Passage 2 Each question in the text refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B and C or A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blank.

My dog Raja seldom barked. It was a friendly dog (9) it even made friends with strangers. My father said it was a useless dog (10) it was not a good guard dog. Raja proved my father wrong (11) it began barking noisily one afternoon. We were surprised by its furious barking (12) we went out to investigate.

It led us to the mango tree (13) was by the fence of our house. A cobra as long (14) a python was coiled around the foot of the tree! My father grabbed a long stick (15) he had a weapon to fight the snake. We thought the cobra would attack (16) it slid away from the tree and escaped.

9.A and

Balthough

Cbut

Dwho

10.A so

Bwhile

Cso that

Dbecause

11.A when B and

C while

12.A or

Bso that

Cso

Dbecause

13.A who

Bwhich

Cwhom

14.A and

Bas

Cor

Dif

15.A when

Bso that

Cwhich

16.A but

Bso

Cand

Dif

What kind of sentence is the following example? before he started tp watch tv, he made sure that he had all of his favorite snacks (ice cream and chips), and he sure to get all of his homework finished.

Select all the correct answers. which sentences contain an adverb clause? darla set up a studio because she enjoyed painting. as aaron was having a midnight snack, he heard a loud noise coming from the basement. the entire town was searching for the girl with the red hair. they listened to what he had to say but disagreed with him in the end.

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.