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Module

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Readin

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and Writing

33 QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS

Th

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questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills. Each

question includes one or more passages, which may include a table or graph. Read each passage

and question carefully, and then choose the best answer to the question based on the passage(s).

All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices. Each question has a

single best answer.

1

Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa says that although she

doesn’t have a definite idea of when it might happen,

she

_______ that humans will someday need to be

able to live in other environments than those found

on Earth. This conjecture informs her interest in

future research missions to the moon.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) demands

B) speculates

C) doubts

D) establishes

2

Beginning in the 1950s, Navajo Nation legislator

Annie Dodge Wauneka continuously worked to

promote public health; this

_______ effort involved

traveling throughout the vast Navajo homeland

and writing a medical dictionary for speakers of

Diné

bizaad, the Navajo language.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) impartial

B) offhand

C) persistent

D) mandatory

3

Following the principles of community-based

participatory research, tribal nations and research

institutions are equal partners in health studies

conducted on reservations. A collaboration between

the Crow Tribe and Montana State University

_______ this model: tribal citizens worked alongside

scientists to design the methodology and continue to

assist in data collection.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) circumvents

B) eclipses

C) fabricates

D) exemplifies

4

The parasitic dodder plant increases its reproductive

success by flowering at the same time as the host

plant it has latched onto. In 2020, Jianqiang Wu and

his colleagues determined that the tiny dodder

achieves this _______ with its host by absorbing and

utilizing a protein the host produces when it is about

to flower.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) synchronization

B) hibernation

C) prediction

D) moderation

5

Given that the conditions in binary star systems

should make planetary formation nearly impossible,

it’s not surprising that the existence of planets in

such systems has lacked _______ explanation.

Roman Rafikov and Kedron Silsbee shed light on

the subject when they used modeling to determine

a complex set of factors that could support

planets’ development.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) a discernible

B) a straightforward

C) an inconclusive

D) an unbiased

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Seminole/Muscogee director Sterlin Harjo

_______ television’s tendency to situate Native

characters in the distant past: this rejection is evident

in his series Reservation

Dogs, which revolves around

teenagers who dress in contemporary styles and

whose dialogue is laced with current slang.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) repudiates

B) proclaims

C) foretells

D) recants

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In 2007, computer scientist Luis von Ahn was

working on converting printed books into a digital

format. He found that some words were distorted

enough that digital scanners couldn’t recognize

them, but most humans could easily read them.

Based on that finding, von Ahn invented a simple

security test to keep automated “bots” out of

websites. The first version of the reCAPTCHA test

asked users to type one known word and one of the

many words scanners couldn’t recognize. Correct

answers proved the users were humans and added

data to the book-digitizing project.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the

text?

A) To discuss von Ahn’s invention of reCAPTCHA

B) To explain how digital scanners work

C) To call attention to von Ahn’s book-digitizing

project

D) To indicate how popular reCAPTCHA is

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The following text is from Edith Wharton’s 1905

novel The House of Mirth. Lily Bart and a companion

are walking through a park.

Lily had no real intimacy with nature, but she

had a passion for the appropriate and could be

keenly sensitive to a scene which was the fitting

background of her own sensations.

The

landscape outspread below her seemed an

enlargement of her present mood, and she found

something of herself in its calmness, its breadth,

its long free reaches. On the nearer slopes the

sugar-maples wavered like pyres of light; lower

down was a massing of grey orchards, and here

and there the lingering green of an oak-grove.

Which choice best describes the function of the

underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

A) It creates a detailed image of the physical setting

of the scene.

B) It establishes that a character is experiencing an

internal conflict.

C) It makes an assertion that the next sentence then

expands on.

D) It illustrates an idea that is introduced in the

previous sentence.

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A study by a team including finance professor

Madhu Veeraraghavan suggests that exposure to

sunshine during the workday can lead to overly

optimistic behavior.

Using data spanning from 1994

to 2010 for a set of US companies, the team

compared over 29,000 annual earnings forecasts

to the actual earnings later reported by those

companies. The team found that the greater the

exposure to sunshine at work in the two weeks before

a manager submitted an earnings forecast, the more

the manager’s forecast exceeded what the company

actually earned that year.

Which choice best states the function of the

underlined sentence in the overall structure of the

text?

A) To summarize the results of the team’s analysis

B) To present a specific example that illustrates the

study’s findings

C) To explain part of the methodology used in the

team’s study

D) To call out a challenge the team faced in

conducting its analysis

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The following text is adapted from Edith Nesbit’s

1906 novel The Railway Children.

Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull

[visits] to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home

waiting for dull ladies to pay [visits] to her. She

was almost always there, ready to play with the

children, and read to them, and help them to do

their home-lessons. Besides this she used to write

stories for them while they were at school, and

read them aloud after tea, and she always made

up funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and

for other great occasions.

According to the text, what is true about Mother?

A) She wishes that more ladies would visit her.

B) Birthdays are her favorite special occasion.

C) She creates stories and poems for her children.

D) Reading to her children is her favorite activity.

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The following text is from Maggie Pogue Johnson’s

1910 poem “Poet of Our Race.” In this poem, the

speaker is addressing Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Black

author.

Thou, with stroke of mighty pen,

Hast told of joy and mirth,

And read the hearts and souls of men

As cradled from their birth.

The language of the flowers,

Thou hast read them all,

And e’en the little brook

Responded to thy call.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the

text?

A) To praise a certain writer for being especially

perceptive regarding people and nature

B) To establish that a certain writer has read

extensively about a variety of topics

C) To call attention to a certain writer’s careful and

elaborately detailed writing process

D) To recount fond memories of an afternoon spent

in nature with a certain writer

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“To You” is an 1856 poem by Walt Whitman. In the

poem, Whitman suggests that readers, whom he

addresses directly, have not fully understood

themselves, writing,

_______

Which quotation from “To You” most effectively

illustrates the claim?

A) “You have not known what you are, you have

slumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Your

eyelids have been the same as closed most of the

time.”

B) “These immense meadows, these interminable

rivers, you are immense / and interminable as

they.”

C) “I should have made my way straight to you long

ago, / I should have blabb’d nothing but you, I

should have chanted nothing / but you.”

D) “I will leave all and come and make the hymns of

you, / None has understood you, but I

understand you.”

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Born in 1891 to a Quechua-speaking family in the

Andes Mountains of Peru, Martín Chambi is today

considered to be one of the most renowned figures of

Latin American photography. In a paper for an art

history class, a student claims that Chambi’s

photographs have considerable ethnographic

value—in his work, Chambi was able to capture

diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his

subjects with both dignity and authenticity.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support

the student’s claim?

A) Chambi took many commissioned portraits of

wealthy Peruvians, but he also produced

hundreds of images carefully documenting the

peoples, sites, and customs of Indigenous

communities of the Andes.

B) Chambi’s photographs demonstrate a high level

of technical skill, as seen in his strategic use of

illumination to create dramatic light and shadow

contrasts.

C) During his lifetime, Chambi was known and

celebrated both within and outside his native

Peru, as his work was published in places like

Argentina, Spain, and Mexico.

D) Some of the peoples and places Chambi

photographed had long been popular subjects

for Peruvian photographers.

