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For each question, make certain that you mark in the row of ovals DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET with the same number as the question. UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. 1 ENGLISH TEST 1 45 Minutes—75 Questions DIRECTIONS: In the five passages that follow, certain You will also find questions about a section of the pas- words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In sage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box. one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement For each question, choose the alternative you consider appropriate for standard written English, or is worded best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer most consistently with the style and tone of the passage document. Read each passage through once before you as a whole. If you think the original version is best, begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For choose “NO CHANGE.” In some cases, you will find in many of the questions, you must read several sentences the right-hand column a question about the underlined beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure part. You are to choose the best answer to the question. that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative. PASSAGE I Dragon and Snow Yueming zipped up her warmest coat for the walk home from school and pushed through the double doors. No new snow had fallen since the weekend, when back-to-back snowy blizzards had turned Philadelphia into 1. A. NO CHANGE 1 B. blizzards of snowfall a place she did not recognize, the view out her apartment C. blizzards of snow D. blizzards window at the time more amazing with each passing hour. The New Year’s festivities, fifteen days of it, were half 2. F. NO CHANGE 2 G. such, over and still her family had not arrived from China, H. them, J. this, delayed by the storms. The cold air snapped Yueming out of an 3. Which choice best suggests that the effect of the cold 3 air on Yueming was immediate? afternoon daze. At the corner of Tenth and Winter, A. NO CHANGE B. pulled someone had cleared the snow in front of the mural, C. lured D. drew one of the several that were part of Yueming’s daily commute. This one The History of Chinatown, 4. F. NO CHANGE 4 G. one: The History of Chinatown, looked especially bright today, the sun’s reflection H. one, The History of Chinatown, J. one The History of Chinatown off the snow, working some magic with the colors. 5. A. NO CHANGE 5 B. snow was working, C. snow working, D. snow working ACT-E26 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 There, in paint, Chinese immigrants worked 1 their jobs, one bent over a clothes iron, others caught up in railroad construction, and 6. Which choice indicates there is another, specific type 6 of work depicted in the mural? a giant figure on the horizon, his gaze locked on F. NO CHANGE G. gripping it with an enormous hand, the passerby. In the lower left-hand corner, a child H. in the center of the image, J. others hard at work, no bigger than Wei tugged at a kite in a schoolyard. As many times as she had seen them, these figures still caught Yueming off guard, incongruous as 7. A. NO CHANGE 7 B. off guard, incongruous, they were—motionless—with the rush of C. off guard incongruous, D. off guard incongruous Philadelphia’s urban city traffic heading 8. F. NO CHANGE 8 G. the city of Philadelphia’s urban for the Vine Street Expressway. H. in-town vehicular car J. DELETE the underlined portion. Mother and Wei would come tomorrow after this visit, their next one 9. A. NO CHANGE 9 B. tomorrow. After this visit, their C. tomorrow, after this visit, their D. tomorrow. Their would be for Yueming’s graduation. [A] Having to 10. F. NO CHANGE 10 G. Yueming had to H. Her having to J. To tell them soon, tomorrow, over her decision to stay, 11. A. NO CHANGE 11 B. with that she would not be coming home to China. [B] She C. of D. in would remain instead in this world, familiar and 12. Which choice connects Yueming in a figurative way to 12 the mural described in the essay? new. [C] Suddenly, laughter turned the corner in her F. NO CHANGE G. paint herself instead into H. not leave J. take direction. It belonged to a small group of young men, 13. A. NO CHANGE 13 B. direction, which belonged each carrying a piece of a giant dragon. [D] She would C. direction that belonged D. direction belonging see the toothy, quaking creature in all it’s festive entirety 14. F. NO CHANGE 14 G. its’ the following evening with her family. But now, Yueming H. its J. DELETE the underlined portion. hesitated under the arch that opened into Chinatown. As ACT-E26 3 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 the traffic light changed and changed again, she watched 1 the distance grow between herself and the undone dragon, color bobbing on a cityscape of snow. / 15. The writer wants to divide this paragraph into two in order to separate the statement indicating Yueming’s plans for herself from the details about her immediate surroundings. The best place to begin the new para- graph would be at: A. Point A. B. Point B. C. Point C. D. Point D. PASSAGE II The following paragraphs may or may not be in the most logical order. Each paragraph is num- bered in brackets, and question 30 will ask you to choose where Paragraph 3 should most logically be placed. Aquatic Explorer AQUA2 Marine dives offer scientists invaluable chances to study sea life firsthand. 0 Yet the limited time 16. If the writer were to delete the words “invaluable” and “firsthand” from the preceding sentence, the sentence divers may remain underwater—often no more than would primarily lose: F. a description of the kinds of sea life that are sought out by scientists on marine dives. G. a tone of appreciation for the difficulties scientists often encounter during a marine dive. H. an indication of one benefit of marine dives and how significant it is to scientists. J. a suggestion that most marine dives are conducted by scientists. two hours—has led scientists to call for robots able 17. A. NO CHANGE 17 B. have lead C. have led D. has lead to help conduct observations in an assistive capacity. 