Read the passage below; then answer questions 1–6.

The primary purpose of this passage is to

Which of the following sentences in the passage most directly supports the assertion made in the final sentence of the passage?

Which of the following numbered sentences from the passage best expresses an opinion rather than a fact?

Which of the following best describes the writer’s pattern of organization in the passage?

Which of the following is the best meaning of the word maneuvers as it is used in the passage?

What assumption best supports the author’s assertion that “The decimation of Native Americans in the Creek War and other ‘battles’ in the southeast paved the way for one of Jackson’s worst presidential maneuvers, The Trail of Tears”?

Use the graph below to answer questions 7–8.

Which conclusion about summer enrollment at a local university in 2017 is best supported by the data presented in the graph above?

Which department had the most students for their summer courses in 2017?

Read the passage below; then answer questions 9–11.

Which of the following words, if substituted for the word “indigenous” in the passage, would introduce the LEAST change in the meaning of the sentence?

According to the final sentence of the passage, climate change

Read the passage below; then answer questions.

In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with

Use following table of contents from a biology textbook below to answer questions 12–15.

The use of the word “foundations” in the title for Unit 1 indicates that

Which unit would likely help students to understand why children often resemble their parents in their appearance?

When one examines the unit title and the chapter titles for Unit 6, what conclusion does NOT seem evident?

The organization method for the second half of the book (Units 6 through 10) can be most accurately described as

Read the passages below; then answer questions 16–20.

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the two passages?

Which of the following best describes the organizational structure of Passage 1?

Based on the context of Passage 1, “yielding” most nearly means which of the following?

Which of the following analogies best exemplifies the author’s main idea in Passage 2?

Which of the following best describes the tone of each passage?