Question 1

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-For both the cinco and the sixteenth, queens were elected to preside  over the ceremonies.

Accepted Answer

A)  decorate 
B)  look 
C)  guard 
D)  be in control

Question 2

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-In the barrio, the older people remained

Accepted Answer

A)  indoors. 
B)  vulnerable. 
C)  American. 
D)  Mexican.

Question 3

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-Why did the people of the barrio not have "official titles"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They distrusted the titles. 
B)  They had their own version of titles. 
C)  They had no place or voice in public business or political positions. 
D)  They thought the titles would be useless.

Question 4

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-What did it mean to turn pocho?

Accepted Answer

A)  to become Mexican 
B)  to begin to turn American 
C)  to become insensitive 
D)  to become an immigrant

Question 5

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-Instead of the Fourth of July, the narrator celebrated ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Answer the following questions about the essay.
-Instead...

Question 6

What main point does Deborah Tannen make in her paragraph about the behavior of groups of boys and girls?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boys and girls tend to socialize similarly in groups. 
B)  Boys and girls tend to socialize differently in groups. 
C)  Girls tend to socialize in large groups. 
D)  Boys tend to socialize in small groups.

Question 7

Why would it be useful to organize a paragraph comparing and contrasting dogs and cats as pets point-by-point?

Accepted Answer

A)  It would be easy to prove that cats make better indoor pets. 
B)  Each aspect of both pets would appear close to each other, so it would be easier for the reader to compare the two. 
C)  Cats would be discussed, and then dogs would be discussed so the reader could make up his or her own mind. 
D)  The reader could then argue against each point.

Question 8

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-The invention of powerful ___________, scientists were able to see the surface of Mars for the first time.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Answer the following questions about the essay.
-The...

Question 9

Why is the word compare often used to refer to both comparing and contrasting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Even though comparing involves discovering differences and contrasting involves discovering similarities, they are generally considered part of the same process. 
B)  Even though contrasting involves discovering differences and comparing involves discovering similarities, they are generally considered part of the same process. 
C)  Comparing and contrasting are synonyms to describe the same process. 
D)  Comparing and contrasting are the same activity.

Question 10

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-Mars missions will launch about every two years to gain a better understanding of Mars' geologic  history and search for evidence of past and present life.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal 
B)  political 
C)  atmospheric 
D)  physical

Question 11

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-Given that the author is NASA, the leading organization on space travel, how trustworthy do you find the evidence presented in the essay? How effective is the evidence? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Answer the following questions about the essay.
-Given...

Question 12

Unfortunately, women and men often have different ideas about what's appropriate, different ways of speaking. Many of the conversational rituals common among women are designed to take the other person's feelings into account, while many of the conversational rituals common among men are designed to maintain the one-up position, or at least avoid appearing one-down. As a result, when men and women interact-especially at work-it's often women who are at the disadvantage. Because women are not trying to avoid the one-down position, that is unfortunately where they may end up.
-Deborah Tannen
-What topics is Tannen comparing and contrasting? List the points for each topic.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Unfortunately, women and men often have different...

Question 13

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-What is the author comparing?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Answer the following questions about the essay.
-What...

Question 14

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-What did the Sacramento barrio lack?

Accepted Answer

A)  a hotel 
B)  a grocery store 
C)  a central place for everyone 
D)  a cleaners

Question 15

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-Between celebrations, neither the politicians uptown nor the Comisión Honorífica attended to  the daily needs of the barrio.

Accepted Answer

A)  cared for 
B)  ignored 
C)  knew about 
D)  learned about

Question 16

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-Why do people have an interest in planetary science , and what kind of technology do we gain from space travel?

Accepted Answer

A)  study of stars 
B)  study of planets 
C)  study of meteorites 
D)  study of space travel

Question 17

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph.
Some people say the business about the jolly fat person is a myth, that all of us chubbies are neurotic, sick, sad people. I disagree. Fat people may not be chortling all day long, but they're a hell of a lot nicer than the wizened and shriveled. Thin people turn surly, mean, and hard at a young age because they never learn the value of a hot-fudge sundae for easing tension. Thin people don't like gooey soft things because they themselves are neither gooey nor soft. They are crunchy and dull, like carrots. They go straight to the heart of the matter while fat people let things stay all blurry and hazy and vague, the way things actually are. Thin people want to face the truth. Fat people know there is no truth. One of my thin friends is always staring at complex, unsolvable problems and saying, "The key thing is… ." Fat people never say that. They know there isn't any such thing as the key thing about anything.
-Suzanne Britt Jordan
-What is the paragraph's main idea?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Read the following paragraphs and answer the...

Question 18

A comparing and contrasting paragraph should be organized

Accepted Answer

A)  chronologically. 
B)  from general to specific or from specific to general. 
C)  by topics or by points. 
D)  spatially whenever possible.

Question 19

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-What would currently happen to liquid water on Mars's surface?

Accepted Answer

A)  freeze into ground frost 
B)  become steam 
C)  melt 
D)  freeze into solid ice

Question 20

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-The grocers did not give children a pilón, they did not stand at the door and coax  you to come in and buy, as they did in Mazatlán.

Accepted Answer

A)  bribe 
B)  force 
C)  charm 
D)  tell

Exam 8: Comparing and Contrasting

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -For both the cinco and the sixteenth, queens were elected to preside over the ceremonies.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -In the barrio, the older people remained

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Why did the people of the barrio not have "official titles"?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What did it mean to turn pocho?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Instead of the Fourth of July, the narrator celebrated ____________________________.

What main point does Deborah Tannen make in her paragraph about the behavior of groups of boys and girls?

Why would it be useful to organize a paragraph comparing and contrasting dogs and cats as pets point-by-point?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The invention of powerful ___________, scientists were able to see the surface of Mars for the first time.

Why is the word compare often used to refer to both comparing and contrasting?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Mars missions will launch about every two years to gain a better understanding of Mars' geologic history and search for evidence of past and present life.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Given that the author is NASA, the leading organization on space travel, how trustworthy do you find the evidence presented in the essay? How effective is the evidence? Explain.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -What is the author comparing?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What did the Sacramento barrio lack?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Between celebrations, neither the politicians uptown nor the Comisión Honorífica attended to the daily needs of the barrio.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Why do people have an interest in planetary science , and what kind of technology do we gain from space travel?

A comparing and contrasting paragraph should be organized

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What would currently happen to liquid water on Mars's surface?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The grocers did not give children a pilón, they did not stand at the door and coax you to come in and buy, as they did in Mazatlán.