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Question 1

A. NO CHANGE
B. its’
C. its
D. their

Question 2:

Which of the following best introduces a central theme of the essay and provides an appropriate transition between the first and second paragraphs?

A. NO CHANGE
B. is unappealing to most people.
C. is nearly as old as recorded human history.
D. has been written about in many adventure novels.

Question 3

A. NO CHANGE
B. without substitutions
C. with the same people arriving as the ones who had started
D. and everyone who started showed up there.

Question 4

A. NO CHANGE
B. Sue Carter and Frida Waara,
C. Sue Carter; and Frida Waara
D. Sue Carter and Frida Waara

Question 5

A. NO CHANGE
B. to
C. and
D. until

Question 6:

Which of the following would be LEAST acceptable to replace the underlined portion?

A. full of
B. plagued by
C. troubled by
D. reinforced by

Question 7:

At this point in the essay, the writer is considering adding the following sentence

As a result, the women set out in the wrong direction multiple times, and the true start of their journey was set back several days.

Would this be a relevant addition to the paragraph?

A. Yes, because it illustrates a highly dangerous situation the women encountered.
B. Yes, because it explains the results of a problem described in the previous sentence.
C. No, because it detracts from the writer’s attempt to portray the women’s journey in a positive light.
D. No, because the paragraph focuses mainly on the problems caused by leads rather than technology.

Question 8

A. NO CHANGE
B. however, their progress hampered,
C. however; their progress hampered
D. however their progress hampered

Question 9

A. NO CHANGE
B. which contains few impurities or pollutants.
C. and they were first observed by Robert Peary.
D. OMIT the underlined portion

Question 10

A. NO CHANGE
B. exhausted
C. exhausting
D. exhaustingly

Question 11

A. NO CHANGE
B. and is; therefore,
C. and is therefore,
D. and, is therefore

Question 12:

Which of the following explains how Buck was able to contact her grandmother from the North Pole?

A. NO CHANGE
B. which were garbled and unclear,
C. spoken via the NASA satellite phone,
D. which she uttered without thinking,

Question 13

A. NO CHANGE
B. Looking back, Buck feels that the most important thing about the trip was that the women who dreamt it up achieved their goal.
C. As she looks back, Buck thinks, the most important thing being that the goal was achieved by the women who set it.
D. The goal having been achieved by the women who set it, this, according to Buck, is the most important thing.

Question 14

A. NO CHANGE
B. training, can go,
C. training can go
D. training can go,

Question 15

A. NO CHANGE
B. that
C. them
D. their physical condition

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