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Credited Film Output of James Young Deer, Dark Cloud,

Edwin Carewe, and Lillian St. Cyr

Individual Years active

Number of films known and

commonly credited

James Young Deer 1909–1924 33 (actor), 35 (director), 10 (writer)

Dark Cloud 1910–1920 35 (actor), 1 (writer)

Edwin Carewe 1912–1934 47 (actor), 58 (director), 20 (producer), 4 (writer)

Lillian St. Cyr (Red Wing) 1908–1921 66 (actor)

Some researchers studying Indigenous actors and filmmakers in the

United States have turned their attention to the early days of cinema,

particularly the 1910s and 1920s, when people like James Young Deer,

Dark Cloud, Edwin Carewe, and Lillian St. Cyr (known professionally

as Red Wing) were involved in one way or another with numerous

films. In fact, so many films and associated records for this era have

been lost that counts of those four figures’ output should be taken as

bare minimums rather than totals; it’s entirely possible, for example,

that _______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the

example?

A) Dark Cloud acted in significantly fewer films than did Lillian St.

Cyr, who is credited with 66 performances.

B) Edwin Carewe’s 47 credited acting roles includes only films made

after 1934.

C) Lillian St. Cyr acted in far more than 66 films and Edwin Carewe

directed more than 58.

D) James Young Deer actually directed 33 films and acted in only 10.

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Juvenile Plants Found Growing on Bare Ground and in Patches

of Vegetation for Five Species

Species

Bare

ground

Patches of

vegetation Total

Percent found in

patches of vegetation

T. moroderi 9 13 22 59.1%

T. libanitis 83 120 203 59.1%

H. syriacim 95 106 201 52.7%

H. squamatum 218 321 539 59.6%

H. stoechas 11 12 23 52.2%

Alicia Montesinos-Navarro, Isabelle Storer, and Rocío Perez-Barrales

recently examined several plots within a diverse plant community in

southeast Spain. The researchers calculated that if individual plants

were randomly distributed on this particular landscape, only about 15%

would be with other plants in patches of vegetation. They counted the

number of juvenile plants of five species growing in patches of

vegetation and the number growing alone on bare ground and

compared those numbers to what would be expected if the plants were

randomly distributed. Based on these results, they claim that plants of

these species that grow in close proximity to other plants gain an

advantage at an early developmental stage.

Which choice best describes data from the table that support the

researchers’ claim?

A) For all five species, less than 75% of juvenile plants were growing in

patches of vegetation.

B) The species with the greatest number of juvenile plants growing in

patches of vegetation was H.

stoechas.

C) For T. libanitis and T. moroderi, the percentage of juvenile plants

growing in patches of vegetation was less than what would be

expected if plants were randomly distributed.

D) For each species, the percentage of juvenile plants growing in

patches of vegetation was substantially higher than what would be

expected if plants were randomly distributed.

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In the mountains of Brazil, Barbacenia tomentosa

and Barbacenia

macrantha—two plants in the

Velloziaceae family—establish themselves on soilless,

nutrient-poor patches of quartzite rock. Plant

ecologists Anna Abrahão and Patricia de Britto Costa

used microscopic analysis to determine that the roots

of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha, which grow

directly into the quartzite, have clusters of fine hairs

near the root tip; further analysis indicated that these

hairs secrete both malic and citric acids. The

researchers hypothesize that the plants depend on

dissolving underlying rock with these acids, as the

process not only creates channels for continued

growth but also releases phosphates that provide the

vital nutrient phosphorus.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support

the researchers’ hypothesis?

A) Other species in the Velloziaceae family are

found in terrains with more soil but have root

structures similar to those of B

. tomentosa and

B. macrantha.

B) Though B. tomentosa and B. macrantha both

secrete citric and malic acids, each species

produces the acids in different proportions.

C) The roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha

carve new entry points into rocks even when

cracks in the surface are readily available.

D) B. tomentosa and B. macrantha thrive even when

transferred to the surfaces of rocks that do not

contain phosphates.

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Herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs could grow more

than 100 feet long and weigh up to 80 tons, and some

researchers have attributed the evolution of

sauropods to such massive sizes to increased plant

production resulting from high levels of atmospheric

carbon dioxide during the Mesozoic era. However,

there is no evidence of significant spikes in carbon

dioxide levels coinciding with relevant periods in

sauropod evolution, such as when the first large

sauropods appeared, when several sauropod lineages

underwent further evolution toward gigantism, or

when sauropods reached their maximum known

sizes, suggesting that

_______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide

affected different sauropod lineages differently.

B) the evolution of larger body sizes in sauropods

did not depend on increased atmospheric carbon

dioxide.

C) atmospheric carbon dioxide was higher when the

largest known sauropods lived than it was when

the first sauropods appeared.

D) sauropods probably would not have evolved to

such immense sizes if atmospheric carbon

dioxide had been even slightly higher.

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In documents called judicial opinions, judges explain

the reasoning behind their legal rulings, and in those

explanations they sometimes cite and discuss

historical and contemporary philosophers. Legal

scholar and philosopher Anita L. Allen argues that

while judges are naturally inclined to mention

philosophers whose views align with their own

positions, the strongest judicial opinions consider

and rebut potential objections; discussing

philosophers whose views conflict with judges’ views

could therefore

_______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) allow judges to craft judicial opinions without

needing to consult philosophical works.

B) help judges improve the arguments they put

forward in their judicial opinions.

C) make judicial opinions more comprehensible to

readers without legal or philosophical training.

D) bring judicial opinions in line with views that are

broadly held among philosophers.

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Public-awareness campaigns about the need to

reduce single-use plastics can be successful, says

researcher Kim Borg of Monash University in

Australia, when these campaigns give consumers a

choice: for example, Japan achieved a 40 percent

reduction in plastic-bag use after cashiers were

instructed to ask customers whether _______

wanted a bag.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) they

B) one

C) you

D) it

20

In ancient Greece, an Epicurean was a follower of

Epicurus, a philosopher whose beliefs revolved

around the pursuit of pleasure. Epicurus defined

pleasure as “the absence of pain in the body and of

trouble in the _______ that all life’s virtues derived

from this absence.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) soul,” positing

B) soul”: positing

C) soul”; positing

D) soul.” Positing

21

British scientists James Watson and Francis Crick

won the Nobel Prize in part for their 1953 paper

announcing the double helix structure of DNA, but it

is misleading to say that Watson and Crick

discovered the double helix. _______ findings were

based on a famous X-ray image of DNA fibers,

“Photo 51,” developed by X-ray crystallographer

Rosalind Franklin and her graduate student

Raymond Gosling.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) They’re

B) It’s

C) Their

D) Its

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In 1937, Chinese American screen actor Anna May

Wong, who had portrayed numerous villains and

secondary characters but never a heroine, finally got

a starring role in Paramount Pictures’ Daughter

of

Shanghai, a film that

_______ “expanded the range

of possibilities for Asian images on screen.”

