Test Prep Bellringers- Complete each day within the first 5 minutes of class- Turn in on Friday for a weekly grade.
Writing Standards for Research Projects Assignment Directions: Highlight or Underline the best choice for each question.
Day 1 Which of these sentences would best express the MAIN IDEA of a presentation about George Washington's life?
A)George Washington was a very tall man, especially for the time period in which he lived. B)George Washington and his troops stayed over the winter in Valley Forge to prepare for war with the British. C)George Washington was the first President of the United States and one of the greatest leaders in our country's history. D)During the Farewell Address he gave before leaving office, President George Washington warned against political parties. Writing Standards (10.W.7) Research Projects
Day 2 Shivani is doing a research project about owls. Which topic would give her the best and most useful information about owls? A)types of nocturnal birds B)different types of feathers C)how owls hunt for their prey D)how mice escape from predators Writing Standards (10.W.7) Research Projects Day 3 Sandra needs to write a paper about a personal experience for her English class. Which of these techniques would BEST help Sandra develop a topic for her paper? A)completing a graphic organizer B)researching in the library C)creating a list of ideas D)writing an outline Writing Standards (10.W.7) Research Projects
Day 4 The air conditioning system does not work consistently, and students find it hard to concentrate when they are hot. Many of the sinks in the bathrooms won't turn on. The lighting in the stairwells is dim, and some of the handrails are not attached tightly to the walls. Many of the windows are cracked.
Choose the topic sentence which would best fit the support sentences:
A)The school needs to be renovated. B)Teachers have to work to earn respect from students. C)Students should have the right to choose which school they attend. D)Education in America is better now than it used to be two decades ago.
Writing Standards (10.W.7) Research Projects
Participle Phrases
Combine the sentences in each set below into a single clear sentence with at least one participial phrase.
Here's an example:
I stood on the roof of my apartment building at dawn.
I watched the sun rise through gray clouds.
Sample combination: Standing on the roof of my apartment building at dawn, I watched the sun rise through gray clouds.
Day 5. I took small sips from a can of Coke. I was sitting on the ground in a shady corner. I was sitting with my back against the wall.
Day 6 The house sat stately upon a hill. The house was gray. The house was weather-worn. The house was surrounded by barren tobacco fields.
Day 7 The medieval peasant was distracted by war. The medieval peasant was weakened by malnutrition. The medieval peasant was exhausted by his struggle to earn a living. The medieval peasant was an easy prey for the dreadful Black Death.
Day 8 The dishwasher was invented in 1889. The dishwasher was invented by an Indiana housewife. The first dishwasher was driven by a steam engine.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice
Day 9 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE 1
RULE REFERENCE: A verb agrees with its subject in number. (Singular verb matches its singular subject; plural verb matches its plural subject.) RULE REFERENCE: The number of the subject (singular or plural) is not changed by words that come between the subject and the verb.
(Hint: You can take them out in your mind to see if the subject and verb still agree with each other in number.) For example, a prepositional phrase that is situated between the subject and the verb has no bearing on the “number” of the subject. Look at number two (2). Roses is not what we focus on for checking the verb here. We look at the MAN, who is the subject of the sentence. The roses aren’t what looks like your brother, the MAN is. The phrase“with the roses” is just a prepositional phrase describing WHICH man. In your mind, just cover it up or take it out, and focus on the subject when checking for Subject-verb agreement.
Directions: Underline the correct verb in each of the sentences below.
1. Your friend (talk-talks) too much. 2. The man with the roses (look-looks) like your brother. 3. The women in the pool (swim-swims) well. 4. Bill (drive-drives) a cab. 5. The football players (run-runs) five miles every day. 6. That red-haired lady in the fur hat (live-lives) across the street. 7. He (cook-cooks) dinner for his family. 8. The boys (walk-walks) to school every day. 9. The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good this weekend. 10. The center on the basketball team (bounce-bounces) the ball too high.
Day 10 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE 2
RULE REFERENCE: Some subjects always take a singular verb, even though the meaning may seem plural. These subjects ALWAYS take singular verbs: “All the One’s and All the Body’s” are singular. Each Someone Either Anyone Neither Nobody One Somebody No one Anybody Everyone Everybody
Examples: Someone in the game WAS hurt. Neither of the men IS working.