18. F. NO CHANGE 18 G. as aides to scientists’ underwater studies. Complex functions like detecting chemicals and mapping H. since divers’ time underwater is limited. J. DELETE the underlined portion and end the sen- tence with a period. topography, and these have already been implemented in 19. A. NO CHANGE 19 B. topography being functions that robots with wide success. The bigger challenge is C. topography, which D. topography teaching a robot to swim. ACT-E26 4 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 1 Powerful thrusters have helped some robots surge 20. F. NO CHANGE 20 G. cascade H. flood J. gush through the depths. Such equipment, however can alarm 21. A. NO CHANGE 21 B. equipment, however, or even harm sea life. The engineers developing the robot C. equipment however, D. equipment however AQUA2 imagined a robot able to use advanced imaging 22. Given that all the choices are accurate, which one pro- 22 vides the best transition between the preceding sen- and electromechanical systems. To do so, it would need tence and the next sentence? 22 F. NO CHANGE to swim as naturally as a fish, a squid, or—as it turned G. operate equally smoothly in tethered or untethered modes. out—a turtle. H. perform in mere minutes tasks that take scientists hours. J. move in harmony with the creatures it would study. AQUA2 has also proved remarkably well adapted to land. Its flippers reverse direction in shallow water, pushing the robot up onto sturdy, arched legs. The 23. A. NO CHANGE 23 B. by doing so, they push the robot C. then, the robot is pushed D. this pushes the robot legs 8 propel the robot out of the surf. Rubber treads 24. At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing accurate information: on each leg allow AQUA2 to scale sand dunes or rotate like windmill blades to snowbanks, making the robot as suitable for studies Should the writer make this addition here? F. Yes, because it explains how the engineers came up with the design for the legs. G. Yes, because it provides a description that helps clarify how the legs work. H. No, because it introduces a comparison to wind- mills that is not developed in the rest of the essay. J. No, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus on the robot’s ability to move from land to water. in the Caribbean as well as those in the Arctic. 25. A. NO CHANGE 25 B. as it is for C. but also D. or Like its biological counterpart, AQUA2 has flippers that allow it to glide through the water, dive to the ocean floor, and ascend from the bottom. Unlike thruster-powered robots, AQUA2 can make subtle changes 26. F. NO CHANGE 26 G. a possibility exists for subtle changes in course to in course simply by altering the positions of its flippers. be made simply by AQUA2 26 H. subtle changes in course can be made by AQUA2 simply J. subtle changes in course can be made simply by AQUA2 ACT-E26 5 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 By holding two flippers still, as it gently paddles, with 27. A. NO CHANGE 1 27 B. still, as it gently, paddles the other four, for example, the robot can “hover” in C. still as it gently paddles, D. still as it gently paddles place underwater. This exquisite competency will allow 28. F. NO CHANGE 28 G. superhuman power it to avoid disturbing the sea life it is designed to observe. H. unique ability J. weird trick Now, AQUA2 faces a new challenge; even more tricky than reacting to different terrains is interacting with human divers. During field tests amid busy coral reefs in Barbados and the silty beds of lakes in Canada, AQUA2 practices 29. Which choice best maintains the word pattern of the 29 previous example involving Barbados coral reefs? following divers’ instructions. Soon, scientists may be able A. NO CHANGE B. silty lake beds in Canada, to conduct more frequent, more efficient dives with robotic C. silty Canadian lake beds, D. Canada’s silty lake beds, partners at their sides. Question 30 asks about the preceding passage as a whole. 30. For the sake of logic and cohesion, Paragraph 3 should be placed: F. where it is now. G. after Paragraph 1. H. after Paragraph 4. J. after Paragraph 5. PASSAGE III The Fisherman of Porgy Key Covering 173,000 acres of clear water and dozens of islands off the tip of Florida, Biscayne National Park features many unusual species of plants. Today, the park 31. Given that all the choices are true, which one provides 31 the most specific description of plant life in Biscayne is a refuge for sea turtles, manatees, and alligators. In the National Park? A. NO CHANGE 1960s, though, land developers saw commercial potential B. colorful orchids, rare cacti, and mangrove forests. C. many species that are difficult to find in the wild. for the area. Some wanted to build an oil refinery. [A] D. four distinct ecosystems. ACT-E26 6 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 Others, because of Biscayne Bay’s natural beauty, wanted 1 beach resorts. However, Lancelot Jones, one of two year- 32. F. NO CHANGE 32 G. However Lancelot Jones, one of two year-round round residents, of the islands wanted to preserve the bay. residents, of the islands, 32 H. However, Lancelot Jones, one of two year-round residents of the islands, J. However Lancelot Jones, one of two year-round residents of the islands Porgy Key had always been home for Jones, a small 33. A. NO CHANGE 33 B. Jones had lived on Porgy Key his entire life, island in Biscayne Bay. His father had purchased the land C. Porgy Key always was a home for Jones, D. Jones had always lived on Porgy Key, for $300 in 1897, and Jones grew up there, cultivating 34. F. NO CHANGE 34 G. 1897 and Jones, grew up there, cultivating H. 1897, and Jones grew up there cultivating, J. 1897 and Jones grew up there cultivating, pineapples and Key limes. Therefore, in 1935, Jones began 35. A. NO CHANGE 35 B. Likewise, in guiding fishing trips; his knowledge of fishing earned him C. Thus, in D. In the reputation for being the area’s best fishing guide. [B] Among his clientele were several US presidents, including: 36. F. NO CHANGE 36 G. presidents, who were including Hoover, Kennedy, and Nixon. H. presidents, including J. presidents; including In 1961, fourteen of the eighteen landowners came to Biscayne Bay and voted to found a city on the bay’s islands to expedite commercial development of the land. Jones abstained from voting. He refused to sell his land because he wanted the area 37. A. NO CHANGE 37 B. land; because C. land, D. land to be conserved. F 38. Which of the following sequences of sentences makes this paragraph most logical? F. NO CHANGE G. 1, 3, 2 H. 3, 1, 2 J. 2, 1, 3 Jones wasn’t alone, some Florida residents, and 39. A. NO CHANGE 39 B. alone. Some Florida residents frequent visitors sought to preserve Biscayne Bay by C. alone; some Florida residents, D. alone, some Florida residents turning it into a national park. Their efforts were furthered by Miami Herald reporter Juanita Greene, whose articles helped sway public opinion. [C] Finally, ACT-E26 7 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 in 1968, President Johnson signed a bill that put the 1 bay under federal protection. H 40. At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing true statement: Biscayne