modern era.
B) sign that the belief in human equality is
widespread.
C) testament to the effects of the foreign policy of
the United States.
D) manifestation of an innate drive in humans
toward self-rule.

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Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 53-56 (“If the . . . Henry”)B) Lines 72-73 (“It goes . . . influence”)C) Lines 79-81 (“He never . . . master”)D) Lines 82-85 (“Those . . . nation”)
38
As used in line 85, “calculate” most nearly meansA) evaluate.
B) design.
C) assume.
D) multiply.
39
In developing their respective arguments, Beveridge(Passage 1) and Bryan (Passage 2) both express
admiration for theA) founding and history of the United States.
B) vibrancy and diversity of American culture.
C) worldwide history of struggles for independence.
D) idealism that permeates many aspects ofAmerican society.

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1Which choice best describes a central difference
between how Beveridge (Passage 1) and Bryan(Passage 2) view the concept of liberty as it is realized
in the United States?
A) Beveridge presents it as the direct inheritance ofEuropean colonization, whereas Bryan presents
it as a sharp break from earlier governments in
Europe.
B) Beveridge considers it so exemplary as to justify
conquest of other regions, whereas Bryan warns
that its exemplary quality would be underminedby imperial expansion.
C) Beveridge argues that it arose organically as theUnited States matured, whereas Bryan argues
that it was present from the country’s
beginnings.
D) Beveridge regards it as a model that should beshared with other countries, whereas Bryan
believes that it is unique to the United States andcould not work elsewhere.
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It can most reasonably be inferred from Passage 2that Bryan would criticize the vision of American
governance of island territories that Beveridge
presents in Passage 1 for beingA) unrealistic, since most Americans would be
unwilling to relocate to distant islands.
B) deceptive, since economic domination would be
the true goal of the American government.
C) impractical, since the islanders would insist
upon an equal distribution of resources.
D) naive, since the islanders would object to being
governed by Americans.

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Which choice from Passage 2 provides the best
evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A) Lines 42-48 (“If it . . . ability”)B) Lines 49-50 (“The Filipinos . . . living”)C) Lines 50-53 (“Our . . . government”)
D) Lines 56-59 (“When . . . men”)

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1This passage is adapted from Peter A. Ensminger, Life Under
the Sun. ©2001 by Peter A. Ensminger.

Many millennia before the invention ofherbicides, farmers simply plowed their fields tocontrol weeds. Even today, plowing can constitute aLine valuable part of an integrated weed-management
5 program. Although plowing kills standing weeds,
farmers have long known that it often leads to theemergence of new weed seedlings in a few weeks.
Ecologists have shown that a farmer’s field canhave 50,000 or more weed seeds per square meter10 buried beneath the soil surface. Plant physiologists
have shown that seeds buried more than about one
centimeter below the soil surface do not receive
enough light to germinate. Do the blades of a plow,which can reach more than a foot beneath the soil
15 surface, bring some of these buried seeds to thesurface where their germination is induced byexposure to sunlight?
Two ecologists, Jonathan Sauer and Gwendolyn
Struik, began to study this question in the 1960s. In a
20 relatively simple experiment, they went to ten
different habitats in Wisconsin during the night andcollected pairs of soil samples. They stirred up thesoil in one sample of each pair in the light and stirred
up the other sample of each pair in the dark. They then
25 exposed all ten pairs to natural sunlight in agreenhouse. For nine of the ten pairs of soil samples,
weed growth was greater in the samples stirred up inlight. They concluded that soil disturbance gives
weed seeds a “light break,” and this stimulates their
30 germination.
More recently, Karl Hartmann of Erlangen
University in Germany reasoned that when farmers
plowed their fields during the day, the buried weed
seeds are briefly exposed to sunlight as the soil is
35 turned over, and that this stimulates theirgermination. Although the light exposures fromplowing may be less than one millisecond, that canbe enough to induce seed germination. Thus thegermination of weed seeds would be minimized if
40 farmers simply plowed their fields during the night,
when the photon fluence rate [the rate at whichphotons hit the surface] is below 1015 photons per
square meter per second. Although even under these

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conditions hundreds of millions of photons strike

45 each square millimeter of ground each second, thisillumination is below the threshold needed tostimulate the germination of most seeds.
Hartmann says that he was very skeptical when
he first came up with this idea because he assumed
50 that such a simple method of weed control asplowing at nighttime must be ineffective or it would
have been discovered long ago. But the subsequent
experiments, first presented at a 1989 scientificmeeting in Freiburg, Germany, clearly demonstrated
55 that the method can be effective.
Hartmann tested his idea by plowing two
agricultural strips near Altershausen, Germany.
The farmer Karl Seydel cultivated one strip, repeatedthreefold, at around midday and the other strip
60 at night. No crops were planted in these pilot
experiments, to avoid possible competition withthe emerging weeds. The results were dramatic.
More than 80 percent of the surface of the fieldplowed in daylight was covered by weeds, whereas
65 only about 2 percent of the field plowed at night wascovered by weeds.
This method of weed control is currently being
used by several farmers in Germany. Because manyof the same weed species that invade farmers’ fields
70 in Germany also invade fields elsewhere in the world,
this method should be successful elsewhere. In fact,
recent studies at universities in Nebraska, Oregon,
Minnesota, Denmark, Sweden, and Argentina
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SampleSource of soil

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deciduous woods
deciduous woods
deciduous woods
conifer plantationconifer plantationtall-grass prairie
old pasture
old pasture
muck field
muck field

Number of emerged
seedlings in soil
disturbed inlightdarkness
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0
2
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6
2
8
3
2
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5
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2
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2
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Adapted from Jonathan Sauer and Gwendolyn Struik, “A Possible
Ecological Relation between Soil Disturbance, Light-Flash, and Seed
Germination.” ©1964 by Jonathan Sauer and Gwendolyn Struik.