RULE REFERENCE: The following words may be singular OR plural, depending on their use in a sentence: some, any, all, most. Examples: Most of the news IS good.(singular) Most of the flowers WERE yellow.(plural) All of the pizza WAS gone. (singular) All of the children WERE late. (plural)
Subject/Verb Agreement Exercise 2
Directions: Circle the correct verb in each sentences below.
1. Each of the girls (look-looks) good on skis. 2. Everybody (was-were) asked to remain quiet. 3. Neither of the men (is-are) here yet. 4. (Is-Are) each of the girls ready to leave? 5. Several of the sheep (is-are) sick. 6. Some members of the faculty (is-are) present. 7. Nobody in the class (has-have) the answer. 8. Each of the girls (observe-observes) all the regulations. 9. All of the milk (is-are) gone. 10. Most of the seats (was-were) taken.
Day 11-SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE 3
RULE REFERENCE: Subjects joined by and are plural. Subjects joined by or or nor take a verb that agrees with the subject that’s nearer to the verb.
Examples: Bob and George are leaving. Neither Bob nor George is leaving. Neither Bob nor his friends are leaving. RULE REFERENCE: There and here are never subjects. In sentences that begin with these words, the subject is usually found later in the sentence.
RULE REFERENCE: Collective nouns may be singular or plural, depending on their use in the sentence. A collective noun is a noun used to name a whole group.
Army Crowd Orchestra Audience Flock Public Class Group Swarm Club Herd Team Committee Jury United States
The orchestra is playing a hit song. (Orchestra is considered as one unit—singular.) The orchestra were asked to give their musical backgrounds. (Orchestra is considered as separate individuals—plural).
Day 11 SUBJECT VERB EXERCISE 3
Directions: Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences below.
1. Margo and her parents (visit-visits) each other often. 2. Either the cups or the glasses (are-is) in the dishwasher. 3. Vern and Fred (need-needs) a ride to work. 4. There (is-are) a dog, a cat, and a bird in the garage. 5. Neither Matt nor his brothers (was-were) at the party. 6. Here into the main ring of the circus (come-comes) the trained elephants. 7. Either the workers or the boss (deliver-delivers) the merchandise. 8. The committee (work-works) hard for better schools. 9. There (is-are) many things to do before the holidays. 10. The jury (was-were) polled for their verdicts.
Day 12 SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE 4
RULE REFERENCE: Expressions of time, money, measurement, and weight are usually singularwhen the amount is considered one unit.
Examples: Five dollars is too much to ask. Ten days is not nearly enough time. On occasion, however, these terms are used in a plural sense. There were thirty minutes to countdown.
RULE REFERENCE: Some nouns, while plural in form, are actually singular in meaning.
Examples: Mathematics is an easy subject for some people. Physics is taught by Professor Baldwin. Mumps Home economics Social studies Economics Measles Calisthenics Statistics Civics Physics Gymnastics Phonics News Acrobatics Aesthetics Thesis Mathematics
RULE REFERENCE: Don’t and Doesn’t must agree with the subject. Use doesn’t after he, she, it. Examples: Doesn’t he know how to sail? They don’t make movies like that anymore.
Day 12 SUBJECT/ VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE 4
Directions: Circle or Boldface the correct verb in each of the sentences below. 1. Mumps (is-are) one of the most uncomfortable diseases. 2. One hundred dollars (is-are) not a lot of money to some people. 3. She (doesn’t-don’t) look very well today. 4. Twenty minutes (is-are) the amount of time it takes me to get home from work. 5. It (doesn’t-don’t) seem so cold today. 6. Gymnastics (is-are) easy for Angela. 7. Interesting news (is-are) what sells our paper. 8. A pound of cookies (cost-costs) about a dollar. 9. They (doesn’t-don’t) think they’ll win the game tonight. 10. He (don’t-doesn’t) speak very well.
Test Prep Bellringers-Vocabulary in Context
Day 13
Excerpt from The Catching of Unshelled Fish Olive Green (Myrtle Reed)
And for what? For one small bass which could have been bought at any trustworthy market for sixty-five cents, or, possibly, some poor little kitten-fish-offspring of a catfish—whose mother's milk is not yet dry upon its lips.
