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QUESTION 7 OF 11

Based on the description of the encounter with the bear, it can reasonably be inferred that????????

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A Granser and Edwin have previously come across bears on their journey. B Granser and Edwin are not concerned by the presence of animals in the forest. C Granser is surprised to see a bear that is not in a cage. D Edwin is distracted by the constant threat posed by wildlife.

QUESTION 8 OF 11

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question???

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A lines 41–42 (“Sound . . . warning”)(“Sound, sight, and odor had given him a simultaneous warning.”) ??

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B line 48 (“He . . . querulously”)(“He did not like them, and

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Exercise 2

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This passage is excerpted from J.D. Beresford, The Looking Glass. Originally published in 1921.

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This was the ?rst communication that had come from her aunt in Rachel's lifetime.

\he passed the letter across the table.

Rachel looked ?rst at the signature. It seemed strange to see her own name there. It was as if her individuality, her very identity, was impugned by the fact that there should be two Rachel Deanes. Moreover there was a likeness between her aunt's autograph and her own, a characteristic turn in the looping of the letters, a hint of the same decisiveness and precision. If Rachel had been educated ?fty years earlier, she might have written her name in just that manner.

\still stared at the signature.

Rachel's eyelids drooped and her expression indicated a faint, suppressed intolerance of her father's remark. He said the same things so often, and in so precisely the same tone, that she had formed a habit of automatically rejecting the truth of certain of his statements. He had always appeared to her as senile. He had been over ?fty when she was born, and ever since she could remember she had doubted the

correctness of his information. She was, she had often told herself, \veneration for the more distant past, but none for her father's period. She had long since condemned alike the ethic and the aesthetic of the nineteenth century as represented by her father's opinions; so that, even now, when his familiar comment coincided so queerly with her own thought, she instinctively disbelieved him. Yet, as always, she was gentle in her answer. She condescended from the heights of her youth and vigour to pity him.

\Rachel was like, dear,\you've seen her?\

\\prided herself on being so modern. She read Darwin and

things like that. Altogether beyond me, I admit. Still, it seems to me that the old truths have endured, and will, in spite of all--in spite of all.\

Rachel straightened her shoulders and lifted her head; there was disdain in her face, but none in her voice as she replied: \

She was excited at the thought of meeting this traditional, almost mythical aunt whom she had so often heard about. Sometimes she had wondered if the personality of this remarkable relative had not been a ?gment of her father's imagination, long pondered, and reconstructed out of half-forgotten material. But this letter of hers that now lay on the breakfast table was admirable in character. There was

something of condescension and intolerance expressed in the very restraint of its tone. She had written a kindly letter, but

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the kindliness had an air of pity. It was all consistent enough with what her father had told her.

Mr. Deane came out of his reminiscences with a sigh.

\you had better accept this invitation to stay with her. She is rich, almost wealthy; and I, as you know, have practically nothing to leave you—practically nothing. If she took a fancy to you...\

He sighed again, and Rachel knew that for the hundredth time he was regretting his own past weakness. He had been so foolish in money matters, frittering away his once considerable capital in aimless speculations.

\Rachel said. \the way, how old is she?\

\said, \three. Dear, dear. Fancy Rachel being seventy-three! I always think of her as being about your age. It seems so absurd to think of her as old….\

He continued his re?ections, but Rachel was not listening. He was asking for the understanding of the young; quite

unaware of his senility, reaching out over half a century to try to touch the comprehension and sympathy of his daughter. But she was already bent on her own adventure, looking forward eagerly to a visit to London that promised delights other than the inspection of the mysterious, traditional aunt whom she had so long known by report.

QUESTION 1 OF 11

Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from????????

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A a depiction of a family’s strained dynamic to a character’s wandering recollections of the distant past. B one character's reception of new information to a frank discussion of money and inheritances. C two characters' reactions to an unexpected message to a character's anticipation of a journey. D a comparison between two characters to one character’s thoughts about memories and aging.

QUESTION 2 OF 11

Which statement best describes Rachel's perspective regarding her aunt?????????

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A She is curious about her similarities to her aunt and intrigued by the idea of meeting her. B She is disdainful of her aunt because she has ignored her family for years. C She is suspicious of her aunt's intentions but excited about the possibility of an inheritance. D She is puzzled by her aunt's sudden interest in meeting her.

QUESTION 3 OF 11

In line 7 (“impugned”), “impugned” most nearly means

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