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According to the passage, exposure to light allows
seeds toA) begin to develop.
B) absorb necessary nutrients.
C) withstand extreme temperatures.
D) achieve maximum growth.
44
The question in the second paragraph (lines 13-17)
primarily serves toA) emphasize the provisional nature of the findings
discussed in the passage.
B) introduce the specific research topic addressed in
the passage.
C) suggest the hypothetical impact of the studies
analyzed in the passage.
D) indicate the level of disagreement about themethods explored in the passage.

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Number of Emerged Seedlings in Soil Samples
One Month after Soil Was Disturbed

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As used in line 16, “induced” most nearly meansA) lured.
B) established.
C) convinced.
D) stimulated.
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Which choice best supports the idea that seeds
present in fields plowed at night are exposed to someamount of light?
A) Lines 31-36 (“More . . . germination”)B) Lines 36-38 (“Although . . . germination”)C) Lines 43-47 (“Although . . . seeds”)
D) Lines 48-52 (“Hartmann . . . ago”)
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The passage suggests that if Seydel had planted wheator corn on the two agricultural strips in Hartmann’s
experiment, the percentage of the surface of each
strip covered with weeds would likely have beenA) lower than the percentage that Hartmann found.
B) higher than the percentage that Hartmann had
predicted.
C) nearly impossible for Hartmann to determine.
D) comparable to Hartmann’s original projection.
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Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?
A) Lines 56-60 (“Hartmann . . . night”)B) Lines 60-62 (“No crops . . . weeds”)
C) Line 62 (“The results . . . dramatic”)D) Lines 63-66 (“More . . . weeds”)

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1As used in line 62, “dramatic” most nearly meansA) theatrical.
B) sudden.
C) impressive.
D) emotional.
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According to the table, in which soil sample
disturbed in darkness did the fewest number of
seedlings emerge?
A) Sample AB) Sample B
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As presented in the table, which sample produced themost seedlings when the soil was disturbed in light?
A) Sample GB) Sample HC) Sample I
D) Sample J
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The data presented in the table most directly support
which claim from the passage?
A) Lines 1-3 (“Many . . . weeds”)B) Lines 8-10 (“Ecologists . . . surface”)C) Lines 10-13 (“Plant . . . germinate”)
D) Lines 38-43 (“Thus . . . second”)

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Turn to Section 2 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, youwill consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For
other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors insentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by
one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revisingand editing decisions.
Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will
direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.
After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively
improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to theconventions of standard written English. Many questions include a “NO CHANGE” option.
Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of thepassage as it is.

How a Cat in a Hat Changed Children’s Education
In a 1954 Life magazine article, author John Hersey
expressed concern that children in the United States weredisengaged from learning how to read. Among otherproblems, Hersey noted, the reading material available tograde-schoolers had a hard time competing with
television, radio, 1 and other media for children’s
attention. One solution he proposed was to make

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2individual’s sense of wholeness . . . follows, and cannot
precede, a sense of accomplishment.”
The story of The Cat in the Hat’s publication began
when William 3 Spaulding, the director of theeducation division at the publishing company
Houghton Mifflin, read Hersey’s article and had an idea.
Spaulding agreed that there was a need for appealing
books for beginning 4 readers. He thought he knew
who should write one. He arranged to have dinner with
Theodor Geisel, who wrote and illustrated children’sbooks under the name “Dr. Seuss,” and issued him achallenge: “Write me a story that first graders can’t put
down!”

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The writer wants to include a quotation by Herseythat supports the topic of the passage. Which choicebest accomplishes this goal?
A) NO CHANGE
B) interesting, since “learning starts with failure; thefirst failure is the beginning of education.”C) interesting because “journalism allows its readers
to witness history; fiction gives its readers an
opportunity to live it.”D) interesting with “drawings like those of thewonderfully imaginative geniuses amongchildren’s illustrators.”
3A) NO CHANGE
B) Spaulding the director
C) Spaulding, the director,D) Spaulding—the director
4
Which choice most effectively combines thesentences at the underlined portion?
A) readers, and heB) readers—namely, heC) readers; and SpauldingD) readers, and meanwhile he

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2having maintained a professional relationship with him,
Geisel was an experienced writer and illustrator.
6 However, this new project presented him with an
obstacle. Spaulding told Geisel to write his entire bookusing a restricted vocabulary from an elementary school
list of 348 words. Geisel started two stories, only toabandon them when he found that he needed to use
words that were not on the list. On the verge of giving up,
7 Geisel’s story finally hit upon an image that becameits basis: a cat wearing a battered stovepipe hat. His main
character established, Geisel commenced the difficult taskof writing a book with a limited vocabulary. 8 At theend of a duration nine months long, The Cat in the Hat
was complete.