National Park is similar to Grand Canyon National Park in that both parks were initially designated national monuments. Should the writer make this addition here? F. Yes, because it explains why Biscayne National Park was a national monument at first. G. Yes, because it compares Biscayne National Park to another national park. H. No, because it presents information that is only loosely related to the rest of the essay. J. No, because it repeats information that is dis- cussed earlier in the essay. First to sell their land to the National Park 41. A. NO CHANGE 41 B. one’s C. there D. his Service was Lancelot Jones, who was permitted to 42. F. NO CHANGE 42 G. Service, was Lancelot Jones, H. Service, was Lancelot Jones J. Service was Lancelot Jones remain on Porgy Key. Since he still led fishing trips, 43. A. NO CHANGE 43 B. Even though he and he taught schoolchildren about the environment of C. Because he D. He Biscayne Bay. [D] In exchange for teaching each class, he asked only for a Key lime pie in return for the class. 44. F. NO CHANGE 44 G. that he requested in exchange. Jones lived alone, but he said, “When you have plenty H. for teaching the class. J. DELETE the underlined portion and end the sen- of interests, like the water and the woods, the birds and tence with a period. the fish, you don’t get lonely.” Question 45 asks about the preceding passage as a whole. 45. The writer wants to add the following sentence to the essay: The park idea gained momentum. The sentence would most logically be placed at: A. Point A in Paragraph 1. B. Point B in Paragraph 2. C. Point C in Paragraph 4. D. Point D in Paragraph 5. ACT-E26 8 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 PASSAGE IV 1 Close Encounters of the Bird Kind In June of 1995, due to NASA technicians 46. F. NO CHANGE 46 G. because NASA technicians, who were inspecting the space shuttle Discovery for an H. NASA technicians J. DELETE the underlined portion. upcoming launch found over two hundred punctures in a fuel tank. Video surveillance revealed the culprits; two northern flickers, a species of woodpecker, was attempting to excavate a nest in the fuel tank’s 47. A. NO CHANGE 47 B. was attempting to be excavating foam insulation. Upon striking the solid metal beneath, C. were attempted to excavate D. were attempting to excavate the flickers would stubbornly choose a new spot and try again. P 48. If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, the paragraph would primarily lose information that: F. establishes that flickers are persistent and helps explain how the fuel tank came to have over two hundred punctures. G. describes the physical features that allow flickers to strike metal and explains how they locate hollow spots. H. indicates why the flickers were initially attracted to the fuel tank and what eventually drove them In the northern United States, where most away. J. identifies the components of a space shuttle’s fuel flickers return each summer to mate and raise tank and the particular parts the flickers damaged. broods, the birds’ persistence is well known. 49. A. NO CHANGE 49 B. bird’s persistence are C. birds’ persistence are D. birds’ persistences is By lacking a distinct song, flickers drum their 50. F. NO CHANGE 50 G. As opposed to lacking beaks against hard surfaces to announce themselves H. Because they lack J. Just as they lack to mates. The louder the noise an object makes, the more attractive it is to flickers. Among their favorite noisemakers are drainpipes, TV antennas, and even farm equipment. At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, though the flickers’ persistence 51. A. NO CHANGE 51 B. Florida, though; seemed mysterious. Worse, it posed a serious risk. C. Florida, though, D. Florida though ACT-E26 9 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 For solid metal to stop the birds from trying 52. F. NO CHANGE 1 52 G. Although solid metal didn’t to nest at the launch site, how could NASA prevent H. By using solid metal to J. If solid metal didn’t damage to its equipment and keep the species 53. A. NO CHANGE 53 B. there C. it’s D. its’ safe? V 54. The writer wants to divide this paragraph into two in order to separate the information about flickers’ drum- NASA put together a committee, dubbed the Bird ming behavior from the discussion about NASA’s con- cerns regarding the flickers. The best place to begin the Investigation Review and Deterrent (BIRD) team, to new paragraph would be at the beginning of Sentence: F. 3. consult with wildlife experts. After learning that flickers G. 4. H. 5. seek out soft, rotted wood when excavating nests, the J. 6. team recommended the removal of dead trees from the area. For instance, upon learning that flickers 55. A. NO CHANGE 55 B. Likewise, C. That is, D. Indeed, forage for food on the ground, BIRD determined that 56. Which choice most effectively emphasizes that BIRD 56 considered the conclusion it reached to be hypothetical? tidy lawns made crawling insects easily visible. The F. NO CHANGE G. speculated H. contended J. realized team advised NASA to let the grass grow long to give 57. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined 57 portion would NOT be acceptable? A. long, which might give B. long; this might give C. long and giving D. long, giving the birds the impression that food was hard to catch. Z 58. At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing true statement: Flickers are particularly fond of ants, which contain an acid that the birds use to preen their feathers. Should the writer make this addition here? F. Yes, because it emphasizes how likely the flickers would be to leave the area if they thought ants were scarce. G. Yes, because it demonstrates how carefully the BIRD team researched the flickers’ habits. H. No, because it suggests that the plan adopted by NASA would eliminate flickers’ favorite source of food. J. No, because it detracts from the paragraph’s focus on BIRD’s strategies for deterring flickers. ACT-E26 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 Other, less subtle strategies were implemented to 1 ensure that the birds didn’t settle in. Deterred by plastic owls and floating balloons, alternatively, the flickers 59. A. NO CHANGE 59 B. incidentally, soon left for new territory. Their visit to the launchpad, C. however, D. DELETE the underlined portion. however, was not soon forgotten. Discovery’s successful launch was delayed five weeks while workers flocked to Question 60 asks about the preceding passage as a whole. repair the fuel tank the flickers had favored. 60. Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to describe a typical space shuttle launch. Would this essay accomplish that purpose? F. Yes, because it describes the process the BIRD team goes through before a launch to identify pos- sible interferences from wildlife. G. Yes, because it details how NASA inspected the Discovery prior to its successful launch. H. No, because its primary subjects are the unique nesting habits and warm-weather habitat of the northern flicker. J. No, because it focuses on a single incident in which wildlife affected the course of a launch. PASSAGE V The following paragraphs may or may not be in the most logical order. Each paragraph is num- bered in brackets, and question 74 will ask you to choose where Paragraph 3 should most logically be placed. Choreographing Change The late German choreographer Pina Bausch once said, “I am not interested in how people move, but what moves them.” Indeed, Bausch did not even consider herself a choreographer, but rather a kind of director. Her Tanztheater, translated “dance theater,” pieces received international acclaim for those expressive, unconventional 61. A. NO CHANGE 61 B. their C. that D. its style and the often-raw emotional feelings they portrayed. 62. F. NO CHANGE 62 G. expressive emotions H. feelings of emotion J. emotions ACT-E26 11 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 1 When Bausch began her formal dance education in 1955, Expressionism was again the dominant style. Bausch followed the Expressionists’ lead (and that of other dance pioneers like Martha Graham from the ’20s). She tackled existential themes—identity, alienation, romantic entanglements, suffering—portrayed through intense, sometimes violent, movements. By the 1920s and up until the onset of World War II. 63. A. NO CHANGE 63 B. 1920s (and up until the onset of World War II), German art was flourishing and had turned to the C. 1920s, and up until the onset of World War II D. 1920s and up until the onset of World War II abstract. Expressionism, as it was called, ` replaced 64. At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing phrase: representational, or literal, modes of painting. Bausch, with its splashes of color, stark lines, and dis- torted objects, Given that the information is accurate, should the writer make this addition here? F. Yes, because it describes features of Expressionist art with which the reader might be unfamiliar. G. Yes, because it explains why representational modes were no longer preferred. H. No, because it repeats information found else- where in the essay. J. No, because it detracts from the paragraph’s focus on who influenced Bausch’s specific style of dance. born in 1940, having grown up in postwar Germany. 65. A. NO CHANGE 65 B. and grew The country was attempting to rebuild its C. growing D. grew economy, its infrastructure, and even the country’s national identification after 66. Which choice most closely maintains the pattern estab- 66 lished in the sentence? the fall of Hitler’s regime. German F. NO CHANGE G. how it identified itself H. its identity J. an identity artists, of whom work was previously 67. A. NO CHANGE 67 B. artists, whose C. artists, who’s D. artists’ suppressed by the Nazi party, could refresh 68. F. NO CHANGE 68 G. resume without fear. They began to depict the H. renew J. recur country’s fragile state in their work. ACT-E26 12 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 1 A Bausch piece may include any number of dancers of any age. Dancers’ emotions are conveyed through gestures—joy, passion, grief—that range 69. The best placement for the underlined portion would 69 be: from subtle to explosive, stationary to dynamic. In A. where it is now. B. after the word emotions. Café Müller, one of her most famous works, dancers C. after the word subtle. D. after the word stationary. stumble across the stage, crashing into tables and chairs. Rite of Spring begins with a dancer lying 70. F. NO CHANGE 70 G. having laid H. lain down J. laying prostrate on a stage, covered entirely with soil. 71. Which choice is grammatically correct and indicates 71 that the stage, rather than the dancer, was covered with soil? A. NO CHANGE B. stage, that was C. stage, having been Travel to places such as Turkey, Portugal, D. stage and India have informed much of Bausch’s work. 72. F. NO CHANGE 72 G. were informing H. informed J. inform She, often, incorporated, and combined dance traditions 73. A. NO CHANGE 73 B. She often, incorporated and combined, from the East and West, inspiring future choreographers. C. She often incorporated, and combined D. She often incorporated and combined Her lasting influence lives on through revivals of her work. Questions 74 and 75 ask about the preceding passage as a whole. 74. For the sake of logic and cohesion, Paragraph 3 should 75. Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to be placed: describe how an artist’s particular style was shaped by F. where it is now. cultural and historical events. Would this essay accom- G. after Paragraph 1. plish that purpose? H. after Paragraph 4. A. Yes, because the essay describes Bausch’s particu- J. after Paragraph 5. lar choreographic style and frames it within the backdrop of her life in Germany. B. Yes, because the essay explains how American and European forms of dance were influenced by shift- ing national identities. C. No, because the essay mainly focuses on Bausch’s Tanztheater and the international acclaim it received. D. No, because the essay illustrates why Bausch’s style is relevant today rather than explaining how it was shaped. END OF TEST 1 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. ACT-E26 13 2 MATHEMATICS TEST 2 60 Minutes—60 Questions DIRECTIONS: Solve each problem, choose the correct but some of the problems may best be done without answer, and then fill in the corresponding oval on your using a calculator. answer document. Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following should Do not linger over problems that take too much time. be assumed. Solve as many as you can; then return to the others in 1. Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale. the time you have left for this test. 2. Geometric figures lie in a plane. You are permitted to use a calculator on this test. You 3. The word line indicates a straight line. may use your calculator for any problems you choose, 4. The word average indicates arithmetic mean. 1. Given x = 5, y = 3, and z = −6, (x + y − z)( y + z) = ? DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. A. −42 B. 0−6 C. 0 6 D. 11 E. 18 2. Each student attending the East Central High School preprom dinner must choose 1 item from each of 3 categories: entrée, side dish, and beverage. There are 3 entrée choices, 4 side dish choices, and 2 beverage choices. How many different dinner combinations for each student are possible? F. 08 G. 09 H. 12 J. 14 K. 24 3. A bag contains 13 solid-colored marbles: 3 red, 5 white, 4 black, and 1 yellow. If only 1 marble is selected, what is the probability of randomly selecting 1 marble that is NOT black? A. _1_ 9 B. _4_ 9 4_ C. __ 13 9_ D. __ 13 9_ E. __ 26 ACT-E26 14 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 4. Sam works at Glendale Hospital and earns $12 per DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 hour for the first 40 hours and $18 per hour for every additional hour he works each week. Last week, Sam earned $570. To the nearest whole number, how many hours did he work? F. 32 G. 35 H. 38 J. 45 K. 48 ___ ___ ___ 5. In the figure ___ below, AB is congruent to BC , and AE intersects BF at C. What is the measure of ∠B ? B ? C A E 26° F A. 026° B. 038° C. 052° D. 128° E. 154° 6. The dimensions, in feet, of a standard tennis court are shown in the figure below. All lines that meet in the figure do so at right angles. Which of the following values is closest to the area, in square feet, of the 1 service box shown shaded? 78 4.5 21 18 13.5 27 36 13.5 18 21 4.5 F. 0,284 G. 0,527 H. 0,567 J. 1,053 K. 1,134 7. In scientific notation, what is the product of 3 and 0.000,000,72 ? A. 2.16 × 10−7 B. 2.16 × 10−6 C. 2.4 × 10−8 D. 2.4 × 10−7 E. 6.9 × 10−7 ACT-E26 15 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 8. If f (x) = (4x + 3)2, then f (1) = ? DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 F. 07 G. 14 H. 19 J. 25 K. 49 9. Regular octagon ABCDEFGH is inscribed in a circle, as shown ___ below. ___ The sector of the circle bounded by C radii AJ and DJ and by AD is shaded. The area of the shaded sector is what fraction of the area of the circle? A. _1_ B C 8 B. _1_ A D 4 3_ J C. __ 10 H E D. _3_ 8 G F E. _1_ 2 10. The expression (2x + 3)(5x − 6) is equivalent to: F. 7x2 − 18 G. 7x2 + 3x − 18 H. 10x2 − 18 J. 10x2 − 3x − 18 K. 10x2 + 3x − 18 11. A cake recipe requires _5_ cup of flour. Mary and Haloa 8 decide to make the cake together. Mary has _1_ cup of 3 1_ _ flour and Haloa has cup of flour. How many more 4 cups of flour do they need to make the cake? 1_ A. __ 24 B. _2_ 7 19_ C. __ 56 13_ D. __ 24 17_ E. __ 24 ACT-E26 16 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 12. Coach Shannon is buying packages of granola bars, DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 juice boxes, and apples as snacks for her soccer team. The table below gives the number of snacks per package and the price per package. Snacks per Price per Snack type package package Granola bars 3 $2.50 Juice boxes 4 $3.00 Apples 5 $4.50 What is the minimum total price of the snacks, all bought in whole packages, Coach Shannon buys so that each of the 15 girls on the team gets at least 1 snack of each type? F. $30.00 G. $35.00 H. $38.00 J. $42.00 K. $50.00 13. Given functions f (x) = 5x + 1 and g(x) = x2 − 2, what is the value of f _g(−3)+ ? A. −198 B. 0−54 C. 0−39 D. 0 36 E. 194 14. For 7y = 2x − 5, which of the following expressions gives x in terms of y ? 7y − 5 ______ F. 2 7y + 5 G. ______ 2 H. _7_ y − 5 2 J. _7_ y + 5 2 K. 5y + 5 15. For an angle with measure α in a right triangle, sin,α = _4_ and tan,α = _4_. What is the value of cos,α ? 5 3 3_ A. ____ √ 41 B. _3_ 5 C. _3_ 4 3_ ___ D. √ 7 E. _5_ 3 ACT-E26 17 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 16. A scale drawing of a proposed trapezoidal landscape DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 design is shown in the figure below, with the given dimensions in meters. The trapezoid consists of a right triangle and a square divided into 3 isosceles right triangles. The unshaded regions will be white rock; the shaded triangular regions will be black rock. What is the area, in square meters, that will be black rock? 10 10 14 F. 20 G. 25 H. 45 J. 60 K. 70 17. One construction sign flashes every 6 seconds, and another construction sign flashes every 10 seconds. At a certain instant, the 2 signs flash at the same time. How many seconds elapse until the 2 signs next flash at the same time? A. 04 B. 08 C. 16 D. 30 E. 60 18. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 4x2 + 8x − 12 ? F. (4x − 3)(x + 4) G. (4x + 3)(x − 4) H. 4(x − 3)(x − 1) J. 4(x − 3)(x + 1) K. 4(x + 3)(x − 1) 19. A person’s vertical jump is the difference between the maximum height the person can reach at the top of a jump and the maximum height the person can reach when standing. The maximum height Donald can reach at the top of his jump is 10 feet 4 inches, and the maximum height he can reach when standing is 7 feet 10 inches. What is Donald’s vertical jump? A. 2 feet 0 inches B. 2 feet 4 inches C. 2 feet 6 inches D. 3 feet 0 inches E. 3 feet 6 inches ACT-E26 18 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 Use the following information to answer questions 20–22. Jocelyn wants to become a member of 1 of 3 gyms. The onetime sign-up fee, the monthly fee, and the late fee for each gym are shown in the table below. Monthly fees are due on the 1st day of each month for each gym. A onetime late fee is added to the monthly fee if the monthly fee is paid after the 1st day of that particular month. Felix, a coworker of Jocelyn’s, became a member of PowerPeople on March 1. Sign-up Monthly Gym fee fee Late fee PowerPeople $35 $50 $05 FirmFactory $00 $65 $10 TrimTime $25 $60 $10 20. Given that Jocelyn becomes a member of TrimTime on July 1 and that she pays all monthly fees on time, what total amount will Jocelyn have paid to the gym by September 2 of that year? F. $085 G. $145 H. $180 J. $205 K. $215 21. Before October 1, Felix had paid all 7 of his monthly gym fees on time. He will make his next gym payment on October 4. What total amount must Felix pay on October 4 so that his gym account will be paid in full? A. $50 B. $55 C. $70 D. $75 E. $90 22. Another gym, Good-As-New, has a sign-up fee equal to the mean of all the sign-up fees in the table. What is the sign-up fee for Good-As-New? F. $08 G. $15 H. $20 J. $30 K. $58 ACT-E26 19 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 23. The dimensions, in inches, of 2 rectangular prisms are DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 shown in the figure below. The volume of the large prism is the same as the volume of how many of the small prisms? 