8PracticeEOG

Read the passage "Ruthless" to answer the following questions.

What role does the wife play in developing the theme?

• a.       The wife serves as a moral compass against her husband’s revenge, which helps develop the idea that there can be consequences if you take justice into your own hands.   

• b. The wife is determined to stop her husband’s plan to kill an innocent man, which helps develop the idea that no crime is bad enough to warrant another person’s death.

• c. The wife shares the same reaction as her husband, which helps develop the idea that if you commit a crime, you deserve to be punished in a similar fashion.

• d. The wife gives in to his plan instead of fighting for what is right which helps develop the idea that the opinions of your loved ones often do not matter.

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RI.8.2

Which statement best summarizes the passage?

• A man feels deeply wronged by a burglar, and decides the only revenge is murder.

• A wife is unaware of her husband's horrible crime.

• A merciless man, on a mission to punish a burglar, dies an ironic death.

• A caretaker murders a man to stop him from killing another.

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RL.8.4

Which quote from the story best supports the theme?

• "for Judson Webb loved his personal possessions and felt a sense of deep outrage if they were touched by any hand but his own." (Paragraph 2)

• "'The law doesn't call it murder if I shoot a thief who is entering my house by force'" (Paragraph 17)

• "'We won't be here till next spring. I can't bear to think of that deathtrap waiting there all the time.'" (Paragraph 22)

• ''and don't worry about your poor, abused little burglar. No one is going to get hurt who hasn't got it coming to him.'" (Paragraph 25)

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RL.8.4

What is the impact of the words "grimly" and "outrage" on meaning in paragraph 2?

• They begin to describe Judson's disturbing state of mind.

• They show how Judson feels about his wife.

• They reveal Judson's fatal plan.

• They explain Judson's obsession with his possessions.

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RL.8.4

In the line below, what does the phrase "ruthless in business" mean?

"He had always been ruthless in business and whenever anything crossed him."

• Regretful of trusting others.

• Sympathetic towards others who wrong him.

• Cruel in his dealings of revenge.

• Creative in finding ways to deal to retaliate.

How do paragraphs 16-23 mainly contribute to the passage?

• After Judson's plan is introduced, paragraphs 16-23 list examples of how the wife plans to interfere with his plan.

• After Judson's plan is introduced, paragraphs 16-23 present contrasting views on what is morally right and wrong.

• After the wife loses hope, paragraphs 16-23 detail a history of Judson's behavior.

• After Judson meets his fate, paragraphs 16-23 describes how the event could have been avoided.

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RI.8.2

Which expression is equivalent to 7³ - 7⁵ ?

• 7⁸

• 7¹⁵

• 49⁸

• 49¹⁵

Quadrilaterals PQRS, I, II, III, and IV are shown on the coordinate grid.

Which quadrilateral is NOT similar to PQRS?

• I

• II

• III

• IV

Mrs. Vail surveyed 10 of her students to find the amounts of time they spent watching television (TV) and the amounts of time they spent online last week. For each activity, she ranked the students using the numbers 1 to 10 to represent the rank order from least amount of time to greatest amount of time spent on the activity. The scatterplot shows Mrs. Vail’s results.

Which statement BEST describes the relationship represented by the scatterplot?

• No student had the same ranking for online hours and television hours.

• There is no correlation between the hours spent online and the hours spent watching TV.

• There is a positive correlation between the hours spent online and the hours spent watching TV.

• There is a negative correlation between the hours spent online and the hours spent watching TV.

The graph displays the total points scored by a hockey team for several seasons.

The equation of the line of best fit of the data is , where P is the total points earned during each season, t.

Which statement BEST describes the slope of the graph of this equation?

• The team scored an average of five points per game.

• Every five games, the number of points scored each game increased by one.

• Every five seasons, the number of points scored during the season increased by one.

• The number of points scored in a season increased by an average of five points each season.