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Which choice best supports the information that
follows in the sentence?
A) NO CHANGE
B) acquired a reputation for perfectionism and forsetting high standards for his work,C) been interested in politics before breaking into
the genre of children’s literature,D) published nine children’s books and having
received three nominations for the prestigious
Caldecott Medal,
6A) NO CHANGE
B) For example,C) Furthermore,D) At any rate,
7A) NO CHANGE
B) an image that Geisel finally hit upon became thebasis of his story:C) Geisel finally hit upon the image that became thebasis for his story:D) the story was finally based on an image that
Geisel hit upon:
8A) NO CHANGE
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2plot about the antics of a mischievous cat and 9 is
captivated by its eye-catching illustrations andmemorable rhythms and rhymes. Its sales inspired
another publishing company, Random House, toestablish a series for early readers called Beginner Books,
which featured works by Geisel and other writers, andother publishers quickly followed suit. In the years that
10 followed. Many talented writers and illustrators ofchildren’s books imitated Geisel’s formula of restrictedvocabulary and whimsical artwork. But perhaps the best
proof of The Cat in the Hat’s success is not its influenceon other books but its 11 limited vocabulary andappealing word choices.

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A) NO CHANGE
B) wasC) has beenD) DELETE the underlined portion.
10A) NO CHANGE
B) followed; manyC) followed, manyD) followed—many
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The writer wants a conclusion that restates themain themes of the passage. Which choice best
accomplishes this goal?
A) NO CHANGE
B) impressive worldwide sales that continue toremain high to this day.
C) enduring ability to delight children and engage
them in learning how to read.
D) important role in the history of illustration in
the twentieth century.

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Keep Student Volunteering Voluntary
A growing number of public schools in the
United States require students to complete community
service hours to graduate. Such volunteering, be it
helping at a local animal shelter, 12 when they pick up
litter, or working at a health-care facility, has obvious
benefits for the community it serves and teaches students
important life skills. But critics say that making
volunteerism compulsory misses the point of the act.
13 By its very definition, volunteer work is done
willingly. By requiring students to do community service
in order to graduate, school 14 officials’ are taking away
students’ choice to give up their time for nonprofit
activities, making volunteerism less meaningful andpleasurable. According to a psychological concept called
the reactance theory, the loss of freedom in choosing anactivity can cause a negative reaction. For instance,
instead of focusing on the good they are doing, students
may become resentful of the demands that compulsory
volunteering places on their schedules.

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A) NO CHANGE
B) to pick up litter,C) litter collection,D) picking up litter,
13
The writer wants a transition from the previous
paragraph that highlights the criticism of compulsory
volunteering mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
A) NO CHANGE
B) Whatever the work may be,C) For many students,
D) Fortunately for communities in need,
14A) NO CHANGE
B) officials are taking away students
C) officials are taking away student’sD) officials are taking away students’

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in favor of it point out that it allows young people togarner the benefits that volunteering offers. Students who
volunteer report increased self-esteem, better
relationship-building skills, and 16 increasingly busy
schedules. Some studies have also found that students
who do community service are more likely to volunteer
as adults, and thus 17 effect society positively over thecourse of many years.

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A) NO CHANGE
B) volunteering, advocating it,C) volunteeringD) volunteering and its advocates
16
Which choice provides a supporting example that ismost similar to the examples already in the sentence?
A) NO CHANGE
B) a closer connection with their community.
C) less time spent engaging in social activities.
D) little increase in academic achievement.
17A) NO CHANGE
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volunteer in general, not making a distinction between
students who are required to volunteer by their schools
and those who volunteer willingly. One recent study bySara E. Helms, assistant professor of economics at
Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, did focus
specifically on 18 mandatory volunteering. She foundthat students who were required to volunteer rushed tocomplete their service hours in early high 19 school,
they then did significantly less regular volunteer work in
the twelfth grade 20 than the service hours of those notrequired to volunteer. Helms concluded that compulsory
volunteering does not necessarily create lifelong
volunteers.

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A) NO CHANGE
B) coerciveC) forcibleD) imperative
19A) NO CHANGE
B) school; they then,C) school. They, thenD) school; they then20A) NO CHANGE
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that need help, more students volunteer of their own
free will. 22

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Which choice most effectively sets up the point madein the next sentence?
A) NO CHANGE
B) should allow students to spend their time
participating in athletics and otherextracurricular activities.
C) should focus on offering arrangements thatmake volunteering an easy and attractive choice.
D) are advised to recognize the limits of their ability
to influence their students.
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The writer wants a conclusion that states the main
claim of the passage. Which choice best accomplishes
this goal?
A) It is imperative that schools do their part to findvolunteers for the many worthwhileorganizations in the United States.
B) Schools that do this will produce more engaged,
enthusiastic volunteers than schools that require
volunteer work.
C) Studies in the fields of psychology andeconomics have revolutionized researchers’
understanding of volunteerism.
D) It is important that students choose charitable
work that suits their interests and values.

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Marsupials Lend a Hand to Science
Marsupials (mammals that carry their young in apouch) are a curiosity among biologists because they lacka corpus callosum, the collection of nerve fibers
connecting the two hemispheres of the brain. In mostother mammals, the left hemisphere of the brain controls
the right side of the body, the right hemisphere controls
the left, and the corpus callosum allows communication
between the hemispheres. Scientists 23 are long
believing that this structure enables complex tasks bysequestering skilled movement to a single hemispherewithout sacrificing coordination between both sides ofthe body; this sequestration would explain handedness,
the tendency to consistently prefer 24 one hand over theother, in humans. However, a recent finding ofhandedness in marsupials suggests that a 25 trait otherthan the presence of a corpus callosum 26 links ashandedness: bipedalism.