To what is the author referring when she refers to a "kitten-fish-offspring" in paragraph 2? A) a muskie B) a small bass C) a young catfish D) fish bought at a market
Day 14
Excerpt from The Peachtree Road Race: A Race Like No Other David Matherne
The Peachtree Road Race is unique as a 10K road race in three distinctive ways: it is run on the 4th of July, it has a richtradition, and it is the most competitive 10K in the world.
Which is the BEST meaning for rich as it is used in this sentence from the first paragraph? A) excessive B) interesting C) murky D) wealthy
Day 15
Excerpt from Fight or Flight: The Evolution of Stress www.stressstop.com
As your boss ushers you into his office and closes the door, you experience a strong surge of the fight-or-flight response. But since you can't fight and you can't flee, all of that energy is pent-up inside of you with no place to go. You feel like you're going to explode. As it is used in this passage, the expression "pent-up" means A) renowned. B) released. C) held back. D) prohibited.
Day 16
Excerpt from Vision and Imagination Are a Hit? Lee Washington
1 A backyard fruit bat watches, “Swinging mallets! Spinning balls in a host of colors! A croquet set straight from the fairest of three-dollar garage sales.” The bat, of course, has very poor eyesight. The bat tries to imagine happy backyard scenes through its blurry vision. Descriptions written by a bat only add to the appeal of Tim Ranch’s latest novel, Sleeping Upside-Down.
In paragraph 1, the word poor means
A) thin. B) needy. C) unusual. D) unreliable.
Day 17
Excerpt from The Peachtree Road Race: A Race Like No Other David Matherne
However, in the sport of road racing, common people and novice joggers can lace up and be in the same race as the world-class runners competing to win it all. Which is the BEST meaning for the word novice as it is used in the selected sentence?
A) a person new to a field or activity; a beginner B) a person skilled in a field or activity; an expert C) a person who has written about his field or activity D) a person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken vows
Test Prep Bellringers- Practice with Semicolons
Day 18
But to continue my story. The Angel was dead. What then remained? You may say that what remained was a simple and common object—a young woman in a bedroom with an inkpot. In other words, now that she had rid herself of falsehood, that young woman had only to be herself. Ah, but what is ‘herself’? I mean, what is a woman? I assure you, I do not know. I do not believe that you know. I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all the arts and professions open to human skill. That indeed is one of the reasons why I have come here out of respect for you, who are in process of showing us by your experiments what a woman is, who are in process Of providing us, by your failures and successes, with that extremely important piece of information.
-"Professions for Women" by Virginia Woolf
Read the passage. Then choose the answer choice which correctly uses a semi-colon to punctuate the italicized sentences. A)The Angel was dead; What then remained?
B)The Angel was dead; what then remained?
C)The Angel was dead so; what then remained?
D)The Angel was dead; and what then remained?
Language Standards (10.L.2a) Semicolon
Day 19
Excerpt from Big Cats Facing Extinction Part A Kate McConnaughey
(1) The Sabretooth (Smilodon fatalis) is one example of a large Ice-Age predator that died out even though the large prey it needed retreated with the glaciers.
Read the passage. Look at the underlined section marked number (1). There may be a mistake in the way the sentence is written. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose ‘Correct as is.’ A) Correct as is. B) The Sabretooth (Smilodon fatalis) is one example of a large Ice-Age predator that died out. The large prey it needed retreated with the glaciers. C) The Sabretooth (Smilodon fatalis) is one example of a large Ice-Age predator that died out until the large prey it needed retreated with the glaciers. D) The Sabretooth (Smilodon fatalis) is one example of a large Ice-Age predator that died out because the large prey it needed retreated with the glaciers.
Language Standards (10.L.2a) Semicolon
Day 20
Excerpt from English Report: A Powerful Poet Camille Roberts
22 Dunbar did not despair and he continued to write doggedly. Which of these is the BEST way to rewrite the sentence in line 22?