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) critic, Stina Chyn, claims

B) critic, Stina Chyn, claims,

C) critic Stina Chyn claims

D) critic Stina Chyn, claims,

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In 1637, the price of tulips skyrocketed in

Amsterdam, with single bulbs of rare varieties

selling for up to the equivalent of $200,000 in today’s

US dollars. Some historians _______ that this “tulip

mania” was the first historical instance of an asset

bubble, which occurs when investors drive prices to

highs not supported by actual demand.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) claiming

B) claim

C) having claimed

D) to claim

24

Researchers studying magnetosensation have

determined why some soil-dwelling roundworms in

the Southern Hemisphere move in the opposite

direction of Earth’s magnetic field when searching

for _______ in the Northern Hemisphere, the

magnetic field points down, into the ground, but in

the Southern Hemisphere, it points up, toward the

surface and away from worms’ food sources.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) food:

B) food,

C) food while

D) food

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Scientists believe that, unlike most other species of

barnacle, turtle barnacles (Chelonibia

testudinari)

can dissolve the cement-like secretions they use to

attach _______ to a sea turtle shell, enabling the

barnacles to move short distances across the shell’s

surface.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) it

B) themselves

C) them

D) itself

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The classic children’s board game Chutes and

Ladders is a version of an ancient Nepalese game,

Paramapada Sopanapata. In both games, players

encounter “good” or “bad” spaces while traveling

along a path; landing on one of the good spaces

_______ a player to skip ahead and arrive closer to

the end goal.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) allows

B) are allowing

C) have allowed

D) allow

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In 1943, in the midst of World War II, mathematics

professor Grace Hopper was recruited by the

US military to help the war effort by solving complex

equations. Hopper’s subsequent career would involve

more than just

_______ as a pioneering computer

programmer, Hopper would help usher in the digital

age.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) equations, though:

B) equations, though,

C) equations. Though,

D) equations though

28

In 1453, English King Henry VI became unfit to rule

after falling gravely ill. As a result, Parliament

appointed Richard, Third Duke of York, who had a

strong claim to the English throne, to rule as Lord

Protector. Upon recovering two years later, _______

forcing an angered Richard from the royal court and

precipitating a series of battles later known as the

Wars of the Roses.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) Henry resumed his reign,

B) the reign of Henry resumed,

C) Henry’s reign resumed,

D) it was Henry who resumed his reign,

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Although novels and poems are considered distinct

literary forms, many authors have created hybrid

works that incorporate elements of both. Bernardine

Evaristo’s The

Emperor's Babe, _______ is a verse

novel, a book-length narrative complete with

characters and a plot but conveyed in short, crisp

lines of poetry rather than prose.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical transition?

A) by contrast,

B) consequently,

C) secondly,

D) for example,

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At two weeks old, the time their critical socialization

period begins, wolves can smell but cannot yet see or

hear. Domesticated dogs, _______ can see, hear, and

smell by the end of two weeks. This relative lack of

sensory input may help explain why wolves behave

so differently around humans than dogs do: from a

very young age, wolves are more wary and less

exploratory.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical transition?

A) in other words,

B) for instance,

C) by contrast,

D) accordingly,

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Researchers Helena Mihaljević-Brandt, Lucía

Santamaría, and Marco Tullney report that while

mathematicians may have traditionally worked

alone, evidence points to a shift in the opposite

direction. _______ mathematicians are choosing to

collaborate with their peers—a trend illustrated by a

rise in the number of mathematics publications

credited to multiple authors.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical transition?

A) Similarly,

B) For this reason,

C) Furthermore,

D) Increasingly,

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the

following notes:

• Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that existed

millions of years ago.

• In a 2021 study, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan

analyzed fragments of pterosaur jawbones located

in the Sahara Desert.

• She was initially unsure if the bones belonged to

juvenile or adult pterosaurs.

• She used advanced microscope techniques to

determine that the bones had few growth lines

relative to the bones of fully grown pterosaurs.

• She concluded that the bones belonged to

juveniles.

The student wants to present the study and its

findings. Which choice most effectively uses relevant

information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A) In 2021, Chinsamy-Turan studied pterosaur

jawbones and was initially unsure if the bones

belonged to juveniles or adults.

B) Pterosaur jawbones located in the Sahara Desert

were the focus of a 2021 study.

C) In a 2021 study, Chinsamy-Turan used advanced

microscope techniques to analyze the jawbones

of pterosaurs, flying reptiles that existed millions

of years ago.

D) In a 2021 study, Chinsamy-Turan determined

that pterosaur jawbones located in the Sahara

Desert had few growth lines relative to the bones

of fully grown pterosaurs and thus belonged to

juveniles.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the

following notes:

• African American women played prominent roles

in the Civil Rights Movement, including at the

famous 1963 March on Washington.

• Civil rights activist Anna Hedgeman, one of the

march’s organizers, was a political adviser who

had worked for President Truman.

• Civil rights activist Daisy Bates was a well-known

journalist and advocate for school desegregation.

• Hedgeman worked behind the scenes to make

sure a woman was included in the lineup of

speakers at the march.

• Bates was the sole woman to speak, delivering a

brief but memorable address to the cheering

crowd.

The student wants to compare the two women’s

contributions to the March on Washington. Which

choice most effectively uses relevant information

from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A) Hedgeman and Bates contributed to the march

in different ways; Bates, for example, delivered a

brief but memorable address.

B) Hedgeman worked in politics and helped

organize the march, while Bates was a journalist

and school desegregation advocate.

C) Although Hedgeman worked behind the scenes

to make sure a woman speaker was included,

Bates was the sole woman to speak at the march.

D) Many African American women, including Bates

and Hedgeman, fought for civil rights, but only

one spoke at the march.

STOP

If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this module only.

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Module

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Readin

g

and Writing

33 QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS

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questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills. Each

question includes one or more passages, which may include a table or graph. Read each passage

and question carefully, and then choose the best answer to the question based on the passage(s).

All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices. Each question has a

single best answer.

1

For painter Jacob Lawrence, being

_______ was an

important part of the artistic process. Because he

paid close attention to all the details of his Harlem

neighborhood, Lawrence’s artwork captured nuances

in the beauty and vitality of the Black experience

during the Harlem Renaissance and the

Great Migration.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) skeptical

B) observant

C) critical

D) confident

2

Mônica Lopes-Ferreira and others at Brazil’s

Butantan Institute are studying the freshwater

stingray species

Potamotrygon rex to determine

whether biological characteristics such as the rays’

age and sex have

_______ effect on the toxicity of

their venom—that is, to see if differences in these

traits are associated with considerable variations in

venom potency.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) a disconcerting

B) an acceptable

C) an imperceptible

D) a substantial

3

Researchers have struggled to pinpoint specific

causes for hiccups, which happen when a

person’s diaphragm contracts

_______ . However,

neuroscientist Kimberley Whitehead has found that

these uncontrollable contractions may play an

important role in helping infants regulate their

breathing.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) involuntarily

B) beneficially

C) strenuously

D) smoothly

4

Critics have asserted that fine art and fashion rarely

_______

in a world where artists create timeless

works for exhibition and designers periodically

produce new styles for the public to buy. Luiseño/

Shoshone-Bannock beadwork artist and designer

Jamie Okuma challenges this view: her work can be

seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and

purchased through her online boutique.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) prevail

B) succumb

C)

diverge

D) intersect

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Scholarly discussions of gender in Shakespeare’s

comedies often celebrate the rebellion of the

playwright’s characters against the rigid expectations

_______ by Elizabethan society. Most of the

comedies end in marriage, with characters returning

to their socially dictated gender roles after previously

defying them, but there are some notable exceptions.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) interjected

B) committed

C) illustrated

D) prescribed

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In studying the use of external stimuli to reduce the

itching sensation caused by an allergic histamine

response, Louise Ward and colleagues found that

while harmless applications of vibration or warming

can provide a temporary distraction, such

_______

stimuli actually offer less relief than a stimulus that

seems less benign, like a mild electric shock.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) deceptive

B) innocuous

C) novel

D) impractical

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The province of Xoconochco was situated on the

Pacific coast, hundreds of kilometers southeast of

Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.

Because Xoconochco’s location within the empire

was so

_______ , cacao and other trade goods

produced there could reach the capital only after a

long overland journey.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical and precise word or phrase?

A) unobtrusive

B) concealed

C) approximate

D) peripheral

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The following text is from Charlotte Brontë’s 1847

novel Jane

Eyre. Jane works as a governess at

Thornfield Hall.

I went on with my day’s business tranquilly; but

ever and anon vague suggestions kept wandering

across my brain of reasons why I should quit

Thornfield; and I kept involuntarily framing

advertisements and pondering conjectures about

new situations: these thoughts I did not think to

check; they might germinate and bear fruit if

they could.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the

text?

A) To convey a contrast between Jane’s outward

calmness and internal restlessness

B) To emphasize Jane’s loyalty to the people she

works for at Thornfield Hall

C) To demonstrate that Jane finds her situation

both challenging and deeply fulfilling

D) To describe Jane’s determination to secure

employment outside of Thornfield Hall

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Text 1

Most animals can regenerate some parts of their

bodies, such as skin. But when a three-banded

panther worm is cut into three pieces, each piece

grows into a new worm. Researchers are

investigating this feat partly to learn more about

humans’ comparatively limited abilities to

regenerate, and they’re making exciting progress. An

especially promising discovery is that both humans

and panther worms have a gene for early growth

response (EGR) linked to regeneration.

Text 2

When Mansi Srivastava and her team reported that

panther worms, like humans, possess a gene for EGR,

it caused excitement. However, as the team pointed

out, the gene likely functions very differently in

humans than it does in panther worms. Srivastava

has likened EGR to a switch that activates other

genes involved in regeneration in panther worms,

but how this switch operates in humans remains

unclear.

Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2

most likely say about Text 1’s characterization of the

discovery involving EGR?

A) It is reasonable given that Srivastava and her

team have identified how EGR functions in both

humans and panther worms.

B) It is overly optimistic given additional

observations from Srivastava and her team.

C) It is unexpected given that Srivastava and her

team’s findings were generally met with

enthusiasm.

D) It is unfairly dismissive given the progress that

Srivastava and her team have reported.

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The following text is adapted from William

Shakespeare’s 1609 poem “Sonnet 27.” The poem is

addressed to a close friend as if he were physically

present.

Weary with toil, I [hurry] to my bed,

The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;

But then begins a journey in my head

To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired:

For then my thoughts—from far where I abide—

[Begin] a zealous pilgrimage to thee,

And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,

What is the main idea of the text?

A) The speaker is asleep and dreaming about

traveling to see the friend.

B) The speaker is planning an upcoming trip to the

friend’s house.

C) The speaker is too fatigued to continue a

discussion with the friend.

D) The speaker is thinking about the friend instead

of immediately falling asleep.

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The following text is adapted from Lewis Carroll’s

1889 satirical novel Sylvie

and Bruno. A crowd has

gathered outside a room belonging to the Warden,

an official who reports to the Lord Chancellor.

One man, who was more excited than the rest,

flung his hat high into the air, and shouted (as

well as I could make out) “Who roar for the

Sub-Warden?” Everybody roared, but whether it

was for the Sub-Warden, or not, did not clearly

appear: some were shouting “Bread!” and some

“Taxes!”, but no one seemed to know what it was

they really wanted.

All this I saw from the open window of the

Warden’s breakfast-saloon, looking across the

shoulder of the Lord Chancellor.

“What can it all mean?” he kept repeating to

himself. “I never heard such shouting

before—and at this time of the morning, too!

And with such unanimity!”

Based on the text, how does the Lord Chancellor

respond to the crowd?

A) He asks about the meaning of the crowd’s

shouting, even though he claims to know what

the crowd wants.

B) He indicates a desire to speak to the crowd, even

though the crowd has asked to speak to the

Sub-Warden.

C) He expresses sympathy for the crowd’s demands,

even though the crowd’s shouting annoys him.

D) He describes the crowd as being united, even

though the crowd clearly appears otherwise.

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O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather. In the

novel, Cather portrays Alexandra Bergson as having

a deep emotional connection to her natural

surroundings: _______

Which quotation from O Pioneers! most effectively

illustrates the claim?

A) “She had never known before how much the

country meant to her. The chirping of the insects

down in the long grass had been like the sweetest

music. She had felt as if her heart were hiding

down there, somewhere, with the quail and the

plover and all the little wild things that crooned

or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy

ridges, she felt the future stirring.”

B) “Alexandra talked to the men about their crops

and to the women about their poultry. She spent

a whole day with one young farmer who had

been away at school, and who was experimenting

with a new kind of clover hay. She learned a

great deal.”

C) “Alexandra drove off alone. The rattle of her

wagon was lost in the howling of the wind, but

her lantern, held firmly between her feet, made a

moving point of light along the highway, going

deeper and deeper into the dark country.”

D) “It was Alexandra who read the papers and

followed the markets, and who learned by the

mistakes of their neighbors. It was Alexandra

who could always tell about what it had cost to

fatten each steer, and who could guess the weight

of a hog before it went on the scales closer than

John Bergson [her father] himself.”

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Approximate Rates of Speech and

Information Conveyed for Five Languages

Language

Rate of speech

(syllables

per second)

Rate of information

conveyed (bits

per second)

Serbian 7.2 39.1

Spanish 7.7 42.0

Vietnamese 5.3 42.5

Thai 4.7 33.8

Hungarian 5.9 34.6

A group of researchers working in Europe, Asia, and

Oceania conducted a study to determine how quickly

different Eurasian languages are typically spoken

(in syllables per second) and how much information

they can effectively convey (in bits per second). They

found that, although languages vary widely in the

speed at which they are spoken, the amount of

information languages can effectively convey tends

to vary much less. Thus, they claim that two

languages with very different spoken rates can

nonetheless convey the same amount of information

in a given amount of time.

Which choice best describes data from the table that

support the researchers’ claim?

A) Among the five languages in the table, Thai and

Hungarian have the lowest rates of speech and

the lowest rates of information conveyed.

B) Vietnamese conveys information at

approximately the same rate as Spanish despite

being spoken at a slower rate.

C) Among the five languages in the table, the

language that is spoken the fastest is also the

language that conveys information the fastest.

D) Serbian and Spanish are spoken at approximately

the same rate, but Serbian conveys information

faster than Spanish does.

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Psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt

have argued that experiencing awe—a sensation of

reverence and wonder typically brought on by

perceiving something grand or powerful—can enable

us to feel more connected to others and thereby

inspire us to act more altruistically. Keltner, along

with Paul K. Piff, Pia Dietze, and colleagues, claims

to have found evidence for this effect in a recent

study where participants were asked to either gaze up

at exceptionally tall trees in a nearby grove (reported

to be a universally awe-inspiring experience) or stare

at the exterior of a nearby, nondescript building.

After one minute, an experimenter deliberately

spilled a box of pens nearby.

Which finding from the researchers’ study, if true,

would most strongly support their claim?

A) Participants who had been looking at the trees

helped the experimenter pick up significantly

more pens than did participants who had been

looking at the building.

B) Participants who helped the experimenter pick

up the pens used a greater number of positive

words to describe the trees and the building in a

postexperiment survey than did participants who

did not help the experimenter.

C) Participants who did not help the experimenter

pick up the pens were significantly more likely to

report having experienced a feeling of awe,

regardless of whether they looked at the building

or the trees.

D) Participants who had been looking at the

building were significantly more likely to notice

that the experimenter had dropped the pens than

were participants who had been looking at the

trees.

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Employment by Sector in France and the United States, 1800–2012

(% of total employment)

Year

Agriculture

in France

Manufacturing

in France

Services

in France

Agriculture

in US

Manufacturing

in US

Services

in US

1800 64 22 14 68 18 13

1900 43 29 28 41 28 31

1950 32 33 35 14 33 53

2012 3 21 76 2 18 80

Rows in table may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

Over the past two hundred years, the percentage of the population

employed in the agricultural sector has declined in both France and the

United States, while employment in the service sector (which includes

jobs in retail, consulting, real estate, etc.) has risen. However, this

transition happened at very different rates in the two countries. This

can be seen most clearly by comparing the employment by sector in

both countries in _______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the

statement?

A) 1900 with the employment by sector in 1950.

B) 1800 with the employment by sector in 2012.

C) 1900 with the employment by sector in 2012.

D) 1800 with the employment by sector in 1900.

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Many archaeologists will tell you that categorizing

excavated fragments of pottery by style, period,

and what objects they belong to relies not only on

standard criteria, but also on instinct developed

over years of practice. In a recent study, however,

researchers trained a deep-learning computer model

on thousands of images of pottery fragments and

found that it could categorize them as accurately as a

team of expert archaeologists. Some archaeologists

have expressed concern that they might be replaced

by such computer models, but the researchers claim

that outcome is highly unlikely.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support

the researchers’ claim?

A) In the researchers’ study, the model was able to

categorize the pottery fragments much more

quickly than the archaeologists could.

B) In the researchers’ study, neither the model nor

the archaeologists were able to accurately

categorize all the pottery fragments that were

presented.

C) A survey of archaeologists showed that

categorizing pottery fragments limits the amount

of time they can dedicate to other important

tasks that only human experts can do.

D) A survey of archaeologists showed that few of

them received dedicated training in how to

properly categorize pottery fragments.

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Although military veterans make up a small

proportion of the total population of the

United States, they occupy a significantly higher

proportion of the jobs in the civilian government.

One possible explanation for this disproportionate

representation is that military service familiarizes

people with certain organizational structures that are

also reflected in the civilian government bureaucracy,

and this familiarity thus _______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) makes civilian government jobs especially

appealing to military veterans.

B) alters the typical relationship between military

service and subsequent career preferences.

C) encourages nonveterans applying for civilian

government jobs to consider military service

instead.

D) increases the number of civilian government jobs

that require some amount of military experience

to perform.

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Birds of many species ingest foods containing

carotenoids, pigmented molecules that are converted

into feather coloration. Coloration tends to be

especially saturated in male birds’ feathers, and

because carotenoids also confer health benefits,

the deeply saturated colors generally serve to

communicate what is known as an honest signal of

a bird’s overall fitness to potential mates. However,

ornithologist Allison J. Shultz and others have found

that males in several species of the tanager genus

Ramphocelus use microstructures in their feathers to

manipulate light, creating the appearance of deeper

saturation without the birds necessarily having to

maintain a carotenoid-rich diet. These findings

suggest that

_______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) individual male tanagers can engage in honest

signaling without relying on carotenoid

consumption.

B) feather microstructures may be less effective

than deeply saturated feathers for signaling

overall fitness.

C) scientists have yet to determine why tanagers

have a preference for mates with colorful

appearances.

D) a male tanager’s appearance may function as

a dishonest signal of the individual’s overall

fitness.

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When writing The Other Black Girl (2021), novelist

Zakiya Dalila Harris drew on her own experiences

working at a publishing office. The award-winning

book is Harris’s first novel, but her writing _______

honored before. At the age of twelve, she entered a

contest to have a story published in American

Girl

magazine—and won.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) were

B) have been

C) has been

D) are

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The Alvarez theory, developed in 1980 by physicist

Luis Walter Alvarez and his geologist son Walter

Alvarez, maintained that the secondary effects of an

asteroid impact caused many dinosaurs and other

animals to die

_______ it left unexplored the

question of whether unrelated volcanic activity might

have also contributed to the mass extinctions.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) out but

B) out, but

C) out

D) out,

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In winter, the diets of Japanese macaques, also

known as snow monkeys, are influenced more

by food availability than by food preference.

Although the monkeys prefer to eat vegetation and

land-dwelling invertebrates, those food sources may

become unavailable because of extensive snow and

ice cover,

_______ the monkeys to hunt for marine

animals in any streams that have not frozen over.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) forces

B) to force

C) forcing

D) forced

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Lucía Michel of the University of Chile observed that

alkaline soils contain an insoluble form of iron that

blueberry plants cannot absorb, thus inhibiting

blueberry growth. If these plants were grown in

alkaline soil alongside grasses that aid in iron

solubilization, _______ Michel was determined to

find out.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) could the blueberries thrive.

B) the blueberries could thrive.

C) the blueberries could thrive?

D) could the blueberries thrive?

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In his 1963 exhibition Exposition of Music—

Electronic Television, Korean American artist

Nam June Paik showed how television images could

be manipulated to express an artist’s perspective.

Today, Paik

_______ considered the first video artist.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) will be

B) had been

C) was

D) is

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The first computerized spreadsheet, Dan Bricklin’s

VisiCalc, improved financial recordkeeping not only

by providing users with an easy means of adjusting

data in spreadsheets but also by automatically

updating all calculations that were dependent on

these _______

to VisiCalc’s release, changing a paper

spreadsheet often required redoing the entire sheet

by hand, a process that could take days.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) adjustments prior

B) adjustments, prior

C) adjustments. Prior

D) adjustments and prior

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In order to prevent nonnative fish species from

moving freely between the Mediterranean and Red

Seas, marine biologist Bella Galil has proposed that a

saline lock system be installed along the Suez Canal

in Egypt’s Great Bitter Lakes. The lock would

increase the salinity of the lakes and

_______ a

natural barrier of water most marine creatures would

be unable to cross.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) creates

B) create

C) creating

D) created

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Despite being cheap, versatile, and easy to produce,

_______ they are made from nonrenewable

petroleum, and most do not biodegrade in landfills.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) there are two problems associated with

commercial plastics:

B) two problems are associated with commercial

plastics:

C) commercial plastics’ two associated problems are

that

D) commercial plastics have two associated

problems:

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Stomata, tiny pore structures in a leaf that absorb

gases needed for plant growth, open when guard cells

surrounding each pore swell with water. In a pivotal

2007 article, plant cell _______ showed that lipid

molecules called phosphatidylinositol phosphates are

responsible for signaling guard cells to open stomata.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms

to the conventions of Standard English?

A) biologist, Yuree Lee

B) biologist Yuree Lee,

C) biologist Yuree Lee

D) biologist, Yuree Lee,

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Small, flat structures called spatulae are found at the

tips of the hairs on a spider’s leg. These spatulae

temporarily bond with the atoms of whatever they

touch. _______ spiders are able to cling to and climb

almost any surface.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical transition?

A) For instance,

B) However,

C) Similarly,

D) As a result,

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In November 1934, Amrita Sher-Gil was living in

what must have seemed like the ideal city for a

young artist: Paris. She was studying firsthand the

color-saturated style of France’s modernist masters

and beginning to make a name for herself as a

painter.

_______ Sher-Gil longed to return to her

childhood home of India; only there, she believed,

could her art truly flourish.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical transition?

A) Still,

B) Therefore,

C) Indeed,

D) Furthermore,

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Before California’s 1911 election to approve a

proposition granting women the right to vote,

activists across the state sold tea to promote the cause

of suffrage. In San Francisco, the Woman’s Suffrage

Party sold Equality Tea at local fairs. _______ in

Los Angeles, activist Nancy Tuttle Craig, who ran

one of California’s largest grocery store firms,

distributed Votes for Women Tea.

Which choice completes the text with the most

logical transition?

A) For example,

B) To conclude,

C) Similarly,

D) In other words,

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the

following notes:

• The Seikan Tunnel is a rail tunnel in Japan.

• It connects the island of Honshu to the island of

Hokkaido.

• It is roughly 33 miles long.

• The Channel Tunnel is a rail tunnel in Europe.

• It connects Folkestone, England, to Coquelles,

France.

• It is about 31 miles long.

The student wants to compare the lengths of the two

rail tunnels. Which choice most effectively uses

relevant information from the notes to accomplish

this goal?

A) Some of the world’s rail tunnels, including one

tunnel that extends from Folkestone, England, to

Coquelles, France, are longer than 30 miles.

B) The Seikan Tunnel is roughly 33 miles long,

while the slightly shorter Channel Tunnel is

about 31 miles long.

C) The Seikan Tunnel, which is roughly 33 miles

long, connects the Japanese islands of Honshu

and Hokkaido.

D) Both the Seikan Tunnel, which is located in

Japan, and the Channel Tunnel, which is located

in Europe, are examples of rail tunnels.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the

following notes:

• Jon Ching is a Los Angeles-based painter.

• He uses the term “flauna” to describe the plant-

animal hybrids that he depicts in his surreal

paintings.

• “Flauna” is a combination of the words “flora” and

“fauna.”

• His painting Nectar depicts a parrot with leaves

for feathers.

• His painting Primaveral depicts a snow leopard

whose fur sprouts flowers.

The student wants to provide an explanation and

example of “flauna.” Which choice most effectively

uses relevant information from the notes to

accomplish this goal?

A) The term “flauna,” used by Los Angeles-based

painter Jon Ching, is a combination of the words

“flora” and “fauna.”

B) Jon Ching uses the term “flauna,” a combination

of the words “flora” and “fauna,” to describe the

subjects of his surreal paintings: plant-animal

hybrids such as a parrot with leaves for feathers.

C) Jon Ching, who created Nectar, refers to the

subjects of his paintings as “flauna.”

D) The subjects of Nectar and Primaveral are types

of “flauna,” a term that the paintings’ creator,

Jon Ching, uses when describing his surreal

artworks.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the

following notes:

• In the midst of the US Civil War, Susie Taylor

escaped slavery and fled to Union-army-occupied

St. Simons Island off the Georgia coast.

• She began working for an all-Black army regiment

as a nurse and teacher.

• In 1902, she published a book about the time she

spent with the regiment.

• Her book was the only Civil War memoir to be

published by a Black woman.

• It is still available to readers in print and online.

The student wants to emphasize the uniqueness of

Taylor’s accomplishment. Which choice most

effectively uses relevant information from the notes

to accomplish this goal?

A) Taylor fled to St. Simons Island, which was then

occupied by the Union army, for whom she

began working.

B) After escaping slavery, Taylor began working for

an all-Black army regiment as a nurse and

teacher.

C) The book Taylor wrote about the time she spent

with the regiment is still available to readers in

print and online.

D) Taylor was the only Black woman to publish a

Civil War memoir.

STOP

If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this module only.

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Module

1

Math

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QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS

The questions in this section address a

number

of

important

math skills.

Use

of

a calculator

is

permitted for all questions.

NOTES

Unless otherwise indicated:

• All variables and expressions represent

real

numbers.

• Figures provided are drawn

to

scale.

• All figures lie in a plane.

• The domain

of

a given function

f

is

the

set

of

all real numbers x

for

which f(x)

is

a real number.

REFERENCE

A

=nr

2

C=2nr

A=

l

w

A =

½

bh

c2

=

a2

+

b2

Special Right Triangles

V=

l

wh

V=

nr

2

h

V

=

4/3

π

r

3

V=

⅓

nr

2

h

V =

⅓

l

wh

The

number

of

degrees

of

arc in a circle

is

360.

The

number

of

radians

of

arc in a circle

is

2n.

The sum

of

the

measures in degrees

of

the

angles

of

a triangle

is

180.

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For multiple-choice questions, solve each problem, choose the correct

answer from

the

choices provided, and then circle your answer in this book.

Circle only one answer for each question. If you change your mind, completely

erase the circle.

You

will

not

get

credit

for

questions

with

more than one

answer circled, or

for

questions

with

no answers circled.

For student-produced response questions, solve each problem and write

your answer

or

under

the

question in

the

test

book

as

described below.

• Once you've written your answer, circle

it

clearly.

You

will

not

receive credit

for

anything

written

outside

the

circle, or

for

any questions

with

more than

one circled answer.

•

If

you find more than one correct answer, write and circle only one answer.

• Your answer

can

be

up

to

5 characters

for

a positive answer and up

to

6 characters (including the negative sign) for a negative answer,

but

no more.

•

If

your answer

is

a fraction

that

is

too

long (over 5 characters

for

positive,

6 characters

for

negative), write

the

decimal equivalent.

•

If

your answer

is

a decimal

that

is

too

long (over 5 characters for positive,

6 characters

for

negative), truncate

it

or round at the

fourth

digit.

•

If

your answer

is

a mixed number (such

as

3

½

2

),

write

it

as

an

improper

fraction (7/2) or its decimal equivalent

(3

.

5)

.

•

Don't

include symbols such

as

a percent sign, comma, or dollar sign in

your circled answer.

1

What is 10% of 470?

A) 37

B) 47

C) 423

D) 460

2

4x + 6 = 18

Which equation has the same solution as the given

equation?

A)

4x = 108

B)

4x = 24

C)

4x = 12

D)

4x = 3

3

The total cost, in dollars, to rent a surfboard consists

of a

$25

service fee and a

$10

per hour rental fee. A

person rents a surfboard for t hours and intends to

spend a maximum of

$75

to rent the surfboard.

Which inequality represents this situation?

A)

t10 ≤ 75

B)

10 + 25t ≤ 75

C)

25t ≤ 75

D)

25 + 10t ≤ 75

4

The function g is defined by

g x x= + 9

2

( )

. For

which value of x is

g(x) = 25

?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 9

D) 13

5

Each face of a fair 14-sided die is labeled with a

number from 1 through 14, with a different number

appearing on each face. If the die is rolled one time,

what is the probability of rolling a 2?

A)

1

14

B)

2

14

C)

12

14

D)

13

14

6

A printer produces posters at a constant rate of

42 posters per minute. At what rate, in posters

per hour, does the printer produce the posters?

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The function f is defined by the equation

f x x= 7 + 2( )

. What is the value of

f x( )

when

x = 4

?

8

A teacher is creating an assignment worth 70 points.

The assignment will consist of questions worth

1 point and questions worth 3 points. Which

equation represents this situation, where x represents

the number of 1-point questions and y represents the

number of 3-point questions?

A)

xy4 = 70

B)

x y4( + ) = 70

C)

x y3 + = 70

D)

x y+ 3 = 70

9

Right triangles

LMN

and

PQR

are similar, where L

and M correspond to P and Q, respectively. Angle M

has a measure of

53°

. What is the measure of

angle Q ?

A)

37°

B)

53°

C)

127°

D)

143°

10

y x= -3

x y4 + = 15

The solution to the given system of equations

is

(x, y)

. What is the value of x ?

A) 1

B) 5

C) 15

D) 45

11

Which of the following equations is the most

appropriate linear model for the data shown in the

scatterplot?

A)

y

x

=

-1.9 - 10.1

B)

y

x

=

-1.9 + 10.1

C)

y

x

= 1.9 - 10.1

D)

y

x

=

1.9 + 10.1

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12

The graph of

y

f x= ( )

is shown, where the

function f is defined by

f

x ax bx c

x d( ) = + + +

3 2

and a, b, c, and d are constants. For how many

values of x does

f

x = 0( )

?

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Four

13

Vivian bought party hats and cupcakes for $71

. Each

package of party hats cost $3, and each cupcake cost

$1. If Vivian bought 10 packages of party hats, how

many cupcakes did she buy?

14

z

z+ 10 - 2

4 = 0

2

What is one of the solutions to the given equation?

15

Bacteria are growing in a liquid growth medium.

There were 300,000 cells per milliliter during an

initial observation. The number of cells per milliliter

doubles every 3 hours. How many cells per milliliter

will there be 15 hours after the initial observation?

A) 1,500,000

B) 2,400,000

C) 4,500,000

D) 9,600,000

16

Which expression is equivalent to

x

y x y6 +

12

8 2 2 2

?

A)

x

y x6 2

2 2

6

( )

B)

x

y x6

2 2 4

( )

C)

x

y x6 + 2

2

2 6

( )

D)

x

y x6 + 2

2

2 4

( )

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A neighborhood consists of a 2-hectare park and a

35-hectare residential area. The total number of

trees in the neighborhood is 3,934. The equation

x y2 + 35 = 3,934

represents this situation. Which of

the following is the best interpretation of x in this

context?

A) The average number of trees per hectare in

the park

B) The average number of trees per hectare in

the residential area

C) The total number of trees in the park

D) The total number of trees in the residential area

18

The graph shows the relationship between the

number of shares of stock from Company A, x, and

the number of shares of stock from Company B, y,

that Simone can purchase. Which equation could

represent this relationship?

A)

y

x= 8 + 12

B)

x

y8 + 12 = 480

C)

y

x= 12 + 8

D)

x

y12 + 8 = 480

19

Circle A has a radius of

3

n

and circle B has a radius

of

n

129

, where n is a positive constant. The area of

circle

B is how many times the area of circle A?

A) 43

B) 86

C) 129

D) 1,849

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20

Data value Frequency

63

73

88

98

10 9

11 11

12 9

13 0

14 6

The frequency table summarizes the 57 data values in

a data set. What is the maximum data

value in the

data set?

21

A circle in the

xy

-plane has a diameter with

endpoints

2, 4()

and

()2, 14

. An equation of this

circle is

xyr(−2) + ( −9) =

222

, where r is a positive

constant. What is the value of r ?

22

The

measure of angle R is

π2

3

radians. The measure

of angle T is

π5

12

radians greater than the measure of

angle R. What is the measure of angle T, in degrees?

A) 75

B) 120

C) 195

D) 390

23

A certain town has an area of

4.36

square miles.

What is the area, in square yards, of this town?

(1 mile = 1,760 yards)

A) 404

B) 7,674

C) 710,459

D) 13,505,536

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24

x y

18 130

23 160

26 178

For line h, the table shows three values of x and their

corresponding values of y. Line k is the result of

translating line h down 5 units in the

xy

-plane.

What is the x-intercept of line k?

A)

−

26

3

, 0













B)

−

9

2

, 0













C)

−

11

3

, 0













D)

−

17

6

, 0













25

In the xy-plane, the graph of the equation

y x x= − + 9 − 100

2

intersects the line

y c=

at

exactly one point. What is the value of c?

A)

−

481

4

B)

−100

C)

−

319

4

D)

−

9

2

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26

x y2 + 3 = 7

x y10 + 15 = 35

For each real number r, which of the following

points lies on the graph of each equation in the

xy-plane for the given system?

A)

r r

5

+ 7, −

5

+ 35













B)

r

r−

3

2

+

7

2

,













C)

r

,

2

3

+

7

3













D)

r

, −

3

2

+

7

2













27

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is

624 centimeters. The height of this triangle is

k 3

centimeters, where k is a constant. What is the

value of k?

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Module

2

Math

27

QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS

The questions in this section address a

number

of

important

math skills.

Use

of

a calculator

is

permitted for all questions.

NOTES

Unless otherwise indicated:

• All variables and expressions represent

real

numbers.

• Figures provided are drawn

to

scale.

• All figures lie in a plane.

• The domain

of

a given function

f

is

the

set

of

all real numbers

x

for

which

f(x)

is

a real number.

REFERENCE

A

=nr

2

C=2nr

A=

l

w

A =

½

bh

c2

=

a2

+

b2

Special Right Triangles

V=

l

wh

V=

nr

2

h

V

=

4/3

π

r

3

V=

⅓

π

r

2

h

V =

1

3

l

wh

The

number

of

degrees

of

arc in a circle

is

360.

The

number

of

radians

of

arc in a circle

is

2n.

The sum

of

the

measures in degrees

of

the

angles

of

a triangle

is

180.

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For multiple-choice questions, solve each problem, choose the correct

answer from

the

choices provided, and then circle your answer in this book.

Circle only one answer for each question. If you change your mind, completely

erase the circle.

You

will

not

get

credit

for

questions

with

more than one

answer circled, or

for

questions

with

no answers circled.

For student-produced response questions, solve each problem and write

your answer

or

under

the

question in

the

test

book

as

described below.

• Once you've written your answer, circle

it

clearly.

You

will

not

receive credit

for

anything

written

outside

the

circle, or

for

any questions

with

more than

one circled answer.

