EOG-NC Released 2020

Hiddenite is a pale green gemstone that was first discovered in North Carolina in 1879. The community in which hiddenite was found, called White Plains at the time, is near Stony Point in Alexander County. White Plains has since been formed into a town named Hiddenite. The gemstone takes its name from William Earl Hidden, a mineralogist hired by Thomas Edison to search the area for platinum. He did not find platinum, but he did send a piece of the unknown mineral to a skilled chemist. The chemist eventually identified the gemstone as a type of crystal and named the new discovery after the man who sent him the sample.

S1 What was the original name of the community in which hiddenite was found?

• White Plains

• Stony Point

• North Carolina

• Alexander County

Hiddenite is a pale green gemstone that was first discovered in North Carolina in 1879. The community in which hiddenite was found, called White Plains at the time, is near Stony Point in Alexander County. White Plains has since been formed into a town named Hiddenite. The gemstone takes its name from William Earl Hidden, a mineralogist hired by Thomas Edison to search the area for platinum. He did not find platinum, but he did send a piece of the unknown mineral to a skilled chemist. The chemist eventually identified the gemstone as a type of crystal and named the new discovery after the man who sent him the sample.

S2 What does sample mean in the sentence below from the text? “The chemist eventually identified the gemstone as a type of crystal and named the new discovery after the man who sent him the sample.”

• the whole item

• a small part

• the complete unit

• a heavy thing

29 What does the word inaccessible mean in the sentence below from paragraph 2?

“As they rest during the day, concealed usually in the most inaccessible places they can find, and are seen only upon the wing, their power of flight is their most striking peculiarity in the popular mind, and it is perhaps no great wonder that by many people, both in ancient and modern times they have been regarded as birds.”

• not possible to escape

• present at night

• difficult to reach

• not visible on the surface

He came primly up to the theater, feeling in his vest pockets for a nickel and peering around the booth at the friendly ticket taker. But the latter was thinking about buying Johnny’s pants. Should he get them at the Fourteenth Street Store, or Siegel-Cooper’s, or over at Aronson’s, near home? So ruminating, he twiddled his wheel mechanically, and Mr. Wrenn’s pasteboard slip was indifferently received in the plate-glass gullet of the grinder (a machine that takes tickets) without the taker’s even seeing the clerk’s bow and smile.

22 What can be inferred from paragraph 5?

• The ticket taker is preoccupied; therefore, he neglects to present his normal smile.

• The ticket taker is angry with Mr. Wrenn; therefore, he refuses to present his normal smile.

• Mr. Wrenn is angry with the ticket taker; therefore, he refuses to acknowledge his smile.

• Mr. Wrenn is preoccupied; therefore, he fails to notice the ticket taker.

39 Which quote from the text is irrelevant to people’s fascination with Hot Springs?

• “For decades, Americans believed the water springing to the surface in Hot Springs, Arkansas, was a death-defying elixir for the body and soul.”

• “Unlike the famed geysers of the West, these waters originate as rain and heat up largely through compression rather than volcanic activity.”

• “As the liquid seeps deeper into the earth, it picks up trace minerals that many believe give it therapeutic power.”

• “Legends were spread that the various American Indian tribes laid down their weapons here to share the healing waters in harmony.”

30 Which quote provides evidence to support the claim that the classification of bats is complex?

• “Among the sounds which greet the ear of the wayfarer as the shades of evening deepen into night, one of the commonest is a rather faint chirping noise which comes mysteriously from overhead.”

• “On looking up in search of the source of this peculiar sound, we may see a small, dark, shadow-like creature sweeping to and fro with great rapidity.”

• “It is one of the curious groups of animals called bats, representatives of which are to be met with in all countries, always active at night or in the twilight, and presenting a remarkable general similarity of structure, although in some respects they may differ considerably in habits.”

• “Nevertheless, their hairy bodies and leathery wings are so unlike anything that we ordinarily understand as pertaining to a bird, that opinion was apparently always divided, as to the true nature of these creatures—‘a mouse with wings.’ ”

Mr. Wrenn trembled into the door of the theater. He wanted to turn back and rebuke this fellow, but was restrained by shyness. He had liked the man’s “Fine evenin’, sir”—rain or shine—but he wouldn’t stand for being cut. Wasn’t he making nineteen dollars a week, as against the ticket taker’s ten or twelve? He shook his head with the defiance of a cornered mouse, fussed with his mustache, and regarded the moving pictures gloomily.

23 What do Mr. Wrenn’s thoughts in paragraph 6 reveal about his view of the ticket taker?

• Mr. Wrenn views himself as inferior to the ticket taker.

• Mr. Wrenn views himself as superior to the ticket taker.

• Mr. Wrenn views the ticket taker as an enemy.

• Mr. Wrenn views the ticket taker as a close friend.

But so soon as we have definite characteristics to appeal to in classification, we find no difficulty in assigning these puzzling creatures to their proper place in the system. Bats produce their young alive, and nurse them; the milk being produced by special glands. Now, these are characteristics which are peculiar among all animals to the vertebrate class Mammalia. They possess also other characters that are unmistakably mammalian. Leaving out of consideration the structure of the internal organs, they have teeth implanted in sockets in the jaws, four limbs, and a hairy covering to the skin, so that they possess more decidedly mammalian characteristics than some other members of the class, such as the marine whales and dolphins (Cetacea) and manatees (Sirenia), which are still often spoken of as fishes. In point of fact, although organized for flight, the bat may, without any violence to language, be spoken of as a quadruped, for its forelimbs contain all the parts found in those of other mammals fully developed, and they come into use when the creature is walking on the ground.

33 How does paragraph 3 contribute to the development of the idea of scientific classification of bats?

• It explains why classifying any sort of animal is important to its preservation.

• It describes the specific characteristics that are used to classify bats as mammals.

• It describes the specific characteristics that are used to understand that bats are alive.

• It explains why classifying an animal as a mammal is better than classifying it as a bird.

But so soon as we have definite characteristics to appeal to in classification, we find no difficulty in assigning these puzzling creatures to their proper place in the system. Bats produce their young alive, and nurse them; the milk being produced by special glands. Now, these are characteristics which are peculiar among all animals to the vertebrate class Mammalia. They possess also other characters that are unmistakably mammalian. Leaving out of consideration the structure of the internal organs, they have teeth implanted in sockets in the jaws, four limbs, and a hairy covering to the skin, so that they possess more decidedly mammalian characteristics than some other members of the class, such as the marine whales and dolphins (Cetacea) and manatees (Sirenia), which are still often spoken of as fishes. In point of fact, although organized for flight, the bat may, without any violence to language, be spoken of as a quadruped, for its forelimbs contain all the parts found in those of other mammals fully developed, and they come into use when the creature is walking on the ground.

34 How does the author distinguish bats from whales and dolphins in paragraph 3?

• by conveying how difficult it is to classify bats, whales, and dolphins

• by conveying how whales, dolphins, and manatees are considered fish

• by showing how bats, whales, and dolphins nurse their babies with milk

• by showing how the bat has more mammalian traits than whales and dolphins

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