Trial Test 2 Answers

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1. A

“I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having
at one time been ashamed”: This suggests that the persona has indeed been ashamed of his ancestral
history of slavery.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

2. C

“I want you to keep up the good fight. I never told you, but our life is a war and I have been a traitor all
my born days, a spy in the enemy’s country”: In a context surrounding slavery, when the persona’s
grandfather said, “keep up the good fight”, it most likely means fighting against history of slavery for a
better future. Fighting for the freedom that the persona’s grandfather hardly experienced as a slave.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

3. A

“Everyone praised me and I was invited to give the speech at a gathering of the town’s leading white
citizens”: Seeing that the narrator is following the fight against slavery through his speeches, we should
expect his grandfather to be proud.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

4. A

“Learn it to the young’uns”: This suggests the narrator’s father should teach the narrator’s generation,
or the grandfather’s grandchildren, about the fight against slavery. This most likely caused anxiety
because it brought on the burden and uncertainty of teaching younger generations , who at the time, were
probably too young to understand the severity of the situation.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

5. D

“Grandfather had been a quiet old man who never made any trouble, yet on his deathbed he had called
himself a traitor and a spy”: This shows that the grandfather believed that he was betraying his society
by fighting against slavery as they had been conditioned to believe that it was for the ‘common good’,
thus showing his inner conflict.

Therefore, the answer is Option D.

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 6. C

“Everyone praised me and I was invited to give the speech at a gathering of the town's leading white
citizens. It was a triumph for our whole community.” vs “Our life is a war and I have been a traitor all
my born days, a spy in the enemy's country”: The persona received triumph from the community after
speaking out against slavery in his speech, whereas the grandfather was considered a traitor for
keeping up a fight against slavery.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

7. B

“That if they had understood they would have desired me to act just the opposite, that I should have
been sulky and mean, and that this really would have been what they wanted, even though they were
fooled and though they wanted me to act as I did”: This shows that the narrator thought he was going
against the citizen’s wishes because he thought that the citizens did not understand the situation and
were fooled.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

8. C

“You'd better come with us, Flo; you're wasting time in that tame gang. Slip off, they'll never miss you;
we'll get you a rig and show you what life is. And so it happened”: This shows that Flo wanted to explore
because she was curious and was not forcefully taken away.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

9. B

“The streets swarm with humanity - humanity in all shapes, manners, forms, laughing, pushing, jostling,
crowding, a mass of men and women and children, as varied and assorted in their several individual
peculiarities as ever a crowd that gathered in one locality since the days of Babel”: The use of different
vivid colours and listing of all shapes of humanity represents that everyone is different and unique.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

10. C

“A bevy of bright-eyed girls and boys of that uncertain age that hovers between childhood and
maturity”, “we'll get you a rig and show you what life is.": This shows that Flo is a teenager who is
curious about exploring the world and her own identity.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

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 11. B

“The quietest and most bashful of the lot, was being initiated into the mysteries of "what life is." ”: Based
on general narrative structure, Flo should experience character development before returning to her
own group. Thus, she should explore the world first before she is caught and must return.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

12. A

“The buildings are a blazing mass of royal purple and golden yellow, national flags, bunting, and
decorations that laugh in the glint of the Midas sun.”: This shows that the individuals who gathered
there were entranced by all the unique individuals and cultures that they brought along with them at
the carnival.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

13. B

“the quietest and most bashful of the lot”: Flo currently is a very shy character but is curious about the
world. Thus, through her exploration as a curious teenager she is likely to understand herself better.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

14. A

“A tall Prince of Darkness had whispered to one of the girls in the unmasked crowd”: This shows that
the Prince of Darkness can make his own decisions for his group and thus is the leader of the masked
individuals.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

15. D

The Earth has four major layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. The inner and outer core
are the deepest layers. The crust and the top of the mantle make up a thin skin on the surface of our
planet.

The sentence before sentence 15 tells us that the inner and outer core are the deepest layers of Earth,
so sentence 15 should tell us what the crust and the top of the mantle are.

