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Table of Contents
Bike-Friendly Communities ............................................................................ Page 4
Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy ............................................................................... Page 7
What’s Your Best Time of Day? ....................................................................... Page 10
The Origins of Baseball .................................................................................... Page 17
After You’ve Stood on the Log at the Center of the

Universe, What Is There Left to Do? .............................................................. Page 20
Women Who Shaped the Constitution .......................................................... Page 26
After you have read each story, article, passage, essay, or poem, answer the
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The following questions 1–7 were derived from the passage “Bike-Friendly
Communities” by Terri L. Musser contained in the actual 2005 Reading Grade 10 Test.
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Now answer Numbers 1 through 7. Base your answers on the article

“Bike-Friendly Communities.”
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1 Which statement BEST expresses the main idea of this article?
A. Forming bicycle groups may be the answer to public transportation

problems.
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B. Building separate roads and streets for bicycles will reduce pollution and
congestion.
C. Creating better bicycle facilities should be supported at the local, state, and
federal levels.
D. Making bike use safe, convenient, and pleasant can increase the use of
bicycles for transportation. �4
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2 What does the author use to get her point across?
F. past failures
G. obvious problems
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H. possible solutions �3
I. everyday occurrences
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3 What is the meaning of the phrase deeply ingrained in this sentence?
Driving is a deeply ingrained habit.
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B. firmly established �
C. tirelessly supported
D. vividly remembered
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4 Which local action is recommended by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
National Bicycling and Walking Study?
F. enforcing laws and regulations �1

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G. minimizing fast vehicular traffic
H. reserving alleys for bicycles only
I. making residential streets narrower
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5 What indicates that the author has a bias favoring bicycling as a mode of
transportation?
A. where she lives

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B. where she travels
C. the kind of car she drives
D. the kind of work she does �4
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6 What improvement does the author say should be made to streets to increase
bike friendliness?
F. reduce the number of traffic signals

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G. install more parallel-bar drainage grates
H. build better parking facilities for bicycles
I. increase available space for cars and bicycles �
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7 In the author’s opinion, personal trips under three miles are
A. usually safe.
B. often dangerous.
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C. within biking distance. �
D. too long for most bicyclists.
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Read the poem “Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy” before answering Numbers 8 through 15.
Thomas Lux
Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy
For some semitropical reason And in the morning

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when the rains fall you would haul ashore
relentlessly they fall the huddled, hairy survivors
and escort them

into swimming pools, these otherwise
ArtCodes back to the bush, and know,
bright and scary
TOL10.PAR1 be assured that at least these saved,
arachnids. They can swim
as individuals, would not turn up
a little, but not for long
again someday
in your hat, drawer,
and they can’t climb the ladder out. or the tangled underworld
They usually drown—but
if you want their favor, of your socks, and that even—
if you believe there is justice, when your belief in justice
a reward for not loving merges with your belief in dreams—
they may tell the others
the death of ugly

in a sign language
and even dangerous (the eel, hog snake,
four times as subtle
rats) creatures, if
and complicated as man’s
you believe these things, then that you are good,

you would leave a lifebuoy that you love them,
or two in your swimming pool at night. that you would save them again.
“Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy” by Thomas Lux from Half-Promised Land,

copyright © 1986 by Thomas Lux. Reprinted with the permission of
Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Now answer Numbers 8 through 15. Base your answers on the poem “Tarantulas on
the Lifebuoy.”
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8 What does the lifebuoy represent?
F. fear of poisonous creatures

G. anger with irritating creatures
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H. pleasure in beautiful creatures
I. sympathy for helpless creatures �4
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9 What element of the poem’s setting creates the problem for the spiders?
A. flooding downpours �1
B. overflowing pools
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C. sandy shores
D. slippery ladders
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10 When the speaker in the poem says, “you would haul ashore the huddled, hairy
survivors,” to what is he comparing the tarantulas?
F. seals
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G. sea monsters
H. shipwreck victims �3
I. surfers
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11 What does the speaker in the poem believe the tarantulas deserve?
A. death
B. fairness �2
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C. gratitude
D. humiliation
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12 What would the speaker in the poem most likely do if he found a tarantula in
his boot?
F. leave it alone
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G. attempt to tame it
H. kill it immediately
I. carry it back to the bush �4
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13 The speaker in the poem addresses himself to “you” in order to
A. accuse the reader.