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A) NO CHANGE
B) will long be believingC) have long believedD) long believe
24A) NO CHANGE
B) and favor the use of one hand over the other,C) one hand over the other that could be chosen,D) one hand on a regular basis,
25A) NO CHANGE
B) trait,C) trait;D) trait:
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the University of Tasmania observed marsupials walking
on either two legs (bipeds) or four (quadrupeds) andperforming tasks such as bringing food to their mouths.
The scientists employed a mean handedness index;
27 negative scores indicated a left-forelimb preference
and positive scores indicated a right-forelimb preference.
While eating, the eastern gray kangaroo, red-neckedwallaby, red 28 kangaroo and, brush-tailed bettong, allbipedal marsupials, preferred using their left forelimb, as
revealed by 29 positive mean handedness index values
less than 0.2 for all four species. These results suggest
handedness among these animals.

Mean handedness index

0.8
0.6

Mean Handedness Index
Scores of One-Handed Feedingin Bipedal Marsupials
left-forelimb preference

0.4
0.2
0
–0.2
–0.4
–0.6

right-forelimb preference

brushred
redeastern
tailed kangaroo neckedgraybettongwallaby kangaroo
Bipedal marsupial

Adapted from Andrey Giljov et al., “Parallel Emergence of True
Handedness in the Evolution of Marsupials and Placentals.” ©2015 by
Elsevier Ltd.

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Which choice accurately reflects the information in
the graph?
A) NO CHANGE
B) scores of 0 or less indicated a left-forelimb
preference and positive scores indicated a lack offorelimb preference.
C) positive scores indicated a lack of forelimb
preference and negative scores indicated aright-forelimb preference.
D) positive scores indicated a left-forelimb
preference and negative scores indicated aright-forelimb preference.
28A) NO CHANGE
B) kangaroo, andC) kangaroo; andD) kangaroo—and,
29
Which choice most accurately reflects the data in thegraph?
A) NO CHANGE
B) positive mean handedness index values greaterthan 0.6C) positive mean handedness index values between
0.4 and 0.6
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study did not show a strong preference for the use of one
forelimb. For instance, gray short-tailed opossums andsugar gliders were assigned mean handedness values very
close to zero—they used their right and left forelimbs
nearly equally. In effect, the study provided no evidenceof handedness among quadrupedal marsupials.

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Which choice provides the best transition from theprevious paragraph?
A) NO CHANGE
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and employ all four limbs in climbing. The bipeds, on theother hand, are far less arboreal, leaving their forelimbs
relatively free for tasks in 32 whom handedness may
confer an evolutionary advantage. Why the majority ofmarsupials studied preferred their left forelimbs while themajority of humans prefer their right remains a mystery,
however, 33 as does the mechanism by which, in theabsence of a corpus callosum, the hemispheres of themarsupial brain communicate.

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Which choice presents a main claim of the passage?
A) NO CHANGE
B) For the marsupials in the study, then,handedness seems to be associated withbipedalism.
C) There are many things scientists do notunderstand about the marsupial brain.
D) Additional studies on this phenomenon willneed to be performed with other mammals.
32A) NO CHANGE
B) whichC) whatD) whose33
The writer wants to conclude the passage by recallinga topic from the first paragraph that requires
additional research. Which choice best accomplishes
this goal?
A) NO CHANGE
B) though researchers should not neglect the sizable
minority of humans who are left handed.
C) and scientists believe that studies like this one
may someday yield insights into the causes ofcertain neurological disorders.
D) and an additional study is planned to study
handedness in other animals that stand uprightonly some of the time.

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An Employee Benefit That Benefits Employers—1—
According to a 2014 report from the Society for
Human Resource Management, 54 percent of surveyed
companies provide tuition assistance to employees
pursuing an undergraduate degree, and 50 percent do sofor employees working toward a graduate degree.
34 Despite these findings, more companies should
consider helping employees pay for education because
doing so helps 35 increase customer satisfaction andimprove the quality of the companies’ business.

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Which choice provides the most effective transition
from the previous sentence to the information that
immediately follows in this sentence?
A) NO CHANGE
B) In addition to the 2014 report,C) Although these levels are impressive,D) Whether they want to or not,35
Which choice most effectively establishes the mainidea of the passage?
A) NO CHANGE
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Tuition-reimbursement programs signal that
employers offer their 36 workers’ opportunities for
personal and professional development. According toprofessor of management Peter Cappelli, suchopportunities are appealing to highly motivated anddisciplined individuals and may attract applicants withthese desirable qualities. Many in the business
community concur. Explaining his company’s decision to
expand its tuition-assistance program, John Fox, thedirector of dealer training at Fiat Chrysler Automobilesin the United States, 37 who stressed the importance ofdrawing skilled employees to Fiat Chrysler’s car
dealerships: “This is a benefit that can surely bring top
talent to our dealers,” he said.