3z z y 2y x 2x A. 02 B. 04 C. 06 D. 07 E. 12 24. For what real number value of x is the equation _1_ 64 3 = 2x true? F. _1_ 3 G. 2 H. 4 J. 6 K. 8 25. Suppose that the 8 identical faces of a regular octahedron, like the one shown below, are numbered from 11 through 18, with 1 number per face, and each face is equally likely to land down when the octahedron is tossed. What is the probability that, on 1 toss of this octahedron, the number on the face landing down is a prime number or an even number? A. 0 B. _1_ 18 8 15 12 C. _1_ 4 D. _1_ 2 E. _7_ 8 ACT-E26 20 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 ___ → 26. In nRST below, U is a point on RT such that SU is an DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 angle bisector of ∠RST. What is m∠R ? R ? U x° (3x)° S x° F. 043.75° G. 050° (x + H. 070° 5)° J. 090° K. 100° T 27. A lawn-and-garden store sells 2 types of grass seed: shade and sun. The numbers of bags sold on Friday and Saturday last week are given in matrix A; the selling price per bag and the profit per bag are given in matrix B. Price and profit are in dollars. What is the total profit for the sale of the 2 types of grass seed sold on Friday and Saturday? shade profit price sun A = 12 25 Friday B = 11.75 1.70 shade 13 15 Saturday 8.00 1.50 sun A. $065.00 B. $097.50 C. $102.50 D. $110.50 E. $208.00 28. What real value of x satisfies the equation 36x − 1 = 6 ? F. _1_ 2 G. 1 H. _3_ 2 J. 2 K. 3 29. In right triangle nABC shown below, AB = 9 units and BC = 12 units. What is sin,A ? A. _3_ A 5 B. _3_ 9 4 C. _4_ 5 B 12 C D. _5_ 4 E. _4_ 3 ACT-E26 21 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 Use the following information to answer questions 30–32. Shown below is quadrilateral ABCD in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane. y A(0,4) D(−2,0) B(6,0) O x C(0,−4) 30. What is the area, in square coordinate units, of ABCD ? F. 16 G. 24 H. 32 J. 48 K. 64 31. What is the perimeter, in coordinate units, of ABCD ? A. 004√ 5 B. 004√ 5 + 4√ 13 C. √ 004 13 D. 016 E. 144 32. What are the coordinates of the image of point B resulting from a rotation of 180° about the origin? F. (−10, 0) G. (0−6, 0) H. (0−2, 0) J. (0 0,−6) K. (0 6, 0) 33. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to x 2 + 4x − 12_ __________ for x2 − 36 ≠ 0 ? x 2 − 36 4x_ __ A. 3 x − _____2 B. x−6 x+2 _____ C. x+6 x −3 _____ D. −9 x+3 _____ E. x+9 ACT-E26 22 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 34. The rectangular top surface of a patio is 4 feet longer DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 than it is wide and has an area of 192 square feet. What is the width, in feet, of the rectangular top surface of the patio? F. 12 G. 16 H. 24 J. 46 K. 48 35. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, what is the slope of the line that contains (−2,−2) and has a y-intercept of 1 ? A. −1 B. _2_ 3 C. 1 D. _3_ 2 E. 3 36. Veronica delivers 27 copies of the News Report and 22 copies of the City Times to 38 of the 40 houses on Oakland Street. No house receives more than 1 copy of each newspaper. How many houses receive both newspapers? F. 02 G. 05 H. 07 J. 09 K. 11 37. ⎪−3⎪ + ⎪−5⎪(7 − 3) = ? A. −41 B. −23 C. 23 D. 32 E. 35 38. Julia, an archaeology student, needs to dig 6 cylindrical pits at an archaeological site. Each pit will be 8 feet in diameter and 6 feet deep. Since she needs to work slowly and carefully, Julia can remove dirt at an average rate of 3 cubic feet per hour. Which of the following values is closest to the number of hours it will take Julia to dig all 6 pits? (Note: The volume, V, of a cylinder with radius r and height h is V = πr2h; π ≈ 3.14.) F. 100 G. 200 H. 400 J. 600 K. 800 ACT-E26 23 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 39. Hector counted the number of blue candies in each of DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 14 packages and summarized his data in the frequency bar graph below. 6 number of packages 5 4 3 6 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 number of blue candies What is the median of the numbers of blue candies in the 14 packages? A. 4.0 B. 4.2 C. 4.5 D. 5.0 E. 6.0 40. In certain years, July, a month with 31 days, has exactly 4 Mondays and 4 Fridays. The first of July in those years will be on: F. Tuesday. G. Wednesday. H. Thursday. J. Saturday. K. Sunday. 41. Ms. Siochi has a rectangular lot with a perimeter of 100 meters. She paid $2,420.00 for fencing to install along the entire perimeter. She chose standard fencing for 3 sides of the lot and decorative fencing for 1 of the 20-meter sides. Ms. Siochi paid $1.00 more per meter for the decorative fencing than for the standard fencing. How much did Ms. Siochi pay per meter for the decorative fencing? A. $22.40 B. $23.40 C. $24.00 D. $25.00 E. $26.00 42. Students use dowel rods to learn about equations. They lay several rods, some of which are red and some of which are white, end to end. The length of each red rod is R centimeters, and the length of each white rod is W centimeters. The students determine that the total length of 2 red rods and 7 white rods is the same as the total length of 4 red rods and 3 white rods. Based on this relationship, which of the following equations must be true? F. 0R = 2W G. 0R = 3W H. 3R = 5W J. 7R = 9W K. 9R = 7W ACT-E26 24 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 43. For i = √ −1 , (2 + 2i)2 = ? DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 A. −16 B. 00 C. 08i D. 04 + 2i E. 04 + 4i 44. For all θ such that cos,θ ≠ 0 and sin,θ ≠ 0, which of the tan θ_ following expressions is equal to ____ ? sec θ F. cos,θ G. sin, θ 1 H. _____ sin θ cos θ_ _____ J. sin2 θ sin θ_ K. _____ cos2 θ 45. The map below shows the 5 villages and the 7 roads on Gull Island. All residential mailboxes on Gull Island are located along these roads. During a mail run, the island’s mail carrier travels on each road exactly once, but she may pass through a village more than once. The carrier starts her run in 1 of the 5 villages and ends her run in 1 of the 4 remaining villages. One of the following pairs of villages gives the starting point and ending point for the mail run. Which one? Ripley Marcus Portville Willa Baytown starting point ending point A. Baytown Marcus B. Baytown Ripley C. Marcus Portville D. Portville Willa E. Ripley Willa 46. Which of the following sets is the range of the 2 1 x + 5x − 6 2 2 x − 5x + 6_ function f (x) = 3 + _________ 2 ? F. (0, 3) G. [0, ∞) H. (−∞, ∞) J. [−3, ∞) K. [3, ∞) ACT-E26 25 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 47. Mr. Schulte has a fair 12-sided die, with the sides DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 numbered from 1 through 12. On both Monday and Tuesday, Mr. Schulte will roll the die 1 time. If the side that lands faceup is numbered with a prime number, Mr. Schulte will collect the homework that day—otherwise, he will not collect the homework. What is the probability that Mr. Schulte will collect homework on both Monday and Tuesday? (Note: 1 is NOT a prime number.) 