B. engage the reader. �2
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C. confuse the reader.
D. entertain the reader.
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14 The speaker in the poem says that spiders might
F. climb ladders.
G. speak English.
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H. use signs for words. �
I. have tangled dreams.
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15 What would be another way of saying “not loving the death of ugly and even
dangerous . . . creatures”?
A. accepting all forms of life �

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B. rejecting the idea of justice
C. understanding the nature of death
D. eliminating all threatening animals
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The following questions 16–28 were derived from the passage “What’s Your Best Time of
Day?” by Susan Perry and Jim Dawson contained in the actual 2005 Reading Grade 10
Test. However, permission for reproducing that passage in an online format has not been
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Now answer Numbers 16 through 28. Base your answers on the article “What’s Your Best
Time of Day?”
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16 What is the authors’ purpose in this article?
F. to provide insights into human behavior �1

G. to show how to organize a class schedule
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H. to explain why some people are happier than others
I. to reveal differences between human and animal behavior
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17 In the word chronobiology, chrono probably refers to
A. appetite.
B. memory.
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C. temperature.
D. time. �4
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18 The goal of chronobiology is to help us
F. improve our coordination.

G. change our circadian cycles.
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H. work with our natural rhythms. �
I. overcome our patterns of fatigue.
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19 Which of these is an example of a circadian rhythm?
A. becoming hungry at the same time every day �1

B. washing clothes at the same time every week
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C. taking a vacation at the same time every year
D. balancing a checkbook at the same time every month
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20 Which statement is correct, according to the article?
F. Cognitive skills are higher after 6 p.m.

G. Physical coordination peaks before noon.
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H. Long-term memory is best in the afternoon. �3
I. Short-term memory is most accurate in the evening.
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21 When would be the BEST time to learn a new subject?
A. a fall morning
B. a spring afternoon �
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C. a summer night
D. a winter evening
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What topic discussed in the article is illustrated by this graph?
F. level of alertness �
G. long-term memory
H. perception of time
I. short-term recall
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23 From this article, the reader can tell that cognitive tasks require
A. verbal fluency.
B. mental activity. �
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C. emotional maturity.
D. physical coordination.
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24 According to the article, which of these activities would be BEST to do in
the evening?
F. practice the piano

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G. work out at the gym �2
H. memorize a part in a play
I. study for tomorrow’s math test
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25 According to the article, which of these is likely to occur when body temperature
is at its highest?
A. Sleepiness occurs.
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B. Food tastes better. �2
C. Light appears fainter.
D. Coordination decreases.
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6 a.m. 9 a.m. noon
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What topic discussed in the article is illustrated by the graph?
F. homeostatic environment
G. manual dexterity
H. sensory perception
I. short-term memory �4
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27 What would be a good way to determine your body’s internal rhythms?
A. read a textbook that explains chronobiology

B. arrange for a complete physical examination
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C. perform difficult tasks at varying times of day
D. keep a daily diary of physical and mental changes �4
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28 With which statement would the authors of this article most likely agree?
F. Chronobiology can change people’s lives. �

G. Circadian rhythms are among life’s mysteries.
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H. People are usually able to adapt to continual change.
I. Human bodies have relatively stable internal environments.
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The following questions 29–37 were derived from the passage “The Origins of Baseball:
History or Legend” by Robert S. Fey contained in the actual 2005 Reading Grade 10 Test.
However, permission for reproducing that passage in an online format has not been
granted by the author and/or publisher. To request a copy of this reading passage,
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Now answer Numbers 29 through 37. Base your answers on the article “The Origins
of Baseball.”
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29 What was the author’s purpose in writing this article?
A. to predict the future of baseball

B. to present the history of baseball �2
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C. to highlight some inconsistencies in baseball
D. to chronicle individual contributions to baseball
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30 How do the pictures help the reader understand the article?
F. They illustrate the historical beginnings of baseball. �1

G. They provide a guide for the modern game of baseball.
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H. They illustrate the early American attitude toward baseball.
I. They provide an explanation for the legends surrounding baseball.
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31 Which statement BEST describes the author’s attitude toward baseball?
A. Baseball is a technical sport.

B. Baseball is a game of the past.
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C. Baseball is a national treasure. �
D. Baseball is a pastime for children.
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32 According to the article, why do many American fans show such a strong interest
in baseball?
F. Baseball is based on ancient games.

