Teen Mogul

Which of these statements is best supported by the following passage (paragraphs 2-4)?

CHRISTOPHER: Wow, you sure can eat. I’ve never seen a woman eat with such wild abandon. And you look like you’re enjoying the food too. You’re not just bingeing.

TRACY: Oh, I guess I should have eaten breakfast (Puts her fork down:) But I hate breakfast. I find the choices too limiting.

CHRISTOPHER: I can see why. Cheeseburger. Fries. Clam Chowder. Salad. Unsweetened iced tea. Not exactly breakfast foods. You know, early in my career, I had to decide, do I gnaw on the chicken bone, or do I want that job?

• Christopher is annoyed at the variety and quantity of food Tracy is consuming at the business lunch.

• Tracy has eaten a tremendous amount of food at both her breakfast and the luncheon.

• Christopher wishes he would have ordered clam chowder.

• Christopher is impressed at the variety and quantity of food Tracy is consuming at the business lunch.

The following passage (paragraphs 8-12) mainly shows that:

CHRISTOPHER: I hate it when I take my date out to a five-star restaurant and all she wants is a tiny garden salad. Makes me furious.

TRACY: Oh I’d never do that.

CHRISTOPHER: I don’t suppose it’s in your DNA.

TRACY: Not yet. Maybe I’ll mutate when I’m older. I’m told it happens.

CHRISTOPHER: People with voracious appetites make the best employees. They’re hungry. And if they eat in front of you, you know they’re honest.
As opposed to those critters who eat a salad in front of you and when you’re not looking, raid the entire refrigerator.

• Christopher is furious when he takes someone out to dinner and they only order a salad.

• Tracy is hopeful that she’ll mutate into a person who will eat less when she is an adult.

• Christopher believes he can gain insight into a person’s character by the way that person eats.

• Tracy plans on raiding Christopher’s refrigerator after this lunch.

Which of the following conclusions about Tracy’s state of mind is best supported by the text?

• She hopes that Christopher will be inspired by her lack of a college degree and help her get accepted into Stanford.

• She believes Christopher is her long-lost uncle who worked at the dumpling factory in Cleveland.

• She doesn’t have a degree, and she is worried that Christopher is going to find out.

• Although she doesn’t have a degree, she thinks Christopher won’t care because he doesn’t have one either.

The following passage (paragraphs 35-39) mainly shows that:

TRACY: Like me, you have something to prove. And I can get you there.

CHRISTOPHER: This sounds very interesting.

TRACY: Every time you start something new, it turns to gold. But then your investors, your shareholders they all say your management style sucks.
You’re too mercurial, unable to trust and delegate, you shoot your best people down, causing a divide as vast as the Grand Canyon.

CHRISTOPHER: Harsh.

TRACY: Sensing a lucrative opportunity, corporate raiders like Duke Manning swoop in and hostile take-over. You’re through. Ejected. Bird doo.

• Tracy has been working for Christopher’s company all along.

• Tracy knows that, though he is a skillful entrepreneur, Christopher is dissatisfied with his failings as a manager.

• Tracy wants to coach Christopher to put less time into starting businesses and more time into managing them.

• Tracy has been spying on Christopher.

Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?

• Kevin and Tracy made up a story that they had confused their computers because their cases looked alike.

• Kevin and Tracy accidentally exchanged computers because their cases looked alike.

• Kevin took Tracy’s computer to try to learn what lucrative plans she was devising.

• Kevin and Tracy have been dating since Tracy first lent him her computer.

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “It’s not your fault. They all look alike.”

• “Well, I better let you get back to whatever.”

• “Especially geeks. Was this a complete setup?/(Giggles:) ...”

• “Tomorrow too soon?/Bright and early.”

Which of the following inferences best explains Tracy’s strategy for impressing Christopher?

• She plays to Christopher’s obsession with handbags and computer cases.

• She insults Christopher so that he loses the power dynamic between them.

• She directly and indirectly compares herself to successful entrepreneurs.

• She brainwashes Christopher by using techniques she learned from her father.

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “CHRISTOPHER: Well, don’t keep a mogul waiting, let’s see what you got.”

• “TRACY: I also designed our new company logo."

• “CHRISTOPHER: Really. Such a go-getter. You said ideas plural.”

• “TRACY: Did you know Carolyn Knight was a student at Portland State when she designed the Nike Swoosh? She was given 35 dollars and 500 shares of stock.”

A synonym for superb:

• mercurial

• imperative

• voracious

• sublime

A synonym for unpredictable:

• mercurial

• imperative

• voracious

• sublime