Read the passages below; then answer questions 1–4.

With which of the following statements would the authors of both passages agree?

Why is the specific mention of a 13-year old effective in supporting the main idea of Passage 1?

Which of the following statements most sounds like a response that the author of Passage 2 would have to the hypothetical example used by the author in Passage 1?

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

Read the passage below; then answer questions 5–8.

The primary purpose of this passage is to

What does the sentence, “I hated my parents for inviting all of our family over to laugh and tell stories” tell us about the narrator?

What type of figurative language can you identify in the following quote from the passage?

“As I walked downstairs, I could feel that the air was different than I expected. It wasn’t light and carefree; it was heavy and burdened.”

How might the events of the passage be viewed differently if it were told by the narrator’s parents?

Use the graph below to answer questions 9–10.

The chart compares American recycling rates for select materials (paper, glass, metals and plastics) over a fifty-year time frame (1960–2010), using ten-year intervals.

Which of the following statements can be made with certainty about recycling habits prior to 1970 based only on the graph?

What is the primary conclusion that readers can draw from this graph?

Read the passage below; then answer questions 11–14.

The main point that the author is trying to make in the passage is that

In the context of the passage, what is the meaning of “incentive-based”?

What foundational assumption is NOT made in the selection?

The passage supports which of the following statements about climate change and potential responses to it?

Select all that apply:

The selection below is a page from an index of book, showing most of the items in the section of the book about Sculpture. Use the index page to answer questions 15–16.

What is the orderly arrangement used in the Sculpture section of the book?

In which city are the unfinished sculptures that the book discusses?