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G. Baseball is part of the cultural identity. �2
H. Americans were the first to regulate baseball.
I. Americans were the first to introduce baseball.
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33 What was the original purpose of A Little Pretty Pocket-Book?
A. to describe games played by children �1

B. to reveal the history of childhood games
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C. to compare the rules of childhood games
D. to encourage competition among children
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34 How was the original game of “base-ball” similar to rounders?
F. Both games used posts for bases. �

G. Both games used the same field design.
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H. Both games appeared in the Book of Sports.
I. Both games appeared in A Little Pretty Pocket-Book.
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35 How is American baseball similar to the English sport of cricket?
A. Both games have similar methods of scoring. �1

B. Both games have the same number of innings.
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C. They were both originated by ancient cultures.
D. They were both developed by Alexander Cartwright.
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36 Alexander Cartwright’s GREATEST contribution to baseball was
F. marking the bases.

G. standardizing the rules. �2
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H. designing a playing field.
I. encouraging a competitive spirit.
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37 What in the “Knickerbocker Rules of Baseball” still applies to baseball today?
A. catching equipment
B. field design �2
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C. team schedules
D. uniform patterns
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Read the story “After You’ve Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is
There Left to Do?” before answering Numbers 38 through 45.
After You’ve Stood on the Log at

the Center of the Universe, What Is
There Left to Do? by Grant Carrington
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There used to be a log in the center of the pond on my father’s farm. It
wasn’t really a log; it was a thick branch coming off the main trunk of a
submerged tree. Someone had sawed it off where it broke water, and it
was thick enough to use as a mooring place for the rowboat. But it wasn’t
strong enough to hold even a ten-year-old boy without giving a little. So
ArtCodes naturally we all had to try to stand on it. I was the only one who ever
ASL10.PAR1 succeeded. It wasn’t easy standing on that log while it sank lower and
lower into the water and weaved from side to side while you flailed your
arms to keep your balance.
Legions of farmboys may have succeeded before I did, but, if they did,
I didn’t know it. I was the first in my world to have balanced himself
on that log. And the last, for it wasn’t long after I’d done it that the
ship came.
Tommy Peters, my best friend, his dog Rajah, and I were just sort of
sitting by the pond trying to decide what to do with the rest of the day.
We had discussed fishing, swimming, going into town on our bikes to
get a soda and look at all the things we couldn’t afford, playing ball, but
really we were pretty happy just to sit by the edge of the pond, making
dragons out of the clouds.
I think Tommy really wanted to go swimming, so he could be the second
one to stand on the log, but I wanted to savor my position as the only log-
climber around for as long as possible, so I kept putting it off.
“Wow! Look at that jet!” he said, pointing to a dot of blackness that
was rapidly growing.
“Geez, it’s really moving,” I said.
“I think it’s out of control!” Tommy shouted. “It looks like it’s going
to crash!”
We scrambled to our feet.
“Look!” Tommy said in a loud whisper.
It wasn’t a jet plane at all. By now we could see it and it seemed like
it was coming right toward us. Rajah started to whimper and cringe
against Tommy just before we could hear the loud, high-pitched whistle
of rushing air.
“It’s a spaceship!” Tommy said.
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We were rooted to the spot, unable to run, watching that silvery capsule
race toward us. Then, about twenty feet overhead, it came to a sudden
impossible dead stop and drifted slowly to rest a foot above the water.
A door opened, and a guy who looked just like an astronaut in a spacesuit
stepped out, walked over to the log, said something loudly in a foreign
language, waved to the spaceship, and attached something to the log.
Then he walked back to the spaceship and it took off just as fast as it
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had arrived.
That’s what I said: he walked to the log, right over the pond.
About ten seconds after the spaceship had disappeared into the sky,
Tommy and I both let out the breaths we didn’t know we were holding.
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ASL10.PAR2 “Let’s get out of here,” I said. I was just as scared as Rajah was.
“Come on, scaredy-cat, let’s see what they put on the log.”