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A) NO CHANGE
B) workers opportunities’C) workers opportunities
D) worker’s opportunity’s
37A) NO CHANGE
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Paying for tuition also helps businesses retain
38 employees. Retaining employees is important not
only because it ensures a skilled and experienced
workforce but also because it mitigates the considerable
costs of finding, hiring, and training new workers.
Employees whose tuition is reimbursed often stay with
their employer even after they complete their
39 degrees. Because their new qualifications give them
opportunities for advancement within the company. The
career of Valerie Lincoln, an employee at the aerospacecompany United Technologies Corporation 40 (UTC)is a significant success story for her company’s
tuition‑reimbursement program. In eight years at UTC,
Lincoln earned associate and bachelor’s degrees inbusiness and advanced from an administrative assistantposition to an accounting associate position. This allowed
UTC to retain an employee with a 41 deep knowledge ofher industry and years of valuable experience.

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Which choice most effectively combines thesentences at the underlined portion?
A) employees, and this retentionB) employees, the retaining of whomC) employees, whichD) employees; that
39A) NO CHANGE
B) degrees: because
C) degrees because
D) degrees; because
40A) NO CHANGE
B) (UTC)—
C) (UTC):
D) (UTC),
41A) NO CHANGE
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Tuition reimbursement can be expensive, and many
companies would find it impractical to pay for multiple
degrees for all employees. Businesses have succeeded in
42 minimizing and keeping down costs and ensuring
the relevance of employees’ coursework by offering fixedamounts of reimbursement each year and stipulating
which subjects workers can study. Even with thesemethods, tuition reimbursement may not be appropriate
in all cases, especially if classes are likely 43 to divert
employees’ time and energy from their jobs.

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42A) NO CHANGE
B) minimizing costs associated with employees’courseworkC) being effective at keeping down costs
D) keeping down costs
43A) NO CHANGE
B) divertedC) in divertingD) diversions for
Think about the previous passage as a whole as you
answer question 44.

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The writer wants to insert the following sentence.
Still, since securing an excellent workforce is
crucial to a business’s success, employers should
give serious thought to investing inreimbursement programs.
To make the passage most logical, the sentence
should be placed immediately after the last sentencein paragraph
A) 1.
B) 2.
C) 3.
D) 4.

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2 5 M I NU TES, 2 0 QUESTIONS
Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

For questions 1-15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding bubble on your answer sheet. For questions 16-20,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer tothe directions before question 16 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

1. The use of a calculator is not permitted.
2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x forwhich f(x) is a real number.



r

w

A = pr 2
C = 2prb
1
A = bh2

A = w

h



h

r

w

V = whac 2 = a2 + b 2

r

h

2x

c

b

4
V = pr 3
3

x

s 45°

s√2

30°
45°
s
x√3
Special Right Triangleshhr

V = pr 2h60°

1
V = pr 2h
3


V=

w

1
wh
3

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The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
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2z + 1 = z

What value of z satisfies the equation above?
A) −2
B) −1
C)

1
2

D)

1

2
A television with a price of $300 is to be purchasedwith an initial payment of $60 and weekly payments
of $30. Which of the following equations can be used
to find the number of weekly payments, w, required
to complete the purchase, assuming there are notaxes or fees?
A) 300 = 30w − 60B) 300 = 30w
C) 300 = 30w + 60
D) 300 = 60w − 30

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Shipping Charges
Merchandise weight Shipping(pounds)
charge5$16.9410$21.8920$31.7940$51.59The table above shows shipping charges for an online
retailer that sells sporting goods. There is a linear
relationship between the shipping charge and theweight of the merchandise. Which function can beused to determine the total shipping charge f (x), in
dollars, for an order with a merchandise weight ofx pounds?
A) f (x) = 0.99xB) f (x) = 0.99x + 11.99
C) f (x) = 3.39xD) f (x) = 3.39x + 16.94

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y
42
35
28
21
14
7
O

y = h(x)

1 2 3 4 5 6x

The line in the xy-plane above represents therelationship between the height h(x), in feet, and thebase diameter x, in feet, for cylindrical Doriccolumns in ancient Greek architecture. How muchgreater is the height of a Doric column that has abase diameter of 5 feet than the height of a Doriccolumn that has a base diameter of 2 feet?
A)

7 feetB) 14 feetC) 21 feetD) 24 feet

5

9x

2

If x > 0, which of the following is equivalent to thegiven expression?
A) 3xB) 3x 2C) 18xD) 18x 4

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x2 − 1= −2
x−1
What are all values of x that satisfy the equation
above?
A) −3
B)

0

C)

1

D) −3 and −1

7y4
y = f(x)
–6

–4

2
–2 O
–2

2

4

6

x

The graph of y = f (x) is shown in the xy-plane.
What is the value of f (0) ?
A) 0
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

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C

x°
2x°
A

2x°
B

D

In the figure above, point B lies on AD . What is thevalue of 3x ?
A) 18
B) 36
C) 54
D) 72

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y
4
2
–4

–2

O

2

4

x

–2
–4



Which of the following is an equation of line  in thexy-plane above?
A) x − y = −4
B) x − y = 4
C) x + y = −4
D) x + y = 4

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y
k

O

x

The graph of y = 2x 2 + 10x + 12 is shown. If thegraph crosses the y-axis at the point (0, k), what is thevalue of k ?
A)

2

B)

