1. The main theme of this passage concerns the:
2. Which of the following questions is NOT answered by information in the passage?
3. The narrator draws which of the following comparisons between the old couple and Eugene’s parents?
4. In terms of developing the narrative, the last two paragraphs (lines 67–87) primarily serve to:
5. It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that when the narrator says, “I didn’t see the red, yellow, and purple clusters that meant flowers to me” (lines 30–31), she is most nearly indicating that:
6. According to the narrator, which of the following statements was true about Eugene at the moment when she first talked to him?
7. When the narrator says, “I began to think of the present more than of the future” (lines 80–81), she most likely means that meeting Eugene led her to:
8. The narrator most nearly portrays her parents’ dreams as:
9. The narrator claims that she felt close to the old couple because she had:
10. Which of the following best describes the narrator’s feelings about secretly observing Eugene at his home?
11. Which of the following statements best describes the structure of this passage?
12. In terms of mood, which of the following best describes lines 9–44?
13. The narrator develops the third paragraph (lines 19–29) mainly through:
14. The narrator indicates that one reason she did not wake her sister Amy when 'something' came into their room was because:
15. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that the narrator regards her initial discovery of the truth about the object entering her bedroom as:
16. It can most reasonably be inferred that for the narrator, the image of the diver bursting through 'the ocean’s sparkling membrane' (line 52) symbolizes her:
17. As it is used in line 87, the phrase 'a show in light' most nearly refers to:
18. The narrator uses the images in lines 3–5 primarily to depict the interior life’s tendency to engage in:
19. Which of the following statements best paraphrases lines 5–8?
20. By her statements in lines 77–80, the narrator is most nearly asserting that:
21. Which of the following conclusions about new theories in science can reasonably be drawn from the passage?
22. Which of the following best describes how Frank’s colleagues perceived him after he first presented the small-comet theory?
23. The passage indicates that at the time Frank and Sigwarth presented new evidence supporting the small-comet theory, Frank most nearly felt:
24. The author uses the fourth paragraph (lines 27–33) primarily to:
25. According to the passage, the research that led to the development of the small-comet theory began with a project originally intended to study:
26. The main function of lines 64–66 in terms of the eighth paragraph (lines 59–66) as a whole is to:
27. It can reasonably be inferred that within the scientific community the year the passage was published, the small-comet theory was:
28. The author italicizes the word something in line 18 most likely to emphasize the:
29. When Richard Zare says that scientists lead a 'constant schizophrenic existence' (lines 34–35), he most nearly means that they:
30. It can reasonably be inferred that Frank and Sigwarth conducted the study of the dark specks they found with a: