"The REEF"

PART a

As it is used in paragraph 3, what does the word implacably reveal about the eel?

• A. The eel is unprincipled.

• B. The eel is unyielding.

• C. The eel has few enemies.

• D. The eelhas a powerful.

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PART B

Which phrase from the passage provides the best evidence for the answer to Part A?

• A. "...among the most fearsome of all the sea-folk..." (paragraph 2)

• B. "...the only way to escape form the deadly jaws of a conger eel." (paragraph 2)

• C. "...the fierce head thrust itself toward him for a fresh grip." (paragraph 4)

• C. "...shot away just as the curved teeth struck..." (paragraph 4)

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Part A

In paragraph 5, how does Jimmy Tom's experience help develop a central idea of the passage?

• A. by emphasizing the close call he had with death.

• B. by illustrating the exhaustion that resulted from his struggle

• C. by describing his relief as he is rescued

• D. by explaining how long it took to reach the safety of the surface

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Part B

Which phrase from paragraph 5 best supports the answer to Part A?

• A. "...to move slow as the hour hand of a clock."

• B. "...a sudden roaring in his ears as the strong arms of Jill Tom pulled him into the canoe."

• C. " Too weak to speak or move..."

• D. "...teh utter happiness there is in breathing, which only the half-drowned may know."

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PART A

What is most revealed about Jimmy Tom through his interaction with the eel?

• A. He has never faced such a difficult challenge before.

• B. He posssesses a strong desire to return home with the shell.

• C. He has the ability to think quickly and calmly under pressure.

• D. He reflects on family members to help him conquer his fears.

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PART B

Which quote from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• A. "...put everything out of Jimmy Tom's mind save to reach the surface with it as soon as possible." (paragraph 1)

• B. " ...he remembered what his grandfather had topl him was the only way to escape from the deadly jaws..." (paragraph 2)

• C. "...the beating of his laboring heart sounded in his ears like a drum of doom (paragraph 3)

• D. "...he felt desparingly that he could no longer resist the uncontrollable desire of his anguished lungs to act..." (paragraph 5)

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PART A

What effect is produced by the author's structural choices in the passage?

• A. The author creates tension through the interplay of descriptive language and the Jimmy Tom escapes.

• B. The author establishes a sense of mystery by including a flashback just before Jimmy Tom escapes.

• C. The authour creates surprise by describing Jimmt Tom's feelings after he is pulled to safety.

• D. The author introduces a conflict through the description of the shell at the beginning of the passage.

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PART B

Wwhich quotation from the text best supports the response in Part A?

• A. "The pure white rounded whorls of this one were set off with wide, friled varices..." (paragraph 1)

• B. "If so be that the fierce fish did not relax his grip within the next thirty seconds, the boy knew that his life would go out of him in a long stream of silvery air-bubbles." (paragraphs 3)

• C. "...suddenly through the luminous, gleaming water he seemed to see his cabin on far away Carib Island and his mother's face looking into his ." (paragraph 3)

• D. "Too weak to speak or move, he lay experiencing the utter happiness there is in breathing, which only the half-drowned may know." (paragraph 5)

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