Module I: Reading and Writing

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Cane is a 1923 novel by Jean Toomer. In the novel, Toomer mentions a road in rural Georgia called Dixie Pike and describes it as having a deep connection to a faraway place, writing,
Which quotation from Cane most effectively illustrates the claim?
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"The Dixie Pike has grown from a goat path in Africa."
"One evening I walked up the [Dixie] Pike on purpose, and stopped to say hello [to Fern]."
"And when the wind is from the South, soil of my homeland falls like a fertile shower upon the lean streets of [Washington, DC]."
"From down the railroad track, the chug-chug of a gas engine announces that the repair gang is coming home."
The relationship between grassland arthropod populations and agricultural fertilizers containing macronutrients—such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium—was the focus of a 2002 study in ______ by the researcher Tracy Z. Dawes-Gromadzki. The study examined a variety of arthropod specimens, which had been collected with pitfall traps and sweep nets.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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Australia led
Australia, led
Australia and led
Australia. Led
Minor planets are astronomical objects that orbit the Sun but are neither planets nor comets. Astronomer Jane Luu has discovered many minor planets in her career. Alongside colleagues David C. Jewitt, Jun Chen, and Chadwick Trujillo, she discovered the minor planet (15874) 1996 TL66 on October 9, 1996. Alongside colleagues David C. Jewitt and Chadwick Trujillo, she discovered the minor planet (91554) 1999 RZ215 on September 8, 1999.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize the discovery of (15874) 1996 TL66 to an audience already familiar with Jane Luu?
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First there was the discovery of (15874) 1996 TL66 on October 9, 1996, and then on September 8, 1999, Jane Luu discovered yet another minor planet with the help of her colleagues David C. Jewitt and Chadwick Trujillo.
On October 9, 1996, Jane Luu and her colleagues David C. Jewitt, Jun Chen, and Chadwick Trujillo made the exciting discovery of the minor planet (15874) 1996 TL66.
Astronomer Jane Luu helped discover not only the minor planet (15874) 1996 TL66 on October 9, 1996, but also (91554) 1999 RZ215 on September 8, 1999.
Jane Luu is an astronomer famous for her discovery of many minor planets in our solar system, including (15874) 1996 TL66.
The following text is adapted from the 1895 poem "Ojistoh" by Emily Pauline Johnson, a Kanienkahagen (Mohawk) writer also known as Tekahionwake.
I am Ojistoh, I am she, the wife Of him whose name breathes bravery and life And courage to the tribe who calls him chief. I am Ojistoh, his white star, and he Is land, and lake, and sky—and soul to me.
As used in the text, what does the word "breathes" most nearly mean?
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Imparts
Relinquishes
Surrenders
Absorbs
Researchers in France claim that leopards and brown bears are among the twenty most "charismatic" animals (defined as "attractive, fascinating, or appealing"). To create their top-twenty list, researchers used survey data from Western Europe. European attitudes toward leopards and brown bears might not be shared around the world, ______.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
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of course.
in other words.
for example.
in particular.
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