Assessment #2: PSAT Bootcamp

Find the error, if any.
Playing sports (A) such as basketball, football or baseball allow (B) children to learn teamwork (C) and develop coordination.  No error (D)

• A
• B
• C
• D

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An effective and helpful tutor demonstrates (A) exceptional knowledge, is responsive to the needs (B) of her students, and listen (C) to them carefully. No error (D)

• A
• B
• C
• D

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The selfie, (A) a photograph taken by many narcissistic people, is (B) extremely popular on various social networking websites (C).   No error (D)

• A
• B
• C
• D

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In order (A) for an audience to believe in and be engaged by (B) a character, they have (C) to come across as a real person.  No Error (D)

• A
• B
• C
• D

Find the error, if any.
When Doris Lessing published "The Golden NotebooK" in 1962, it (A) instantly established herself as one (B) of the most important literary voices of her generation (C).  No Error (D)

• A
• B
• C
• D

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The platypus, which has a bill like that of a duck and lays eggs, were classified as a mammal.
 

• are classified
• have been classified
• is classified 
• Correct as is 

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Donating clothes and food to area shelters are one way our class plans to help others in our community.
 

• is one way our class plans
• were one way our class plan
• was one way our class will plan
• Correct as is

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Early proponents of a woman’s right to vote met with great resistance seeking to advance their cause.

• As they sought to advance their cause, early proponents of a woman’s right to vote met with great resistance.
• Early proponents, as they sought to advance their cause, of a woman’s right to vote met with great resistance. 
• Early proponents of a woman’s right to vote met with great resistance seeking to advance their cause.
• Correct as is.

Fix the error, if any.
Gazing out the airplane window, the land below looked like a giant jigsaw puzzle

• The land gazing out the airplane window looked like a giant jigsaw puzzle below
• Gazing out the airplane window, we saw that the land below looked like a giant jigsaw puzzle. 
• We saw that the land below looked like a giant jigsaw puzzle gazing out the airplane window. 
• Correct as is

The opposition's resistance was quelled by the mighty warriors who calmed the disorder.
In this sentences, quelled most nearly means

• curbed
• aroused
• perturbed
• prevailed