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Click on the TWO sentences that BEST supports the inference that it was difficult to take someone's picture using early cameras

• At first, cameras were the size of a whole room and did not have any way of capturing of saving the image.

• In the 1830s, a way to capture images in a camera was created.

• Metal sheets, or plates, covered with special chemicals could record a picture.

• The most common type of photographs taken at this time was portraits of people.

• The person having his or her photograph taken would have to sit still for 15 minutes for the chemicals to work

Based on the information in the section "Painted Portraits," ordinary

people were eventually able to have portraits of themselves. Which

detail from the section "Cameras" best supports the same idea?

• The most common type of photographs taken at this time

  was portraits of people

• Cameras were being used for more than just portraits by

  the 1930s.

• Digital cameras meant another change in how cameras

  capture an image.

• Portraits are no longer just for kings, queens, or rich people.

Select the TWO details from the text that BEST support the conclusion

that people used to need special skills to use cameras but do not need

special skills to use cameras now.

• The person having his or her photograph taken would have

  to sit still for 15 minutes for the chemicals to work.

• It still took a lot of work to adjust all of the parts of the

  camera, though.

• Cameras were also becoming cheap enough for more

  people to buy

• People began to photograph what was happening around

  them.

• Even people who did not know very much about how

  cameras worked could take good pictures in only an

  instant.

Which of the following shows that Jules Verne created imaginary inventions that eventually became reality?

• Many people loved to read his novels.

• Jules had a unique writing style that was similar to writing travel books.

• He had quite an imagination as a child and pretended to go on many adventures.

• Jules Verne wrote about people traveling to the moon before a real ship landed on the moon.

The paragraph below says that Charles has no courage. Select the TWO

sentences that prove Charles lacks courage.

• Charles zipped up the side of his furry brown lion costume and then

  adjusted the golden mane around his face

• 
  He looked in the mirror as the makeup artist painted his face with a

  pug black nose and penciled whiskers

• On the outside, Charles definitely looked like the lion from the

  Wizard of Oz, and on the inside, he felt like the lion too. Just like the lion in the play, Charles had absolutely no courage. At least right now he didn't

• Butterflies rustled around in his stomach, and there was a frog in his throat.

• He wished he could just slip out the back door and run all the way home.

Read this sentence from paragraph 7.

"I remembered all my lines and sang my heart out."

What does the underlined phrase mean?

• Charles sang with perfect pitch.

• Charles sang with attention to detail

• Charles sang with very little feeling.

• Charles sang with great enthusiasm.

Read paragraph 9 and 10 from the text.

Ben’s cue to go on stage came first. Charles

waited in the wings, breathed in slowly to

calm himself, and imagined all of the good

things that would happen when he went on

stage.

"You’re up,” the stage manager whispered.

Which part of the paragraphs explain what the word cue means?

• Charles waited in the wing...

• ...breathed in slowly to calm himself...

• ...imagined all of the good things that would happen...

• "You're up," the stage manager whispered.