•

If

you find more than one correct answer, write and circle only one answer.

• Your answer

can

be

up

to

5 characters

for

a positive answer and up

to

6 characters (including the negative sign) for a negative answer,

but

no more.

•

If

your answer

is

a fraction

that

is

too

long (over 5 characters

for

positive,

6 characters

for

negative), write

the

decimal equivalent.

•

If

your answer

is

a decimal

that

is

too

long (over 5 characters for positive,

6 characters

for

negative), truncate

it

or round at the

fourth

digit.

•

If

your answer

is

a mixed number (such

as

3

½

2

),

write

it

as

an

improper

fraction (7/2) or its decimal equivalent

(3

.

5)

.

•

Don't

include symbols such

as

a percent sign, comma, or dollar sign in

your circled answer.

1

Tilly earns p dollars for every w hours of work.

Which expression represents the amount of money,

in dollars, Tilly earns for

w39

hours of work?

A)

p39

B)

p

39

C)

p + 39

D)

p - 39

2

For a training program, Juan rides his bike at an

average rate of 5.7 minutes per mile. Which

function m models the number of minutes it will take

Juan to ride x miles at this rate?

A)

m x

x

=

5.7

( )

B)

m x x= + 5.7( )

C)

m x x= - 5.7( )

D)

m x x= 5.7( )

3

x

3

= 12

x y−3 + = −6

The solution to the given system of equations

is

x y( , )

. What is the value of y ?

A)

−3

B)

6

C)

18

D)

30

4

s t= 40 + 3

The equation gives the speed s, in miles per hour, of

a certain car t seconds after it began to accelerate.

What is the speed, in miles per hour, of the car

5 seconds after it began to accelerate?

A) 40

B) 43

C) 45

D) 55

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5

Note: Figure

not

drawn

to

scale.

For the right triangle shown,

a

= 4

and

b

= 5

.

Which expression represents the value of c

?

A)

4

+ 5

B)

(

4)(5)

C)

4

+ 5

D)

4

+ 5

2 2

6

x

4 + 5 = 165

What is the solution to the given equation?

7

The x-intercept of the graph shown is

x

(

,

0)

. What is

the value of x ?

8

The function f is defined by

f

x x=

1

10

− 2( )

. What

is the y-intercept of the graph of

y

f x= ( )

in the

xy-plane?

A)

−

2, 0( )

B)

0

, −2( )

C)

0

,

1

0













D)

1

0

,

0













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9

The function f is defined by

fx x() = 7

3

.

In

the

xy-plane, the graph of

yg x=( )

is the result of

shifting the graph of

yf x=( )

down 2 units. Which

equation defines function g ?

A)

gx x() =

7

2

3

B)

gx x() = 7

3

2

C)

gx x() = 7 + 2

3

D)

gx x() = 7 −2

3

10

x +7 = 10

xy+7 =

2

()

Which ordered pair

xy,()

is a solution to the given

system of equations?

A)

3, 100()

B)

3, 3()

C)

3, 10()

D)

3, 70()

11

Which expression is equivalent

to

xx x x7+ 7 − 6 −3

33

() ()

?

A)

xx+10

3

B)

xx−13 + 10

3

C)

xx−13 + 4

3

D)

xx+4

3

12

The function p is defined by

pn n=7

3

()

. What is the

value of n when

pn()

is equal to 56?

A)

2

B)

8

3

C)

7

D)

8

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13

Note: Figure

not

drawn

to

scale.

In the figure shown, line c intersects parallel lines s

and t. What is the value of x ?

14

A list of 10 data values is shown.

6, 8, 16, 4, 17, 26, 8, 5, 5, 5

What is the mean of these data?

15

The equation

E

t( ) = 5(1.8)

t

gives the estimated

number of employees at a restaurant, where t is the

number of years since the restaurant opened. Which

of the following is the best interpretation of the

number 5 in this context?

A) The estimated number of employees when the

restaurant opened

B) The increase in the estimated number of

employees each year

C) The number of years the restaurant has been

open

D) The percent increase in the estimated number of

employees each year

16

g

x x= + 55

2

( )

What is the minimum value of the given function?

A) 0

B) 55

C) 110

D) 3,025

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17

Each year, the value of an investment increases by

0.49% of its value the previous year. Which of the

following functions best models how the value of the

investment changes over time?

A) Decreasing exponential

B) Decreasing linear

C) Increasing exponential

D) Increasing linear

18

The population of Greenville increased by

7%

from 2015 to 2016. If the 2016 population is k times

the 2015 population, what is the value of k ?

A) 0.07

B) 0.7

C) 1.07

D) 1.7

19

Which expression is equivalent to

a

11

12

,

where

a > 0

?

A)

a

13212

B)

a

132144

C)

a

132121

D)

a

13211

20

An event planner is planning a party. It costs the

event planner a onetime fee of

$35

to rent the venue

and

$10.25

per attendee. The event planner has a

budget of

$200

. What is the greatest number of

attendees possible without exceeding the budget?

21

If

x4 − 4 = 112

, what is the positive value of

x − 1

?

22

A cube has an edge length of 68 inches. A solid

sphere with a radius of 34 inches is inside the cube,

such that the sphere touches the center of each face

of the cube. To the nearest cubic inch, what is the

volume of the space in the cube not taken up by the

sphere?

A) 149,796

B) 164,500

C) 190,955

D) 310,800

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23

What is the diameter of the circle in the

xy

-plane

with equation

x y( − 5) + ( − 3) = 16

2 2

?

A) 4

B) 8

C) 16

D) 32

24

For the exponential function f, the value of

f (1)

is k,

where k is a constant. Which of the following

equivalent forms of the function f shows the value of

k as the coefficient or the base?

A)

f x( ) = 50(1.6)

x+1

B)

f x( ) = 80(1.6)

x

C)

f x( ) = 128(1.6)

x−1

D)

f x( ) = 204.8(1.6)

x−2

25

A model estimates that at the end of each year

from 2015 to 2020, the number of squirrels in a

population was

150%

more than the number of

squirrels in the population at the end of the previous

year. The model estimates that at the end of 2016,

there were 180 squirrels in the population. Which of

the following equations represents this model, where

n is the estimated number of squirrels in the

population t years after the end of 2015 and

t ≤ 5

?

A)

n = 72(1.5)

t

B)

n = 72(2.5)

t

C)

n = 180(1.5)

t

D)

n = 180(2.5)

t

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26

x y5 + 7 = 1

ax by+ = 1

In the given pair of equations, a and b are constants.

The graph of this pair of equations in the

xy-plane is

a pair of perpendicular lines. Which of the following

pairs of equations also represents a pair of

perpendicular lines?

A)

x y10 + 7 = 1

ax by− 2 = 1

B)

x y10 + 7 = 1

ax by+ 2 = 1

C)

x y10 + 7 = 1

ax by2 + = 1

D)

x y5 − 7 = 1

ax by+ = 1

27

x x c− 34 + = 0

2

In the given equation, c is a constant. The equation

has no real solutions if

c n >

. What is the least

possible value of n?

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TIMING

Reading and Writing, Module 1 : 39 minutes

Reading and Writing, Module 2: 39 minutes

10-minute break

Math, Module 1: 43 minutes

Math, Module 2: 43 minutes

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