For this question, refer to the excerpt from The Lost Prince by Francis Hodgson Burnett on the Unit Test Reading Passages page. Why are the outsides of the buildings in Philibert Place darkened?

They were once attractive.

The area is too crowded.

London weather is foggy.

They are stained with soot.

For this question, refer to the excerpt from The Lost Prince by Francis Hodgson Burnett on the Unit Test Reading Passages page.

What makes the outside of the buildings in Philibert Place so dark?

The area is too crowded.

They were once attractive.

They are stained with soot.

London weather is foggy.

For this question, refer to the excerpt from The Lost Prince by Francis Hodgson Burnett on the Unit Test Reading Passages page.

What happened on the night before this story begins?

Traffic jeopardized a boy's safety.

A boy's father lost his job as a stone-mason.

A boy was left by his father at house No. 7.

London experienced rain and fog.

For this question, refer to the excerpt from The Lost Prince by Francis Hodgson Burnett on the Unit Test Reading Passages page.

On the night before this story begins .

a boy was left by his father at house No. 7

a boy's father lost his job as a stone-mason

London experienced rain and fog

traffic jeopardized a boy's safety

Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence.

Do you think it would be a good idea to your books before you lend them to people and lose track of who has them?

catalog

disparage

truncate

infringe

The sentence provided may contain a grammar or usage error. Read the sentence, and then identify its error, if there is one, by selecting the appropriate answer choice. If there is no error in the sentence, choose no error.

When Marilene works quick at a project, she often makes careless mistakes.

When Marilene

quick

she often makes

careless mistakes

no error

Item 7
Read the sentence, and then identify its error by selecting the appropriate answer choice.

It can be a real challenge to make a lunch that are both healthy and tasty.

It can be

to make

are

healthy and tasty

No error

Read the sentence, and then identify its error by selecting the appropriate answer choice.

A tidal wave and a tornado cause great damage, but tornado damage is usually more localized.

wave and a tornado cause

damage, but

damage is

more localized

No error

Read the sentence, and then identify its error by selecting the appropriate answer choice.

A tornado and a hurricane inflicts great damage, but hurricane damage covers a larger area.

A tornado and a hurricane inflicts

damage, but

damage covers

larger area

No error

Item 10
Read the sentence, and then identify its error by selecting the appropriate answer choice.

The audience could not get a good view of the actor what won the award for comedy.

could not get

actor what won

award

for comedy

No error

Read the sentence, and decide whether the underlined portion contains a mistake. If so, identify the best way to correct or improve the sentence by choosing the appropriate suggestion from the answer choices provided. If the underlined portion requires no correction or improvement, choose no improvement or correction is required.

On my vacation, I often woke up early and take a walk on the beach before the weather got hot.

woke up early and taken a walk on the beach

woke up early and took a walk on the beach

waked up early and take a walk on the beach

wake up early and took a walk on the beach

No improvement or correction is required.

Read the sentence, and decide whether the underlined portion contains a mistake.

Exercising, studying, and to socialize take up the majority of Liz's time these days.

Exercising, studying, and also to be social

Exercising, studying, and socializing

To exercise, to study, and to socialize

Exercising, to study, and to be social

No improvement or correction is required.

Read the sentence, and decide whether the underlined portion contains a mistake.

The crab cakes were not only delicious, but the crab cakes were also inexpensive.

delicious and not only inexpensive

neither delicious nor were they expensive

not only delicious but also inexpensive

not only delicious, but neither were they inexpensive

No improvement or correction is required.

Refer to Passage 2 to answer this question.

In context, which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 2 (reprinted below)?

These were the years leading up to and also including the years of the French Revolution.

leading up to and including

leading up to those years that also included

that lead up to and also included the years of

that leads up to and included

which did lead up to and did also include

Refer to Passage 2 to answer this question.

Which of the following best replaces the word "he" in Sentence 12?

The peasantry

Dickens

Carton

France

The character