2 5_ A. 0 __ 1 12 2 6_ 2 0 1 __ 12 2 B. 7_ 2 0 1 __ 12 2 C. 2 1 __ 12 2 5_ D. 2 1 __ 12 2 6_ E. 48. The table below gives the number of Jerry’s Construction workers needed to frame a specific type of house in certain selected numbers of days. Given that all the workers work at the same rate, how many workers will it take to frame this specific type of house in 10 days? Workers Days 02 15 ? 10 06 05 30 01 F. 03 G. 04 H. 07 J. 10 K. 12 49. Considering only positive integer factors, which of the following integers has an odd number of distinct factors? A. 16 B. 20 C. 23 D. 27 E. 35 ACT-E26 26 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 50. A solution is 5% alcohol and 95% water. A second DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 solution is 20% alcohol and 80% water. If 2 gallons of the first solution are mixed with 1 gallon of the second solution, the resulting solution is what percent alcohol? F. 10% G. 12 _21_ % H. 15% J. 25% K. 30% 51. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, the graph of the equation y = 3 sin(2x + 0.5π) has what amplitude and period? amplitude period A. 3 0π B. 3 2π C. 3 4π D. 6 0π E. 6 2π 52. A pet shop always has 54 hamsters that are either solid- colored or multicolored in the front of the store for customers to see. Any additional hamsters are kept in an area at the back of the store. Which of the following ratios of solid-colored hamsters to multicolored hamsters is possible for the hamsters in the front of this pet shop? F. 1:54 G. 2:7 H. 3:2 J. 6:1 K. 6:9 53. A cookie jar contains 10 cookies of 3 types. There are 5 chocolate-chip cookies, 3 oatmeal-raisin,cookies, and 2 sugar cookies. You reach into the jar and choose a cookie at random and then, without replacing the first cookie, reach into the jar and choose another cookie at random. What is the probability that both of the cookies you choose are the same type? 2_ __ A. 10 10_ __ B. 27 28_ __ C. 90 28_ D. ___ 100 30_ E. ___ 720 ACT-E26 27 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 54. Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. Which of the DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 following statements about ABCD must be true? F. The diagonals bisect each other. G. The diagonals are perpendicular. H. The diagonals are congruent. J. All 4 sides are congruent. K. All 4 interior angles are congruent. 55. For all m such that 0 < m < 1, the value of m−1 must be: A. greater than m. B. equal to m. C. less than m, but greater than 0. D. equal to 0. E. less than 0. 56. Bill and Nate are participating in a fund-raising event in which they run or walk a distance of 30 miles. A graph representing their progress during the first hour is shown in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane below. y 12 10 distance (in miles) 8 6 Bill 4 Nate 2 O 1 2 3 4 x time (in hours) Assume that Bill continues to travel at the same speed until he reaches the finish line. One of the following phrases describes how Nate will need to change his average speed for the remainder of the event in order to finish at exactly the same time as Bill. Which one? F. Decrease it by 2 mph G. Decrease it by 2.5 mph H. Increase it by 2 mph J. Increase it by 2.5 mph K. Increase it by 4 mph ACT-E26 28 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 2 57. The math club is selling T-shirts as a fund-raiser. There DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 2 is a linear relationship between x, the number of T-shirts sold, and y, the profit in dollars from selling the T-shirts. When the club sells 6 shirts, it makes a profit of $10; when it sells 10 shirts, it makes a profit of $20. Which of the following equations gives the relationship between x and y ? A. y = _2_ x + 2 5 38_ B. y = _2_ x + __ 5 5 C. y = _5_ x + 4 2 D. y = _5_ x + 5 2 E. y = _5_ x − 5 2 58. For the following system of equations 2x − y = 32, 2x + y = 08, y=? F. −3 G. −1 H. 1 J. 2 K. 3 59. Nineteen students are eligible to play doubles tennis. What is the maximum number of different 2-person teams possible? A. 009 B. 038 C. 076 D. 171 E. 342 60. In the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, coefficients a, b, and c are positive real numbers. If a = c and both roots of the quadratic equation are real numbers, which of the following relations must hold between a and b ? F. a > 2c G. a = 0b H. a ≥ 2b J. a > 0b K. a ≤ 0_b_ 2 END OF TEST 2 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. DO NOT RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS TEST. ACT-E26 29 3 READING TEST 3 35 Minutes—40 Questions DIRECTIONS: There are several passages in this test. Each passage is accompanied by several questions. After reading a passage, choose the best answer to each question and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. You may refer to the passages as often as necessary. Passage I a tuft of grass to keep from convoluting my track. Hiking in the woods allows a traveler to imagine com- LITERARY NARRATIVE: This passage is adapted from the forting enclosures, one leading to the next, and the essay “Atop the Mound” by William Least Heat-Moon (©1991 45 walker can possess those little encompassed spaces, but by William Least Heat-Moon). the prairie and plains permit no such possession. What- ever else prairie is—grass, sky, wind—it is most of all a What I cherish I’ve come to slowly, usually paradigm of infinity, a clearing full of many things blindly, not seeing it for some time, and that’s just how except boundaries, and its power comes from its appar- I discovered Jacobs’ Mound. This old travelers’ marker 50 ent limitlessness; there is no such thing as a small shows up clearly from two highways, yet I was here prairie any more than there is a little ocean. 5 several days before I noticed it, this isolated frustum so distinct. I must have been looking too closely and nar- I came up out of a hollow, Jacobs’ Mound big now rowly, but once I saw its volcano-cone symmetry I was on the horizon, and I could feel its swell in my legs, and drawn to it as western travelers have always been to then I was in the steep climb up its slope, and: I was on lone protuberances—Independence Rock, Pompey’s 55 top. From the highway I’d guessed the summit to be the 10 Pillar, Chimney Rock—and within a day I headed down size of a city block, but it was less than a baseball the Bloody Creek Road until the lane played out in a infield, its elliptical perimeter just a hundred strides. grassed vale. So, its power lay not in size but rather in shape and dominion and its thrust into the imagination. I walked down a hawk-harried ridge and struck out toward the mound, seemingly near enough to reach 60 I sat and looked. The thousands of acres that lay 15 before sunset. In places the October grasses reached to encircled around the knob I really didn’t see, not at my belt and stunted my strides. From the tall heads of first. I saw air, and