A) He continued to write doggedly, he did not despair. B) He continued to write doggedly and he did not despair. C) Dunbar did not despair he continued to write doggedly. D) Dunbar did not despair; he continued to write doggedly.
Language Standards (10.L.2a) Semicolon
Day 21
Which correctly uses a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb to link two or more closely related independent clauses?
A)Good hygiene is important for staying healthy; likewise, a balanced diet is essential for good health. B)Good hygiene is important for; staying healthy, likewise, a balanced diet is essential for good health. C)Good hygiene, is important for staying healthy, likewise; a balanced diet is essential for good health. D)Good hygiene likewise; is important for staying healthy and a balanced diet is essential for good health.
Language Standards (10.L.2a) Semicolon
Day 22
Which accurately explains the correct use of a semicolon the selected sentence?
Hawaii is the hottest state; Alaska is the coldest.
A)A semicolon can link two closely related independent clauses. B)A semicolon can be inserted between related words. C)Two independent clauses can be joined with a transitional word, preceded by a semicolon. D)A semicolon is used between items in a series when one or more of these items include commas.
Language Standards (10.L.2a) Semicolon
Day 23 Reading Standards for Informational Text (10.RI.4) Meaning Of Words/phrases
Excerpt from W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography Ellen Yu
"He wrote poetry and literary criticism and was one of the first editors to publish the work of Harlem Renaissance writers. Because of his work in the state, he was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2000."
In paragraph 7, the word inducted means A)admitted. B)exiled. C)overlooked. D)published.
Day 24 Reading Standards for Informational Text (10.RI.4) Meaning Of Words/phrases Excerpt from Vision and Imagination Are a Hit? Lee Washington
1In Tim Ranch's novel, a young fruit-bat is fascinated by children playing in a backyard. While upside down, the creature barely makes out images of swinging sticks and rolling balls in a host of colors and running humans. It is children enjoying a croquet set straight from the "fairest of three-dollar garage sales." The bat, of course, has very poor eyesight, but it is the bat's imagination-not just its vision and position-that propel the story. The bat imagines happy, laughter-filled backyard scenes. Descriptions presented by this bat only add to the appeal of Tim Ranch’s latest novel, Sleeping Upside-Down.
In paragraph 1, the word appeal means A)charm. B)confusion. C)peculiarity. D)offensiveness.
Day 25 Reading Standards for Informational Text (10.RI.4) Meaning Of Words/phrases
Excerpt from Zora's Place Anne Trubek, NEH.gov
1 It may be small and hard to find, but Eatonville is important for two reasons: It was the first all-black incorporated town in the United States, and it was the childhood home of Zora Neale Hurston. Much of Hurston’s writing is set here, and many of her characters are thinly disguised versions of actual residents. Eatonville gave Hurston her best material, and a few years ago, the favor was returned. The Hurston connection gave Eatonville an argument to save itself from being paved over. Hurston and Eatonville have always been closely linked: to understand one, you have to understand the other.
2 Formed after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Eatonville was named after Josiah Eaton, a white army captain living in Maitland. During Maitland’s first civic election, a black man, Joe Clarke, was elected town marshal. As Hurston tells it in her 1942 autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, “I do not know whether it was the numerical superiority of the Negroes, or whether some of the Whites, out of deep feeling, threw their votes to the Negro side.” A year later, Clarke decided to create a separate all-black town, and Eaton supported him, as did Lewis Lawrence, a white philanthropist from New York City. Land was donated, then a church and a town hall were built. In Dust TracksHurston tells it this way: “On August 18, 1886, the Negro town . . . received its charter of incorporation from the state capital at Tallahassee, and made history by becoming the first of its kind in America, and perhaps in the world. So, in a raw, bustling frontier, the experiment of self-government for Negroes was tried. White Maitland and Negro Eatonville have lived side by side for fifty-five years without a single instance of enmity.”
As it is used in paragraph 2 of this essay, which MOST ACCURATELY defines "philanthropist"?
