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Passage 1, Questions 1-8.
Read the first section of "The Last to See Them Alive" which begins "The
village of Holcomb" and ends "viewed each other strangely, and as strangers" (pages 3-
5) carefully before
you choose your answers.
1. In the first paragraph, the author's attitude toward
the area near Holcomb is
most clearly suggested by
his description of the
(A) skies and air
(B) local accent
(C) men's clothing
(D) topography
(E) grain elevator CORRECT ANSWERS E
2. In the second paragraph, the physical
layout of Holcomb is characterized as
I. "aimless"
II. "haphazard"
III. "unshaded"
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III CORRECT ANSWERS C
3. In the second and third paragraphs, the atmosphere of Holcomb is conveyed
primarily by the author's
selection of
(A) nouns
(B) adverbs
(C) adjectives
(D) superlatives
(E) verbs CORRECT ANSWERS C
4. In relation to the sentence that precedes it, the sentence beginning "Unless you
include, as one
must. . ." serves to
(A) clarify
(B) contradict
(C) reiterate
, (D) qualify
(E) elaborate CORRECT ANSWERS D
5. The author most likely declares
that "one must" include a description of the Holcomb School because
(A) the description significantly supplements the author's characterization of Holcomb
(B) the school is a center of activity in most small communities
(C) he wants to be careful not to imply that the residents of Holcomb are uneducated
(D) he wants to emphasize that school-age children make up much of Holcomb's
population
(E) the description leads logically into the explanation that the residents come from
varied cultural
backgrounds CORRECT ANSWERS A
6. A prominent stylistic characteristic of the final paragraph is the use of
(A) inverted syntax
(B) sentence fragments
(C) idiomatic diction
(D) shifts in point of view
(E) parallel structure CORRECT ANSWERS E
7. The antecedent for the pronoun "them"
in the final sentence of the passage is
(A) "exceptional happenings"
(B) "the earliest hours"
(C) "certain foreign sounds"
(D) "nightly Holcomb noises"
(E) "six human lives CORRECT ANSWERS C
8. The author's primary purpose in this passage is to
(A) depict a typical Midwestern small town
(B) provide a backdrop for a presentation of dramatic events
(C) create sympathy for the townspeople of Holcomb
(D) emphasize that appearances can be deceptive
(E) explain why neighbors in Holcomb turned against each other CORRECT
ANSWERS B
Passage 2, Questions 9-15.
Read the tenth section of "The Last to See Them Alive" which begins "Kenyon
had built the chest himself" and ends "nothing out of the ordinary" (pages 38-41)
carefully before you
choose your answers.
9. The concrete details about Nancy and Kenyon Clutter serve primarily to
(A) emphasize the exhaustive research the author undertook
(B) draw several important distinctions between the two of them
(C) provide insight into their personality and characters
Guaranteed Pass
Passage 1, Questions 1-8.
Read the first section of "The Last to See Them Alive" which begins "The
village of Holcomb" and ends "viewed each other strangely, and as strangers" (pages 3-
5) carefully before
you choose your answers.
1. In the first paragraph, the author's attitude toward
the area near Holcomb is
most clearly suggested by
his description of the
(A) skies and air
(B) local accent
(C) men's clothing
(D) topography
(E) grain elevator CORRECT ANSWERS E
2. In the second paragraph, the physical
layout of Holcomb is characterized as
I. "aimless"
II. "haphazard"
III. "unshaded"
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III CORRECT ANSWERS C
3. In the second and third paragraphs, the atmosphere of Holcomb is conveyed
primarily by the author's
selection of
(A) nouns
(B) adverbs
(C) adjectives
(D) superlatives
(E) verbs CORRECT ANSWERS C
4. In relation to the sentence that precedes it, the sentence beginning "Unless you
include, as one
must. . ." serves to
(A) clarify
(B) contradict
(C) reiterate
, (D) qualify
(E) elaborate CORRECT ANSWERS D
5. The author most likely declares
that "one must" include a description of the Holcomb School because
(A) the description significantly supplements the author's characterization of Holcomb
(B) the school is a center of activity in most small communities
(C) he wants to be careful not to imply that the residents of Holcomb are uneducated
(D) he wants to emphasize that school-age children make up much of Holcomb's
population
(E) the description leads logically into the explanation that the residents come from
varied cultural
backgrounds CORRECT ANSWERS A
6. A prominent stylistic characteristic of the final paragraph is the use of
(A) inverted syntax
(B) sentence fragments
(C) idiomatic diction
(D) shifts in point of view
(E) parallel structure CORRECT ANSWERS E
7. The antecedent for the pronoun "them"
in the final sentence of the passage is
(A) "exceptional happenings"
(B) "the earliest hours"
(C) "certain foreign sounds"
(D) "nightly Holcomb noises"
(E) "six human lives CORRECT ANSWERS C
8. The author's primary purpose in this passage is to
(A) depict a typical Midwestern small town
(B) provide a backdrop for a presentation of dramatic events
(C) create sympathy for the townspeople of Holcomb
(D) emphasize that appearances can be deceptive
(E) explain why neighbors in Holcomb turned against each other CORRECT
ANSWERS B
Passage 2, Questions 9-15.
Read the tenth section of "The Last to See Them Alive" which begins "Kenyon
had built the chest himself" and ends "nothing out of the ordinary" (pages 38-41)
carefully before you
choose your answers.
9. The concrete details about Nancy and Kenyon Clutter serve primarily to
(A) emphasize the exhaustive research the author undertook
(B) draw several important distinctions between the two of them
(C) provide insight into their personality and characters
