Final Exam Marine Biology

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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At the end of the story, why does the marine biology textbook seem full of possibility to Frank?

• 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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What does professor Blankfein tell Frank he should start thinking about?

• He should get serious about college.

• He should consider a career in marine biology.

• He should enter a surfing competition.

• He should change to a different college.

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What reason did Professor Blankfein give for deciding to get a job in the field of marine biology?

• He loves ocean creatures.

• He failed as a dentist.

• He grew up wishing he could surf with animals.

• He grew up surfing and found a career that allows him to be near the ocean.

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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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Read the following sentence: "If you are serious about the ocean, you should start thinking about a career in marine biology."

What does career mean?

• a fun activity

• a job or occupation

• an extreme sport

• a college or trade school

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Frank keeps skipping class; _________ , Professor Blankfein gives him a call.

• for example

• as a result

• namely

• even though

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