Marine Biology-academic

What does Frank like to do?

• Frank likes to study.

• Frank likes going to seafood restaurants.

• Frank likes to surf.

• Frank likes taking the SAT.

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What is the conflict that Frank has to deal with in college?

• going surfing versus going to class

• studying chemistry versus studying history

• hanging out with his roommate versus hanging out with his friends

• talking to his advisor versus talking to his parents

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Frank enjoys surfing.What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• Frank’s parents own a popular seafood restaurant in New York.

• Frank has an uncle named Jim who lives in a town north of L.A.

• Frank is worried that he might flunk out of college in his first semester.

• In his first month of college, Frank goes surfing every morning.

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Why does the marine biology textbook seem full of possibility to Frank at the end of the story?

• He realizes that a career in marine biology may allow him to spend his life around the ocean.

• He is easily distracted from the hard, lonely work of studying the history of the Civil War.

• He is a social, handsome guy who becomes popular in Malibu’s surfing community.

• When applying to college, Frank looks only at schools bordering the ocean on the West Coast.

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What is this story mostly about?

• what growing up in Montauk, New York is like

• a trip a young man takes to California when he is 13

• a young man who is obsessed with surfing

• the steps involved in applying to college

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Read the following sentence: “Needless to say, his obsession with surfing didn’t help his grades.”What does the word obsession mean?

• homework

• weakness

• a very strong interest in something

• a very strong dislike of something

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Frank keeps skipping class; ______, Professor Blankfein gives him a call.

• for example

• as a result

• namely

• even though

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What does Professor Blankfein tell Frank he should start thinking about?

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Why does Professor Blankfein tell Frank he should start thinking about a career in marine biology?

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Should Frank drop out of college to become a full-time surfer or stay in college to study marine biology? Explain your answer with evidence from the passage.

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