I recalled a woman saying, Seems Indian grass and the brown stalks of gayfeather, gos- the air here hasn’t ever been used before. From a plane samer strung out in the slow wind, and these web lines you look down, and from a mountain you look down, snagged my trousers and chest and head until, after a 65 but from Jacobs’ Mound you look out, out into. You’re 20 mile, I was bestrung and on my way to becoming not up in the sky and you’re not on the ground: you’re cocooned. I stopped to watch small events but never for nicely in-between, at the altitude of those who fly in long because the mound was drawing me as if it were a their dreams and skim roofs and treetops. Jacobs’ stone vortex in a petrified sea. Mound is thrush-flight high. There are several ways not to walk in the prairie, 70 And then I understood: I like this prairie county 25 and one of them is with your eye on a far goal, because because of its illusion of being away, out of, and I like you then begin to believe you’re not closing the dis- how its unpopulousness seems to isolate it. Seventy tance any more than you would with a mirage. My percent of Americans live on two percent of the land, woodland sense of scale and time didn’t fit this country, but in front of me, no percentage of them lived. Yet, in and I started wondering whether I could reach the 75 the far southeast, I could see trucks inching out the 30 summit before dark. On the prairie, distance and the turnpike miles, the turbulence of their passage silenced miles of air turn movement to stasis and openness to a by distance. And I could see fence lines, transmission wall, a thing as difficult to penetrate as dense forest. It towers, and dug ponds, things the pioneers would have seemed every time I raised a step the earth rotated viewed as marks of a progressive civilization but which under me so that my foot fell just where it had lifted 80 to me, a grousing neo-primitivist, were signs of the 35 from. Limits and markers make travel possible for continuing onslaught. The view I had homesteaders people: circumscribe our lines of sight and we can would have loved, and the one they had of unbroken really get somewhere. Before me lay the Kansas of pop- vegetation and its diversities I would cherish. In the ular conception from Coronado on—that place you nineteenth century, the Kansas clergyman and author have to get through, that purgatory of mileage. 85 William Quayle traded his autograph for an acre of prairie, and, yesterday, I thought him a thief, but now, 40 But I kept walking, and, when I dropped into hol- seeing the paltriness of an acre, I figured he was the one lows and the mound disappeared, I focused on a rock or swindled. ACT-E26 30 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 3 1. The point of view from which the passage is told can 3 6. According to the narrator, focusing on a distant goal best be described as that of a first person narrator who: while walking in the prairie is not recommended A. is uncomfortable when he must traverse a large because: section of unfamiliar prairie. F. distant objects often move in and out of sight. B. has an experience that leads to a deeper apprecia- G. there is the potential to miss small objects nearby. tion of the prairie. H. walkers need to be aware of their immediate C. visits the prairie in order to experience life as early surroundings. settlers might have. J. doing so makes progress difficult to measure. D. has traded arduous hikes in the woods for leisurely walks in the prairie. 7. When Jacobs’ Mound disappears from the narrator’s 2. How does the narrator see the power of the wider sight, he shifts his focus to: prairie differing, if at all, from the power of Jacobs’ A. clouds in the sky. Mound? B. rocks and patches of grass. F. The prairie’s power comes from its apparent limit- C. fences and highways. lessness; the power of Jacobs’ Mound comes from D. birds flying overhead. its hold on the imagination. G. The prairie’s power comes from its unpopulous- 8. According to the narrator, what is the main difference ness; the power of Jacobs’ Mound comes from its between walking in wooded areas and walking in the size. prairie? H. The prairie’s power comes from its flat terrain; the F. Wooded areas provide walkers with comforting power of Jacobs’ Mound comes from its height. enclosures that the prairie lacks. J. Both places derive power from their size. G. It takes longer to navigate wooded areas than it does to navigate the prairie. 3. The main idea of the sixth paragraph (lines 60–69) is H. The flora and fauna are more diverse on the prairie that: than in the woods. A. few people other than the narrator have visited the J. The sun is much stronger on the prairie than in the summit of Jacobs’ Mound. woods. B. the air at the top of Jacobs’ Mound is noticeably different from the air at the bottom. C. Jacobs’ Mound gives the impression of being away 9. Which of the following statements best expresses how from civilization. the narrator first feels when he reaches the summit of D. the summit of Jacobs’ Mound exists in a special Jacobs’ Mound? place between the earth and the sky. A. He is triumphant that he has reached a place few other people have been. 4. Based on the passage, which of the following can most B. He is somewhat surprised that the summit is not as reasonably be inferred about the narrator? large as he had believed it would be. F. He traveled to the area specifically to climb C. He is overwhelmed by the brightness of the sun Jacobs’ Mound. and the smell of the grass. G. He has already climbed Independence Rock and D. He is pleased to see thrushes nesting on the Pompey’s Pillar. mound. H. He prefers open, unpopulated areas to crowded urban areas. 10. The narrator most likely includes the William Quayle J. He believes urban development is annoying but anecdote at the end of the passage to: necessary. F. reveal the extent of his amazement that he has finally reached the summit of Jacobs’ Mound. 5. As it is used in line 23, the phrase petrified sea refers G. help illustrate why he was drawn to Jacobs’ to: Mound in the first place. A. Jacobs’ Mound. H. give an example of the type of person who once B. the sky. lived on the prairie. C. the prairie. J. further convey his sense of wonder at the sheer D. the highway. size of the prairie. ACT-E26 31 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 3 Passage II 55 The commerce of coins opened up new dimensions for 3 new segments of the population. SOCIAL SCIENCE: This passage is adapted from The History of Money by Jack Weatherford (©1997 by Jack McIver The wealth of Croesus and his ancestors arose not Weatherford). from conquest but from trade. During his reign (560–546 BC), Croesus created new coins of