Therefore, the answer is Option D.

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 16. G

But this skin is not all in one piece – it is made up of many pieces like a puzzle covering the surface of
the Earth. These pieces keep slowly moving around, sliding past one another, and bumping into each other.

The sentence before sentence 16 tells us that the “skin” is not all in once piece, so sentence 16 should
tell us a bit more about the pieces that make up the skin. What do the pieces do?

Therefore, the answer is Option G.

17. F

While the edges of faults are stuck together and the rest of the block is moving, the energy that would
normally cause the blocks to slide past one another is being stored up. When the force of the moving
block finally overcomes the friction of the jagged edges of the fault and it unsticks, all that stored up
energy is released.

The sentence before sentence 17 tells us that energy that would normally cause the blocks to slide past
one another is being stored up, so looking at the available options, sentence 17 should tell us what
would cause all that stored up energy to be released.

Therefore, the answer is Option F.

18. C

Earthquakes are recorded by instruments called seismographs. The recording they make is called a
seismogram.

The sentence before sentence 18 tells us that earthquakes are recorded by seismographs, so it would
only be logical for sentence 18 to tell us that that seismographs make seismograms.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

19. B

Instead, the spring or string that it is hanging from absorbs all the movement. What is recorded is the
difference in position of the seismograph between the shaking part and the motionless part.

The sentence before sentence 19 tells us how seismographs work, so it would only be logical for
sentence 19 to tell us how and what seismographs calculate to give recordable data.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

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 20. A

A short wiggly line that doesn’t wiggle very much means a small earthquake, and a long wiggly line that
wiggles a lot means a large earthquake. The length of the wiggle depends on the size of the fault, and the
size of the wiggle depends on the amount of slip.

This entire paragraph centres around the results of the seismographs and the “wiggles” displayed. A is
the only option that refers to the wiggles.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

21. A

Excerpt A
“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee for Immunisation Practices
recommended Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11 on November 2”: This
shows that Excerpt A advises vaccinations for certain age groups.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

22. C

Excerpt C
“Eventually, I learned that I was lucky. I had an uncomplicated case of chickenpox, so I was left thinking
that this was a disease with little to no consequences. Was I wrong!”: This shows that Excerpt C
contrasts what the persona previously believed with the actual consequences of chickenpox.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

23. D

Excerpt D
“But a few months after the J&J shot, ‘it seems like your immune response is less protective’”: This
shows that Excerpt D suggests reduced immune response months after the vaccine.

Therefore, the answer is Option D.

24. B

Excerpt B
Excerpt B is the only excerpt that presents a religious view on vaccines, namely a Catholic view.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

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 25. B

Excerpt B
“It asserts, however, that its members should seek alternatives, when available, to vaccines that are
made using human cells”: Excerpt B talks about seeking vaccine alternatives due to religion.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.

26. A

Excerpt A
“We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated”: This shows that Excerpt A
suggests parents are eager to have their children vaccinated.

Therefore, the answer is Option A.

27. D

Excerpt D
“Everyone who got that shot as their initial vaccine is recommended to get a booster two months after
the first jab”: This shows that Excerpt D mentions the idea of a booster vaccination.

Therefore, the answer is Option D.

28. C

Excerpt C
“Now thanks to the varicella vaccine, these numbers have decreased to the point that many people don’t
know anyone who had chickenpox in a given year.”: This shows that chickenpox occurrence has
massively decreased due to the vaccine.

Therefore, the answer is Option C.

29. D

Excerpt D
“But do I really need to get a third COVID-19 shot? If so, which of the three authorised or approved
vaccines available in the United States should I get?”: This shows that Excerpt D is indeed a personal
recount of an individual deciding about a booster shot.

Therefore, the answer is Option D.

30. B

Excerpt B
“Religious objections to vaccines are based generally on (1) the ethical dilemmas associated with using
human tissue cells to create vaccines”: This shows that Excerpt B explains religious debates on the
ethics behind vaccines and the unnatural use of human tissue cells in vaccines.

Therefore, the answer is Option B.