6

C) 10
D) 12

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A circle in the xy-plane has center (5, 7) and radius 2.
Which of the following is an equation of the circle?
A) (x − 5)2 + ( y − 7)2 = 4
B) (x + 5)2 + ( y + 7)2 = 4
C) (x − 5)2 + ( y − 7)2 = 2D) (x + 5)2 + ( y + 7)2 = 2

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E

B

12

A

13

5

C

D

F

In the figure above, triangle ABC is similar to
triangle DEF . What is the value of cos(E ) ?
A)

12
5

B)

12
13

C)

5
12

D)

5
13

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In the xy-plane, the graph of the function
2f (x) = x + 5x + 4 has two x-intercepts. What is the
distance between the x-intercepts?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

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4x = x − 3
What are all values of x that satisfy the given
equation?
I. 1
II. 9
A) I onlyB) II onlyC) I and IID) Neither I nor II

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−3x + y = 6
ax + 2y = 4
In the system of equations above, a is a constant. For
which of the following values of a does the systemhave no solution?
A) −6
B) −3
C)

3

D)

6

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For questions 16-20, solve the problem andenter your answer in the grid, as described
below, on the answer sheet.
1. Although not required, it is suggested thatyou write your answer in the boxes at the topof the columns to help you fill in the bubbles
accurately. You will receive credit only if the
bubbles are filled in correctly.
2. Mark no more than one bubble in any column.
3. No question has a negative answer.
4. Some problems may have more than one
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one
answer.

7
Answer: 12
Write
answer inboxes.

7 / 1 2

Answer: 2.5

Fraction
line

2 . 5
Decimalpoint

Grid inresult.

5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded2

as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is entered into the2
Acceptable ways to grid 3 are:grid, it will be interpreted as 31, not 3 1 .)
2

2 / 3

2

. 667

. 66 6

6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal
answer with more digits than the grid canaccommodate, it may be either rounded or
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.

Answer: 201 – either position is correct

201

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T = 5c + 12 f

A manufacturer shipped units of a certain product to
two locations. The equation above shows the total
shipping cost T, in dollars, for shipping c units to thecloser location and shipping f units to the farther
location. If the total shipping cost was $47,000 and3000 units were shipped to the farther location, howmany units were shipped to the closer location?

17

2x + 1 = 5
If a and b are the solutions to the equation above,
what is the value of a − b ?

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Juan purchased an antique that had a value of $200
at the time of purchase. Each year, the value of theantique is estimated to increase 10% over its value
the previous year. The estimated value of the antique,in dollars, 2 years after purchase can be represented
by the expression 200a , where a is a constant. Whatis the value of a ?

19

2x + 3y = 1200
3x + 2y = 1300
Based on the system of equations above, what is thevalue of 5x + 5y ?

20
If u + t = 5 and u − t = 2 , what is the value of(u − t )(u2 − t 2) ?

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Math Test – Calculator
5 5 M I NU TES, 3 8 QUESTIONS
Turn to Section 4 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

For questions 1-30, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding bubble on your answer sheet. For questions 31-38,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer tothe directions before question 31 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

1. The use of a calculator is permitted.
2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x forwhich f(x) is a real number.



r

w

A = pr 2
C = 2prb
1
A = bh2

A = w

h



h

r

w

V = whac 2 = a2 + b 2

r

h

2x

c

b

4
V = pr 3
3

x

s 45°

s√2

30°
45°
s
x√3
Special Right Triangleshhr

V = pr 2h60°

1
V = pr 2h
3


V=

w

1
wh
3

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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second. Which of the following functions represents
the helicopter’s altitude above the ground y, in feet,t seconds after the helicopter begins to gain altitude?
A) y = 40 + 21
B) y = 40 + 21t
C) y = 40 − 21tD) y = 40t + 21

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A text messaging plan charges a flat fee of $5 permonth for up to 100 text messages sent plus $0.25 foreach additional text message sent that month. Whichof the following graphs represents the cost, y, ofsending x texts in a month?

y

A)

5
O

100

x

y

B)

5
O

100

x

y

C)

5
O

100

x

y

D)

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C)

D)

Amount of popcorn
in the bag
Amount of popcorn
in the bag

B)Amount of popcorn
in the bag

A)Amount of popcorn
in the bag

Jake buys a bag of popcorn at a movie theater. Heeats half of the popcorn during the 15 minutes ofpreviews. After eating half of the popcorn, he stops
eating for the next 30 minutes. Then he graduallyeats the popcorn until he accidentally spills all of theremaining popcorn. Which of the following graphs
could represent the situation?

0 30 60 90
Time (minutes)

0 30 60 90
Time (minutes)

0 30 60 90
Time (minutes)

0 30 60 90
Time (minutes)

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If 20 − x = 15, what is the value of 3x ?
A)

5

B) 10
C) 15
D) 35

5

f (x ) =x+3
2

For the function f defined above, what is the value off (−1) ?
A) −2
B) −1
C)

1

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2B) 3x 3 − x 2C) 2x 3 − 3xD) 2x 3 − 6x 2

7A retail company has 50 large stores located indifferent areas throughout a state. A researcher forthe company believes that employee job satisfaction
varies greatly from store to store. Which of thefollowing sampling methods is most appropriate toestimate the proportion of all employees of thecompany who are satisfied with their job?
A) Selecting one of the 50 stores at random andthen surveying each employee at that store
B) Selecting 10 employees from each store at
random and then surveying each employee
selectedC) Surveying the 25 highest-paid employees and the
25 lowest-paid employees
D) Creating a website on which employees can
express their opinions and then using the first
50 responses

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Total amount deposited(dollars)

Which of the following is equivalent to 2x(x 2 − 3x) ?