A)One who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes
B)Industry or corporation who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes
C)Individual who studies issues of social and economic importance to determine appropriate courses of action to improve communities
D)Entity or individual who studies the impact of self-governing experiments in order to determine candidates for grant consideration
Bellringers Days 26-29 Language Standards: Language Standards (10.L.4c) Reference Materials, (10.W.2d) Use Precise Language
Day 26 Excerpt from W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography Ellen Yu Passage: 1 William Edward Burghardt DuBois was an industrious civil rights activist, political leader, writer, and educator who led a vigorous fight against racism during the heart of the American struggle over civil rights.
What is the BEST source to use to find the meaning of the word heart as it is used in this first sentence from the passage?
A) dictionary B) encyclopedia C) glossary D) thesaurus
Day 27 Excerpt from Fingerprints Carole Jenkins
1) What is the worst enemy of a criminal being prosecuted? (2) Is it the answers given to police during interrogation? (3) Is it the witnesses during the trial? (4) Or is it the expertise of the prosecuting attorney? (5) It may surprise you that the identification of the criminal's own fingerprints may be the most important tool in the conviction of a criminal.
(6) The fingerprints of one person may be distinguished from those of anyone else in the world. (7) When a set of fingerprints is sent to a crime laboratory for identification. (8) The general pattern of the prints is verified first. (9) The unique combination of the loops, arches, and whorls determine the shape of the ridges on a person's fingertips. (10)The particular shape is then checked to see if there is a match with any set of prints on file with the authorities.
Which sentence states the thesis of this passage?
A) Sentence 1 B) Sentence 5 C) Sentence 6 D) Sentence 9
Day 28 Excerpt from Fight or Flight: The Evolution of Stress www.stressstop.com
All functions of your body not needed for the struggle about to commence are shut down. Digestion stops, sexual function stops, even your immune system is temporarily turned off. If necessary, excess waste is eliminated to make you light on your feet.
Which source would be BEST for locating another word that has a similar meaning to the word commence?
A)almanac B)atlas C)dictionary D)thesaurus
Day 29
Excerpt from Alfred the Great — Part A Lance Carson
The Danes then defeated the English in a battle, whilst Alfred was away burying his brother, the old king. The English ________ then beaten again under Alfred's command in May.
Look at the blank with the number 11 in the passage. Which of these answers correctly completes the sentence?
A) are B) is C) was D) were
Test Prep Reading Standards for Literature
Day 30 Excerpt from The Lion and the Mouse Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables.The Harvard Classics. 1909—14.
ONCE when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. ‘Pardon, O King,’ cried the little Mouse: ‘forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?’ The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Some time after, the Lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters, who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. ‘Was I not right?’ said the little Mouse.
It is evident that the lion felt
A)it was his duty to save the mouse. B)that the mouse was too small to eat. C)he may need help from the mouse one day. D)he would never need help from a mouse.
Day 31
Excerpt from The Golden Fish: A Retelling of a Russian tale Lee Washington
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pull on the fishing line, and the fisherman heaved a large, shining, yellow fish onto the boat.
Another word for heaved is
A)held. B)dragged. C)skipped. D)invited.
Day 32
Excerpt from I Have A Dream Martin Luther King, Jr.
This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the last sentence of paragraph 4, what is the meaning of the word unalienable?
A)obvious B)promised C)concerned D)unable to be taken away
Day 33
Excerpt from George Gray Edgar Lee Masters
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. In truth it pictures not my destination But my life. 5
"A boat with a furled sail" is one that
A)has lost its sail. B)has a damaged sail. C)has dropped its sail. D)has its sail folded up.
Day 34 Excerpt from An awful tempest mashed the air Emily Dickinson
An awful tempest mashed the air, The clouds were gaunt and few; A Black, as of a spectre's cloak, Hid heaven and earth from view.
5 The creatures chuckled on the roofs And whistled in the air, And shook their fists and gnashed their teeth, And swung their frenzied hair.
The morning lit, the birds arose; 10 The monster's faded eyes Turned slowly to his native coast, And peace was Paradise!
The theme of this poem is best expressed by the following statement:
A)Generosity is pure. B)Bad times only last a little while. C)Emotion can be overwhelming at times. D)In the end, evil always wins out.
Test Prep- Reading Standards for Literature
Day 35
Excerpt from Song of Myself Walt Whitman
1 I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul, 5 I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death.