Just then a jet fighter came roaring past just at treetop level. I fell flat
on the ground, and Rajah took off for home, his tail between his legs.
Tommy stood his ground.
“Wow!”
Hot on the tail of the first jet came two more.
“Come on, Doug.” He was running for the rowboat. I was really scared,
but I couldn’t run. After all, I was the first to stand on the log at the center
of the pond, and if Tommy went out there with the boat while I ran for
home, I’d never live it down.
At the top of the log was a silvery rectangular box-shaped object. It
really glittered in the sun. Tommy reached out to grab it.
“Wow!” he said. “It’s got some kind of carvings on it.”
I carefully stroked it; sure enough, on the four long sides there were
tiny dots and things. The top, opposite where it was attached to the log,
was smooth as smooth could be, but not the sides.
“It’s like the drum inside a music box,” I said.
“Or Braille.1 Maybe it’s writing in Braille,” Tommy said.
Just then, we heard some voices. My father came out on the dock with
a lot of men.
“Doug, what are you doing out there?”
“Just looking at the log.”
“What’s that on it?”
“Oh, nothing. . . .”
“This spaceship came down and put something on the log,” Tommy
said, and blurted out the whole story.
My father ordered me to bring the boat back in, and then he and some
of the other adults rowed out to look at the log while the others kept
questioning us and talking about enemies and kids’ imaginations.
1 Braille: a system of writing and printing for blind people, consisting of a series
of raised dots
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I'm not sure they all believed us, but after a while my father did.
"Doug's a good boy, I believe him," he said, after I refused to disagree
with Tommy's story.
They brought in a bunch of men and trucks and equipment, spoiling a
lot of our fields and crops (which they paid my father for, much more
than he would have gotten out of them anyway), and completely ruined
the pond for swimming. They cut the log just below where the silvery
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rectangular object was attached, but they didn’t move the object.
“We can’t move it, Doug; there’s some kind of a force field that keeps it
in place,” Dr. Gaines said.
“Wow! Just like in science fiction movies,” Tommy yelped.
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Dr. Gaines was my favorite of all the men who had come in to look at
ASL10.PAR3 our pond. He wasn’t very old, though he had lost most of his blond hair
and he wore rimless glasses. He wasn’t crotchety and crabby like some of
the others, who shooed us away or ordered us to leave. A couple of times
he took us out to the building that they had rigged up on a couple of
army pontoons.2 They were trying to melt the object down with lasers
and phasers and cannons and drills and I don’t know what. It was really
exciting, with electricity and flashing lights. They had built a regular real
laboratory out on our pond.
It was about three days after the whole thing began that I found him
sitting at the edge of the pond, staring out at the building over the log,
looking kind of funny.
“Hi, Dr. Gaines,” I said, sitting down and breaking off what looked
like a nice juicy grass stem. It was. “How’s the work going? Have you
figured out that force field yet?”
“No, Doug, but we found out what the object is.”
“Yeah? What is it?”
“They brought in one of those high-powered microscopes yesterday,
and you know that roughness on the sides of the plinth?” (He called the
object a “plinth.”) I nodded my head. “It’s writing.”
“You mean like Braille?”
“Maybe. There might be Braille there. There’s a lot of languages on it.
Languages and alphabets we never heard of. But there’s also French
and Chinese and Latin and Japanese and every language anyone
can think of.”
“English?”
“Yes. English too.”
“What does it say?”
“Come on, Doug. I’ll let you see for yourself.”
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We walked out on the ramp that led to the building over the log at the
center of the pond. All the air of excitement was gone. People were walking
around, doing their work, all right, but looking kind of glum or dazed.
There was this huge instrument set up in front of the object, and Dr. Gaines
showed me one of the eyepieces, sort of like a real pair of binoculars.
It was already focused on the English part of the object:
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“. . . Survey Galactique 42,373,249. This plaque marks the population
center of the Milky Way Galaxy, as determined by Galactic Survey
42,373,249.”
Adaptation of “After You've Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do?” by Grant Carrington, copyright © 1974 by
Grant Carrington. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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Now answer Numbers 38 through 45. Base your answers on the story “After You’ve
Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left To Do?”
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38 What is the central conflict of this story?
F. the rivalry between two boys

G. the appearance of the spaceman
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H. learning to balance on the sinking log
I. uncovering the meaning of the silver box �4
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39 Balancing on the log is difficult because the log is
A. partially hidden.
B. structurally weak. �2
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C. irregularly shaped.
D. completely submerged.
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40 What did the boys find MOST fascinating about the spaceship?
F. its odd shape

G. its level of noise
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H. its unusual motion �3
I. its choice of destination
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41 What about the spaceman is MOST surprising to the boys?
A. the clothes he wears

B. the language he speaks
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C. the way he reaches the log �3
D. the way he waves to the spaceship
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42 Why does Doug change his mind about investigating the object left by
the spaceship?
F. His fear is lessened by the jet fighter.

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G. He decides to go rather than risk ridicule. �2
H. His curiosity makes him disregard the danger.
I. He determines that the box presents no real danger.
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43 What is the purpose of the force field?
A. to frighten people
B. to establish territory
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C. to prevent the log from sinking
D. to protect the rectangular object �4
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44 How is Dr. Gaines different from most of the other adults in the story?
F. He is more patient. �1
G. He is more educated.
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H. He has traveled to more places.
I. He has studied more languages.
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45 The message on the box is like Braille because the writing
A. is easy to overlook.
B. is difficult to understand.
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C. consists of a series of carvings.
D. consists of a series of raised dots. �4
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Read the article “Women Who Shaped the Constitution” before answering Numbers 46
through 56.
Women Who Shaped

the Constitution
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BY ROSALYNN CARTER
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REVOLUTIONARIES
When the Founding Fathers met in Adams said, “You have to draw the line
Philadelphia in 1787 to draft the somewhere!”
Constitution, they did not have women’s Our Constitution was not perfect when it
rights on their minds. They did not grant was signed; it is not perfect today. But our
women the right to vote or a voice in the forefathers had the wisdom to make it
government that was being formed. There possible for us to amend it. Thus, even
was a simple reason for this neglect: both without formal constitutional rights and
the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were lacking the right to vote throughout most of
based on an eighteenth-century concept of our history, the influence of women on the
justice and equality that was an exclusively constitutional process, from the beginning,
white, male system of law and order. The has been significant.
Founding Fathers were simply the Who are these invisible women who
patriarchal1 products of their time. struggled to protect our rights—or to
The prevailing thought of the day was demand them? They need to be remembered
that the American voter must be so they can be institutionalized as
independent and uncoerced. Men without contributors to our democratic heritage.
property could not be independent and Abigail Smith Adams is one of the few
uncoerced because they were vulnerable to women of the eighteenth century who has
their landlords. Married women were remained in the public eye. There are several
subject to their husbands’ wishes, so it reasons for the continued interest in her life.
followed that they could not be Hundreds of the letters she wrote over her
independent voters. Under this reasoning, lifetime were preserved by her family. She
one would think that unmarried propertied also lived during an important era of
women would have the vote, but as John American history and was related to famous
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men. Her husband, John Adams, was one of other females were learning flowery letter
the founders of the nation and the second writing, she was sharing her brother’s
president of the United States. Her son, John Harvard College classwork. She married a
Quincy Adams, was the sixth president, as Massachusetts legislator who encouraged
well as a diplomat and member of Congress her involvement with public affairs, and
for more than two decades. she was known by most of the framers and
WSC10.PAR3 Abigail was a woman of her times and founders of the Constitution, including
believed that a woman’s role was domestic. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin,
But she was intelligent, self-educated, and Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Thomas
articulate and could understand and Jefferson. She corresponded with them
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comment upon political issues, as her letters about social and political issues, the ideals
WSC10.PAR3 show. And although she did not shape her and ideas of the day.
husband’s policies, her correspondence with During the growing protest among the
him, as illustrated in the following excerpt, Colonies against British rule, Warren and
informs us of the desire of some women of her husband were part of a small circle of
that period to be included in affairs of state. patriots, including Samuel Adams, John
� Adams, and John Hancock, who met in

their homes to exchange ideas about
Abigail Adams to John Adams, as he sat at the forming a government for this new country,
Second Continental Congress, March 31, 1776. debating the structure, function, and
processes of colonial, confederate, and
[I]n the new code of laws which I suppose it
constitutional governments.
will be necessary for you to make, I desire
Although she never strayed far beyond
you would remember the ladies and be more
Boston, Mercy Warren’s extensive
generous and favorable to them than your
correspondence, satirical plays, poetry, and
ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power
anti-Federalist tracts were read and
into the hands of the husbands. Remember,
discussed in all the states and in Europe.
all men would be tyrants if they could. If
Her writings reflected on the very essences
particular care and attention is not paid
of liberty and democracy as she argued for
to the ladies, we are determined to foment
the complete protection of human rights.
a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves
She influenced the language of the
bound by any laws in which we have no
Constitution even though she was not
voice, or representation.
� allowed to be present at the convention that
adopted it. Influenced by her reading of
One woman who influenced the John Locke and other Enlightenment
thinking of the day when the Constitution philosophers, Warren once wrote that “man
was being written was Mercy Otis Warren. is born free and possessed of certain
She was born into a politically prominent unalienable rights”—a principle now
family in Massachusetts, and at a time when etched in the Declaration of Independence.
Abridgment of “Women Who Shaped the Constitution” by Rosalynn Carter from A Voice Of Our Own, Nancy M. Neuman, ed., text copyright © 1996
by Jossey-Bass, Inc., Publishers.
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Now answer Numbers 46 through 56. Base your answers on the article “Women Who
Shaped the Constitution.”
�
46 What is the main idea of this article?
F. Women have had political influence since the Revolutionary period. �

G. Women have accepted their political roles since the Revolutionary period.
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H. The Revolutionary period was a time when women achieved
political equality.
I. The Revolutionary period was a time when women increased their
political power.
�
47 What is the author’s point of view in this article?
A. She favors women’s rights. �1

B. She opposes political families.
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C. She favors a patriarchal system.
D. She opposes women in government.
�
48 What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
F. The Constitution contained provisions for women’s right to vote.

