#1: Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question. (1) Defoe narrates the day-by-day adventures of a castaway who passes half a lifetime on a desert island. (2) Fielding spins a complicated plot about Tom Jones, whose difficulties resolve themselves in the final chapters like the parts of a mechanism falling into place. (3) Jane Austen keeps the reader interested in the quiet life of a village where nothing more exciting than a dance or an elopement occurs. (4) James Joyce relates, at great length, the adventures and thoughts of several people in Dublin through a single day. (5) What we call the novel is thus an immensely varied literary form. Select the correct answer. Which numbered sentence is the topic sentence? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

In the excerpt above, what can be inferred by the statement, "the dillingham had been flung to the breeze during aformer period of prosperity.?

Read the following excerpt from the play a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry: johnson (this usa woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about everything in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the heigh of her exclamatory comments.): hello there, yourself! h’you this evening, ruth? which assumption about johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction? a. her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places