ABE Question 14
Which BEST describes how the author develops the idea that writing and publishing Harry Potter
was a difficult experience? will give brainles

Which of these sentences has an error in subject-verb agreement? a. official procedures calls for students who are tardy three times to serve detention. b. as a result of her efforts, a team of volunteers signs up every month to clean the city's parks. c. the committee of parents protested loudly at the school board meeting. d. each of the neighbors brings a dish to share at the pot-luck gathering.

Excerpt from the trip of a lifetime elizabeth mohn 3 a little more than a week ago, my mother and father started packing our suitcases to prepare for our trip. my entire family woke up early sunday morning, packed the car, and began our expedition to niagara falls. when we reached the american-canadian border, i was excited to enter a foreign country for the first time. the third paragraph is mainly about a) traveling to niagara falls b) leaving the hotel. c) seeing the falls. d) returning home.

Read the excerpt from the code book. without much hope of a theoretical breakthrough, cryptanalysts have been forced to look for a technological innovation. if there is no obvious way to reduce the number of steps required for factoring, then cryptanalysts need a technology that will perform these steps more quickly. silicon chips will continue to get faster as the years pass, doubling in speed roughly every eighteen months, but this is not enough to make a real impact on the speed of factoring—cryptanalysts require a technology that is billions of times faster than current computers. consequently, cryptanalysts are looking toward a radically new form of computer, the quantum computer. if scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with such enormous speed that it would make a modern supercomputer look like a broken abacus. the author’s purpose in this paragraph is to convince the readers to pursue a career in analysis. explain the need for faster technology in cryptanalysis. entertain with interesting stories about supercomputers. argue for more money to develop a quantum computer.