G. Women’s rights were not considered when the Constitution was drafted. �2
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H. The Founding Fathers came from similar economic and racial backgrounds.
I. In 1787, women had no right to vote, but they did have a voice
in government.
�
49 What is the meaning of the word uncoerced as used in this sentence from the
second paragraph in the article?
The prevailing thought of the day was that the American voter must be
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independent and uncoerced.
A. unbiased
B. unconcerned
C. uneducated
D. unforced �4
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�
50 Which phrase best describes participation in democratic government in the
eighteenth century?
F. available to some men �

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G. available to citizens only
H. available to some women
I. available to property owners
�
51 What is the meaning of the phrase “vulnerable to” as used in this sentence from
the second paragraph of the article?
Men without property could not be independent and uncoerced because

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they were vulnerable to their landlords.
A. able to be injured by
B. unable to escape from
C. likely to be influenced by �
D. susceptible to attack from
�
52 What action was John Adams justifying when he said, “You have to draw the
line somewhere”?
F. denying voting rights to women �

10LAA247M0025
G. requiring property ownership for voting
H. writing a new constitution for the country
I. restricting constitutional privileges of men
�
53 Abigail Adams’ letters are important today because they
A. provide insight into early U.S. history. �1

B. changed opinions of the Founding Fathers.
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C. influenced the language of the Constitution.
D. established policy for John Adams’ administration.
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�
54 In his response to Abigail Adams’ letter of March 31, 1776, John Adams wrote
the following:
Your letter was the first intimation that another tribe, more numerous
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and powerful than all the rest, were grown discontented.
Based on information in Abigail Adams’ letter, what is the “tribe” to which John
Adams is referring?
F. ancestors
G. husbands
H. ladies �3
I. tyrants
�
55 What was true of BOTH Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren?
A. They attended Harvard University.

B. They favored more rights for women. �2
10LAA227M0087
C. They were first ladies of the United States.
D. They influenced language in the Constitution.
�
56 Based on the information about BOTH Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren,
which of these conclusions is accurate?
F. They married men who became American presidents.

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G. They predicted that women would revolt if not given their rights.
H. They contributed to the wording used in the Constitution of the United
States.
I. They wrote letters that contain important information about early
U.S. history. �4
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Bike-Friendly Communities ............................................................................ Page 4

Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy ............................................................................... Page 7

What’s Your Best Time of Day? ....................................................................... Page 10

The Origins of Baseball .................................................................................... Page 17

After You’ve Stood on the Log at the Center of the

Women Who Shaped the Constitution .......................................................... Page 26

Permissions for reproducing the passages “Bike-Friendly Communities” by Terri L. Musser,

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Now answer Numbers 1 through 7. Base your answers on the article

A. Forming bicycle groups may be the answer to public transportation

Driving is a deeply ingrained habit.

10LAA142M0068 A. widely accepted

F. enforcing laws and regulations �1

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A. where she lives

F. reduce the number of trafﬁc signals

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Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy

For some semitropical reason And in the morning

and escort them

the death of ugly

you believe these things, then that you are good,

“Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy” by Thomas Lux from Half-Promised Land,

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F. fear of poisonous creatures

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A. accuse the reader.

A. accepting all forms of life �

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F. to provide insights into human behavior �1

F. improve our coordination.

A. becoming hungry at the same time every day �1

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F. Cognitive skills are higher after 6 p.m.

ArtCodes 6 a.m. noon 3 p.m.

What topic discussed in the article is illustrated by this graph?

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F. practice the piano

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6 a.m. 9 a.m. noon

What topic discussed in the article is illustrated by the graph?

A. read a textbook that explains chronobiology

F. Chronobiology can change people’s lives. �

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A. to predict the future of baseball

F. They illustrate the historical beginnings of baseball. �1

A. Baseball is a technical sport.

F. Baseball is based on ancient games.

A. to describe games played by children �1

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F. Both games used posts for bases. �