Which of the following statements from “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness” is most clearly an example of the author’s personal observation?
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Sarah Williams
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The work outdoors is often done by women and children. The work in the damp, freezing shafts is done by men.
Peru is one of the world’s leading producers of silver and one of Latin America’s most exuberant founts of precious metal.
Wandering the ice-mud streets of La Rinconada, one can’t help but hope that this gold town’s days are numbered.
Although Peru is small (slightly smaller than Alaska), it encompasses a virtual panoply of landforms.
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Which sentence best describes the personal feelings that the author of “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness” has toward the people of La Rinconada?
She blames them for not obtaining a formal education.
She admires them for remaining human in brutal conditions.
She considers them naive for risking their lives for nothing.
She is angry with them for risking their children’s lives.
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Read this excerpt from “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness.” Which ideas does the author develop by providing these facts? Choose three options.
There is a limited amount of gold available.
People value gold now more than in the ancient past.
It is possible to mine gold without causing a lot of harm.
.Gold mines all over the world are lowering the cost of gold.
Mining can cause environmental damage beyond the site of a mine.
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According to “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness,” what is distinctive about La Rinconada?
A site of abject poverty, it supplies the world with more and more gold.
A source of endless gold, it is responsible for Peru’s economic success.
The highest human habitation in the world, it is a center of Peru’s gold fever.
Home of the wealthiest people in the world, it is also one of the worst environmental disasters.
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As explained in “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness,” how do the people at La Rinconada find gold? Choose two options.
They pound gold out of the rock.
They fish for gold in the toxic lakes.
They use devices to locate gold in the mine.
They pour cyanide to reveal gold inside rock.
They look for chunks that have rolled out of stone.
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
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According to the author of “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness,” how has the landscape at La Rinconada changed? Choose three options.
There used to be a milder climate.
There used to be fewer birds.
There used to be sparkling lakes.
There used to be leaping fish.
There used to be grassland.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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As explained in “In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness,” why did the locals that live below La Rinconada form furious protests?
They wanted all mining operations to leave the area.
They wanted mining operations to be less harmful to locals.
They wanted the Peruvian military to leave their land immediately.
They wanted La Rinconada restored to its original beauty and preserved.
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