Post-Test: Literary Fiction and Vocab

Some people are always bashing the president just like others bashed the one before him. Wouldn't you think that everyone could find something to praise him for, at least once in a while? What does “bashing” mean in the above selection?

• hitting hard with a heavy tool

• going to too many expensive parties

• speaking or writing harshly about

• voting for a different candidate

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Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning! In the above context, what does “rash” mean?

• an itchy skin condition

• funny

• trying to hide or disguise a piece of cheese

• with little thought or consideration

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Your cousin claimed to be late because the doors of his house were frozen shut. Even though I have my doubts, his explanation is plausible. It got really cold last night. I'll just have to take his word for it. If a statement is plausible, __________.

• you must always believe it

• you should never believe it

• it's hard to understand because it makes no sense

• it's believable enough to possibly be true

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If you are at a point in your life where you are ready to grow, to push yourself a little, to open your heart to a deeper compassion, drop in at the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India. Offer yourself up as a volunteer—for as long as you are comfortable. Even a week would work, as it did for me. Then watch with awe as Dr. V, or Thulasi, his second-in-command, finds a place just for you.

What can the reader conclude from paragraph 1?

• The author is writing for readers who are potential volunteers.

• Aravind Eye Hospital prefers that the people who visit volunteer to help the patients.

• The author spends much of his time volunteering in hospitals.

• Aravind Eye Hospital has a large paid staff and doesn’t depend heavily on its volunteers.

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Marie-Laure brings her father closer to home before making a mistake. Four blocks three blocks two. And one snowy Tuesday in March, when he walks her to yet another new spot, very close to the banks of the Seine, spins her around three times, and says, “Take us home,” she realizes that, for the first time since they began this exercise, dread has not come trundling up from her gut.

After Marie-Laure’s father says “Take us home” in paragraph 2, the reader can infer from Marie-Laure’s reaction that —

• her father says this whenever they go for a walk

• her father never explains the exercise

• she has gained self-confidence

• she fears being disappointed

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Call me a fossil, but when I take a road trip I like to get around by using printed maps. I’ve been licensed to drive for 20 years, and every car I’ve owned has contained a Rand McNally Road Atlas, with the maps of the Northeastern states dog-eared and loosened from their staples. Navigating by map carries over to foreign roads, too. In May my wife and I went to France, where we drove around Provence and dipped a wheel into Italy.

Why does the author begin the selection with the words “Call me a fossil”?

• To indicate how people often address him

• To acknowledge that he is older than most of his readers

• To show he understands that his views are considered outdated

• To establish that he is used to his beliefs being questioned