MC PRACTICE 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS EXAM SOLUTION
NEW UPDATE
1. Which of the following best characterizes the author's purpose in the passage? - ANS
IS A. To describe how a potentially harmful tendency helped her to succeed as a writer
2. In the fifth paragraph, the author mentions that she "got up at two or three in the
morning and wrote" primarily to - ANS IS A. demonstrate the intensity of her devotion to
writing
3. In the ninth paragraph, the author makes which of the following claims about the early
years of her writing career? - ANS IS D. She continued writing despite lacking
confidence in her ability.
Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage? - ANS IS B.
The impact of government policies on undocumented immigrant families
In the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, the author describes her "rocky existence"
during high school in order to - ANS IS A. support the claim that her parents' absence
affected her during her adolescence
In order to strengthen her argument, the author references which of the following
contemporary circumstances? - ANS IS D. An unfulfilled pledge by a political leader
Which version of the underlined text in sentence 2 (reproduced below) provides the
most effective claim to set up the discussion that follows in the passage? - ANS IS C.
when effectively cultivated, they bring people together to create mutually beneficial
cultural and economic ties.
The writer is considering adding the following sentence after sentence 9.
Indeed, Kane persuasively argues that diplomacy works best "if we bring it down to our
individual communities and the people in the communities."
Should the writer add this sentence after sentence 9 ? - ANS IS B. Yes, because it
lends further support to the idea expressed in sentence 9 by incorporating an additional
clarifying quotation from the expert.