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900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0

Ian
Jeremy0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of weeks

The two graphs above show the total amounts ofmoney that Ian and Jeremy each have deposited into
their savings accounts for the first seven weeks after
opening their accounts. After they made their initialdeposits, how much more did Ian deposit each week
than Jeremy?
A) $200
B) $100
C)

$50

D)

$25

9

h ( x ) = 2x
The function h is defined above. What ish ( 5) − h ( 3 ) ?
A)

2

B)

4

C) 24
D) 28

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A researcher surveyed a random sample of students
from a large university about how often they see
movies. Using the sample data, the researcher
estimated that 23% of the students in the population
saw a movie at least once per month. The margin oferror for this estimation is 4%. Which of thefollowing is the most appropriate conclusion about
all students at the university, based on the given
estimate and margin of error?
A) It is unlikely that less than 23% of the students
see a movie at least once per month.
B) At least 23%, but no more than 25%, of thestudents see a movie at least once per month.
C) The researcher is between 19% and 27% surethat most students see a movie at least once permonth.
D) It is plausible that the percentage of students
who see a movie at least once per month is
between 19% and 27%.

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List A
List B

1
2

2
3

3
3

4
4

5
4

6
5

The table above shows two lists of numbers. Whichof the following is a true statement comparing list A
and list B ?
A) The means are the same, and the standard
deviations are different.
B) The means are the same, and the standard
deviations are the same.
C) The means are different, and the standard
deviations are different.
D) The means are different, and the standard
deviations are the same.

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A book was on sale for 40% off its original price. If
the sale price of the book was $18.00, what was theoriginal price of the book? (Assume there is no sales
tax.)
A)

$7.20

B) $10.80
C) $30.00
D) $45.00

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Insect Count for
Three Pesticide Treatments

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Number of insects

140

Colony A
Colony B
Colony C

120
100
80
60
40
20
0

0

6
2
4
Weeks after initial treatment

8

Three colonies of insects were each treated with adifferent pesticide over an 8-week period to test theeffectiveness of the three pesticides. Colonies A, B, and C
were treated with Pesticides A, B, and C, respectively.
Each pesticide was applied every 2 weeks to one of thethree colonies over the 8-week period. The bar graphabove shows the insect counts for each of the threecolonies 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks after the initial treatment.
13
Which of the following colonies showed a decrease insize every two weeks after the initial treatment withpesticide?
I. Colony A
II. Colony B
III. Colony CA) I onlyB) III onlyC) I and II onlyD) I, II, and III

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Of the following, which is closest to the ratio of thetotal number of insects in all three colonies in week 8
to the total number of insects at the time of initial
treatment?
A) 2 to 5
B) 1 to 4
C) 3 to 5
D) 1 to 2

15
A right circular cone has a volume of 24π cubic
inches. If the height of the cone is 2 inches, whatis the radius, in inches, of the base of the cone?
A) 2 3
B)

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C) 12
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4In 2015 the populations of City X and City Y wereequal. From 2010 to 2015, the population of City X
increased by 20% and the population of City Y
decreased by 10%. If the population of City X was
120,000 in 2010, what was the population of City Y
in 2010?
A)

60,000B)

90,000C) 160,000D) 240,000

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The volume of a sphere is given by the formulaV=

4 3
πr , where r is the radius of the sphere. Which3of the following gives the radius of the sphere interms of the volume of the sphere?
A)

4π
3V

3V
B)
4π
C) 3

4π
3V

D) 3

3V
4π

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Survey Results
Answer Percent
Never
31.3%
Rarely 24.3%
Often
13.5%
Always 30.9%
The table above shows the results of a survey inwhich tablet users were asked how often they would
watch video advertisements in order to accessstreaming content for free. Based on the table, whichof the following is closest to the probability that atablet user answered “Always,” given that the tablet
user did not answer “Never”?
A) 0.31B) 0.38C) 0.45D) 0.6919

y = − (x − 3)2 + a
In the equation above, a is a constant. The graph ofthe equation in the xy-plane is a parabola. Which of
the following is true about the parabola?
A) Its minimum occurs at (−3, a).
B) Its minimum occurs at (3, a).
C) Its maximum occurs at (−3, a).
D) Its maximum occurs at (3, a).

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The maximum value of a data set consisting of
25 positive integers is 84. A new data set consistingof 26 positive integers is created by including 96 in
the original data set. Which of the following
measures must be 12 greater for the new data set
than for the original data set?
A) The meanB) The medianC) The rangeD) The standard deviation

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0.10x + 0.20y = 0.18(x + y)
Clayton will mix x milliliters of a 10% by mass saline
solution with y milliliters of a 20% by mass saline
solution in order to create an 18% by mass saline
solution. The equation above represents thissituation. If Clayton uses 100 milliliters of the 20% bymass saline solution, how many milliliters of the 10%
by mass saline solution must he use?
A)

5

B)

25

C)

50

D) 100

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The first year Eleanor organized a fund-raising event,she invited 30 people. For each of the next 5 years,
she invited double the number of people she had
invited the previous year. If f (n) is the number ofpeople invited to the fund-raiser n years after
Eleanor began organizing the event, which of thefollowing statements best describes the function f ?
A) The function f is a decreasing linear function.
B) The function f is an increasing linear function.
C) The function f is a decreasing exponentialfunction.
D) The function f is an increasing exponentialfunction.

