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Which quote summarizes the author’s frustrations about his first journey at sea?

• “I was, no doubt, known for a landsman by everyone on board as soon as I

  hove in sight.”

• ‘With all my imperfections on my head,’ I joined the crew.”

• C “There is not so helpless and pitiable an object in the world as a landsman

  beginning a sailor’s life.

• “This was literally bidding good night to my native land.”

Which lines from the poem provide the strongest support for the theme of

renewal?

• “There’s something seems to say / That winter’s had its day.”

• “And the elder branches show / Their buds against the snow.”

• “So, silently but swift, / Above the wintry drift,”

• “We see the bloom of birth / Make young again the earth.”

Which quote shows the contrast between Young John’s perspective and that of the

king?

• “Young John saw the princess only from a distance, but near enough to know how bright and clever she was. He wished very much to race with her,

  to win, and to earn the right to talk with her and become her friend.”

• “ ‘For surely,’ he said to himself, ‘it is not right for Atalanta’s father to give

  her away to the winner of the race. Atalanta herself must choose the person

  she wants to marry, or whether she wishes to marry at all.’ "

• “ ‘Not one of them,’ she said to herself, ‘can win the race, for I will run fast

  as the wind and leave them all behind.’ And now a bugle sounded, a flag was

  dropped, and the runners were off!”

• “Atalanta raced even faster to pull ahead, but Young John was a strong

  match for her. Smiling with the pleasure of the race, Atalanta and

  Young John reached the finish line together, and together they broke

  through the golden ribbon.”

According to the selection, why is there controversy over the creation of the wave?

• ESPN’s Jim Caple claims to have created the wave in the 1970s.

• Rob Weller and George Henderson both claim to have invented the wave in

  October of 1981.

• The Oakland A’s lost their game, and the wave did not catch on.

• The Husky fans continued to participate in the wave throughout the season.

Which statement gives support to the assertion that George Henderson created

the wave?

• “Rob Weller claims he led the world’s first wave on October 31, 1981, . . .”

• “The wave became widespread in the 80s and early 90s . . .”

• “ ‘The A’s season ended on October 15, 1981, and there I am on this video

  leading the wave.’ ”

• “ ‘The Wave was a very intimidating thing for awhile until everyone copied

  us.’ ”

In the sentence below from paragraph 4, what does the word precise tell the

reader?

“Machines are often used because they are faster and more precise than counting

votes by hand.”

• People want the votes counted exactly.

• People want the votes counted quickly.

• People want the votes counted repeatedly.

• People want the votes counted slowly.

Which statement from the selection supports the author’s claim that this

breakthrough could help scientists better understand the origin of our universe?

• “That new record is 4 trillion degrees Celsius (that’s 7.2 trillion degrees

  Fahrenheit).”

• “The hot stuff produced at Brookhaven is a quark-gluon plasma, and it spills

  out like a soup made of quarks and gluons.”

• “The quark-gluon plasma is a new type of matter that’s unlike solid, liquid,

  or gas—but it kind of behaves like a liquid.”

• “The quark-gluon plasma may look a lot like the hot

  and heavy goo that

  existed in the universe right after the Big Bang.”