GM Review

Natural food locations are scattered everywhere. Birds that have to look for food on their own can easily find it in places where they can eat in relative seclusion. At artificial feeding sites, however, the birds often have to compete.

Which is the BEST definition for the phrase relative seclusion as it is used in the excerpt from “Stop Feeding Wild Birds”?

• A. quiet

• B. shelter

• C. privacy

• D. isolation

How does the description in paragraph 4 shape the character of Phileas Fogg?

Phileas Fogg was not known to have either wife or children, which may happen to the most honest people; either relatives or near friends, which is certainly more unusual. He lived alone in his house in Saville Row, whither none penetrated. A single domestic sufficed to serve him. He breakfasted and dined at the club, at hours mathematically fixed, in the same room, at the same table, never taking his meals with other members, much less bringing a guest with him; and went home at exactly midnight, only to retire at once to bed.... When he chose to take a walk it was with a regular step in the entrance hall with its mosaic flooring, or in the circular gallery.... When he breakfasted or dined all the resources of the club—its kitchens and pantries, its buttery and dairy—aided to crowd his table ... he was served by the gravest waiters, in dress coats, and shoes with swan-skin soles ... and on the finest linen; ... while his beverages were refreshingly cooled with ice, brought at great cost from the American lakes....

• A. It shows that Fogg tends to live an isolated life.

• B. It reveals that Fogg finds it difficult to trust others.

• C. It demonstrates that Fogg is largely misunderstood.

• D. It suggests that Fogg is often in conflict with people.

Read this excerpt from the passage.

He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world.

Which central idea of the passage does this excerpt help to develop?

• A. Phileas Fogg is not well understood by others.

• B. Phileas Fogg has difficulty making friends.

• C. Phileas Fogg tries to disguise himself.

• D. Phileas Fogg is not confident in himself.

Read the sentence from paragraph 4 of the passage. He lived alone in his house in Saville Row, whither none penetrated. A single domestic sufficed to serve him.

What is the meaning of the word domestic in the sentence?

• A. someone who works in business

• B. someone who does farm work

• C. someone who works at a club

• D. someone who does household work

What conclusion about Phileas Fogg can the reader MOST LIKELY draw from the passage?

• A. He is a person of strict habits.

• B. He writes about his travels.

• C. He has become wealthy from investments in charities.

• D. He frequently entertains friends in his large home.