10 Creeds and schools in abeyance, Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy.
What are the implications for the reader in the line, "For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you"?
A)The reader and the speaker are both the same age. B)The reader is invited to take the speaker's possessions. C)The reader and the speaker share the same physical body. D)The reader and the speaker share the same essence.
Day 36
Excerpt from The Life of Swift (excerpt) Samuel Johnson
Whatever was his birth, his education was Irish. He was sent at the age of six to the school at Kilkenny, and in his fifteenth year (1682) was admitted into the University of Dublin. In his academical studies he was either not diligent or not happy. It must disappoint every reader's expectation, that, when at the usual time he claimed the Bachelorship of Arts, he was found by the examiners too conspicuously deficient for regular admission, and obtained his degree at last by SPECIAL FAVOUR; a term used in that university to denote want of merit.
Of this disgrace it may be easily supposed that he was much ashamed, and shame had its proper effect in producing reformation. He resolved from that time to study eight hours a day, and continued his industry for seven years, with what improvement is sufficiently known. This part of his story well deserves to be remembered; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men whose abilities have been made for a time useless by their passions or pleasures, and who having lost one part of life in idleness, are tempted to throw away the remainder in despair. In this course of daily application he continued three years longer at Dublin; and in this time, if the observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted, he drew the first sketch of his "Tale of a Tub.
In these two paragraphs of the text, how might it be said that the two themes of failure and perseverance interact with one another in Swift's life?
A)Swift persevered in his young life, but became a failure later on. B)Swift failure as a author led to his perseverance in academic pursuits. C)Swift's perseverance as an author nevertheless resulted in ultimate failure. D)Swift initially failed academically, but afterwards persevered and became a success.
Day 37
Excerpt from The Woman with Two Skins Southern Nigerian Folktale
EYAMBA I. of Calabar was a very powerful king. He fought and conquered all the surrounding countries, killing all the old men and women, but the able-bodied men and girls he caught and brought back as slaves, and they worked on the farms until they died.
What effect is accomplished by the author's choice to put this paragraph at the beginning of the story?
A)It lets us know where the story is set. B)It establishes the king as a powerful and ruthless figure. C)It demonstrates that the story takes place during a warlike period of history. D)It illustrates the prevalent attitudes towards the elderly at the time of the story.
Day 38
Excerpt from Dombey and Son Charles Dickens
1 Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new. Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. Son about eight-and-forty minutes. 3 "The House will once again, Mrs Dombey," said Mr Dombey, "be not only in name but in fact Dombey and Son;" and he added, in a tone of luxurious satisfaction, with his eyes half-closed as if he were reading the name in a device of flowers, and inhaling their fragrance at the same time; "Dom-bey and Son!" 5 A transient flush of faint surprise overspread the sick lady’s face as she raised her eyes towards him. 6 "He will be christened Paul, my-Mrs Dombey-of course." 7 She feebly echoed, "Of course," or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again. 8 "His father’s name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather’s! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior," said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; "but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn’t enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same." And again he said "Dombey and Son," in exactly the same tone as before. 9 Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr Dombey’s life.
Which sentence offers the strongest support that Dombey valued a close connection with his son?
A)Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. B)Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr Dombey’s life. C)A transient flush of faint surprise overspread the sick lady’s face as she raised her eyes towards him. D)She feebly echoed, ’Of course,’ or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.
Day 39 Excerpt from The Outcasts of Poker Flat Bret Harte
3 In point of fact, Poker Flat was "after somebody." It had lately suffered the loss of several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen. It was experiencing a spasm of virtuous reaction, quite as lawless and ungovernable as any of the acts that had provoked it. A secret committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons. This was done permanently in regard of two men who were then hanging from the boughs of a sycamore in the gulch, and temporarily in the banishment of certain other objectionable characters. I regret to say that some of these were ladies. It is but due to the sex, however, to state that their impropriety was professional, and it was only in such easily established standards of evil that Poker Flat ventured to sit in judgment.
What caused the people of Poker Flat to be ‘after somebody’?
A)A citizen was in big trouble. B)A citizen caused a fight in town. C)Somebody had committed a murder and fled to the town of Poker Flat to escape capture. D)The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.