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x
y

a
0

3a
−a

5a
−2a

Some values of x and their corresponding values of yare shown in the table above, where a is a constant.
If there is a linear relationship between x and y,which of the following equations represents therelationship?
A) x + 2y = aB) x + 2y = 5aC) 2x − y = −5aD) 2x − y = 7a

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Number of people who voted

150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300
Number of registered voters

The scatterplot above shows the number of registeredvoters, x, and the number of people who voted in thelast election, y, for seven districts in a town. A lineof best fit for the data is also shown. Which of thefollowing could be the equation of the line of best fit?
A) y = −0.5xB) y = 0.5x
C) y = −2xD) y = 2x25

2.4x − 1.5y = 0.3
1.6x + 0.5y = −1.3
The system of equations above is graphed in thexy-plane. What is the x-coordinate of the intersection
point (x, y) of the system?
A) −0.5B) −0.25
C)

0.8

D)

1.75

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Keith modeled the growth over several hundredyears of a tree population by estimating the numberof the trees’ pollen grains per square centimeter thatwere deposited each year within layers of a lake’s
sediment. He estimated there were 310 pollen grains
per square centimeter the first year the grains were
deposited, with a 1% annual increase in the numberof grains per square centimeter thereafter. Which of
the following functions models P(t ), the number ofpollen grains per square centimeter t years after the
first year the grains were deposited?
A) P(t ) = 310t
B) P(t ) = 3101.01t
C) P(t ) = 310(0.99)tD) P(t ) = 310(1.01)t

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A) −4

4
B) −
5
C) −
D)

2
3
4

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f (x) = (x + 3)(x − k)
The function f is defined above. If k is a positive
integer, which of the following could represent thegraph of y = f (x) in the xy-plane?

y

A)

6
4
2
–4 –2 O
–2

2

4

2

4

2

4

2

4

x

y

B)

6
4
2
–4

–2 O
–2

x

y

C)

2
–4 –2 O
–2

x

–4
–6
y

D)

2
–4 –2 O
–2

x

–4
–6

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H = 1.88L + 32.01

The formula above can be used to approximate theheight H, in inches, of an adult male based on thelength L, in inches, of his femur. What is themeaning of 1.88 in this context?
A) The approximate femur length, in inches, for a
man with a height of 32.01 inchesB) The approximate increase in a man’s femur
length, in inches, for each increase of
32.01 inches in his heightC) The approximate increase in a man’s femur
length, in inches, for each one-inch increase in
his heightD) The approximate increase in a man’s height, in
inches, for each one-inch increase in his femur
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B

A

C

D

In quadrilateral ABCD above, AD  BC and

1
AB. What is the measure of angle B ?
2A) 150°CD =B) 135°C) 120°
D)

90°

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For questions 31-38, solve the problem andenter your answer in the grid, as described
below, on the answer sheet.
1. Although not required, it is suggested thatyou write your answer in the boxes at the topof the columns to help you fill in the bubbles
accurately. You will receive credit only if the
bubbles are filled in correctly.
2. Mark no more than one bubble in any column.
3. No question has a negative answer.
4. Some problems may have more than one
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one
answer.

7
Answer: 12
Write
answer inboxes.

7 / 1 2

Answer: 2.5

Fraction
line

2 . 5
Decimalpoint

Grid inresult.

5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded2

as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is entered into the2
Acceptable ways to grid 3 are:grid, it will be interpreted as 31, not 3 1 .)
2

2 / 3

2

. 667

. 66 6

6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal
answer with more digits than the grid canaccommodate, it may be either rounded or
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.

Answer: 201 – either position is correct

201

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201

NOTE:
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Lynne has $8.00 to spend on apples and oranges.
Apples cost $0.65 each, and oranges cost $0.75 each.
If there is no tax on this purchase and she buys
5 apples, what is the maximum number of wholeoranges she can buy?

32

b°
a°

c°

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
In the triangle above, a = 34 . What is the value ofb+c ?

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700, 1200, 1600, 2000, x
If the mean of the five numbers above is 1600, whatis the value of x ?

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The relationship between x and y can be written as
y = mx , where m is a constant. If y = 17 when x = a,what is the value of y when x = 2a ?

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4a(x + b) = 4x + 10

In the equation above, a and b are constants. If theequation has infinitely many solutions for x, what isthe value of b ?

36
In the xy-plane, a line that has the equation y = c forsome constant c intersects a parabola at exactly one
point. If the parabola has the equation y = − x 2 + 5x ,what is the value of c ?

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Questions 37 and 38 refer to the following
information.

The peregrine falcon can reach speeds of up to 200 miles
per hour while diving to catch prey, making it the fastest
animal on the planet when in a dive.
37
What is a peregrine falcon’s maximum speed while
diving to catch prey, in feet per second? (Roundyour answer to the nearest whole number.
1 mile = 5280 feet)38
If a peregrine falcon dove at its maximum speed forhalf a mile to catch prey, how many seconds would
the dive take? (Round your answer to the nearest
second.)STOP
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only.
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