Everybody Jump McGraw Hill

In this essay, the Earth’s population ends up in the state of Rhode Island mainly because of .​ (a)  

• alien technology

• magic
• a natural disaster
• long patterns of migration

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“Everybody Jump” is written in the ​ (a)   tense, from a (b)   point of view.

• present
• past 
• first person
• third person
• second person

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The following passage (paragraph 9) adds to the development of the entire article mainly by ____________.

• explaining why all the people landing at the same time has little effect

• suggesting that the people are all jumping in gardens

• describing the sights and sounds that accompany such a massive, coordinated jump

• suggesting that the jump would have had a greater effect if the people had gathered more closely together

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Cell phones don’t work in the following passage (paragraph 13) mainly because ____________.

• international phones don’t work with the region’s cell towers

• the networks can’t support the number of people trying to get a signal

• service has been interrupted by the force of the coordinated jump

• the region’s cell towers are outdated and in need of repair

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Based on the following passage (paragraphs 17-18), what is most likely one of the author's opinions?

Some make it past New York or Boston before running out of fuel. Since the electricity is probably not on at this point, rather than find a working gas pump, it’s easier to just abandon the car and steal the new one. Who can stop you? All the cops are in Rhode Island. The edge of the crowd spreads outward into southern Massachusetts and Connecticut. Any two people who meet are unlikely to have a language in common, and almost nobody knows the area. The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies. Violence is common. Everybody is hungry and thirsty. Grocery stores are emptied. Fresh water is hard to come by and there’s no efficient system for distributing it.

• It is easy to steal a car if one is desperate enough.

• Putting the entire world’s population in such a small area would create deadly chaos.

• A tank of gas will likely get you from Rhode Island to New York or Boston.

• Knowledge is the key to getting out of any bad situation.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the idea that "Putting the entire world’s population in such a small area would create deadly chaos."?

• A. “Who can stop you? All the cops are in Rhode Island.”

• B. “The state becomes a patchwork chaos of coalescing and collapsing social hierarchies.”

• C. “The edge of the crowd spreads outward into southern Massachusetts and Connecticut.”

• D. “Violence is common.”

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Which conclusion about human beings is most strongly supported by the passage below (paragraphs 19-21)? Within weeks, Rhode Island is a graveyard of billions. The survivors spread out across the face of the world and struggle to build a new civilization atop the pristine ruins of the old. Our species staggers on, but our population has been greatly reduced. Earth’s orbit is completely unaffected—it spins along exactly as it did before our species-wide jump. But at least now we know.

• Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state in land area, but it is still large enough to contain billions of graves.

• Organizers of any future “species-wide jump” should consider potential outcomes of such an event.

• Human beings cannot strongly affect the Earth’s orbit, but they can affect one another a great deal.

• It would be important to learn the outcome of this experiment, no matter the cost.

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Which passage from the text best supports the text, "Human beings cannot strongly affect the Earth’s orbit, but they can affect one another a great deal."?

• A. “Within weeks, Rhode Island is a graveyard of billions.”

• B. “The survivors spread out across the face of the world and struggle to build a new civilization atop the pristine ruins of the old.”

• C. “Our species staggers on, but our population has been greatly reduced. Earth’s orbit is completely unaffected—it spins along exactly as it did before our species-wide jump.”

• D. “But at least now we know.”

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What is most closely the meaning of scenario as it is used in (paragraphs 3-4)?

• a written outline

• the setting or background of a work of art or literature

• the script of a film or television program

• an imagined sequence of events

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Place the events in the imagined sequence in their correct order.

Highlight the events in your textbook to make sure you are correct!!!

• Third

• 1. The scene descends into violence and chaos.

• Second

• 4. Everybody appears in Rhode Island at the same time.

• First

• 3. Everybody jumps at the same time.

• Fourth

• 2. Everybody checks their phone, but there is no reception.

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