SOL Multiple Choice Assessment #2

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Which of these best states a thesis for the report?

• Mathematician William Friedman deciphered secret codes that no one else had been able to decode.
• Mathematician William Friedman founded cryptology, the study of creating and deciphering codes.
• A talented mathematician, William Friedman, contributed to victories in two world wars.
• One mathematician, William Friedman, helped his country while founding modern cryptology.

In sentence 4, which word best replaces put to make the meaning precise? "In other words, they put their messages into secret codes."

• A) turned
• B) adapted
• C) arranged
• D) translated
• E) developed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In sentence 8, how is was correctly written?

• A) being
• B) were
• C) is
• D) As it is

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In sentence 12, As head of SIS, Friedman became interested in incorporating technology as a way to compile and produce codes. How is as a way to compile and produce codes correctly written?

• as a way to be compiling and producing codes
• as a way of compiling and to produce codes
• as a way to compile and to be producing codes
• As it is

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In sentence 15, When the Japanese realized their radio communications were no longer secret, they constructed a more complicated code, which the Americans nicknamed "Purple." How is were no longer secret they constructed a more complicated code, which the Americans correctly written?

• were no longer secret, they constructed a more complicated code which the Americans
• were no longer secret they constructed a more complicated code which the Americans
• were no longer secret, they constructed a more complicated code, which the Americans
• As it is

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

After completing his first draft, Carson decided to do additional research. The best resource for more information about how ciphering machines worked would be —

• a book titled The Role of Science During the World Wars
• an article titled "Mathematicians’ Contributions to Their Field"
• a public lecture titled "Little-Known Facts About American History"
• a documentary titled How Technology Cracked the Codes in WWII

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these does NOT belong in Paul’s outline?

• I. A.
• II. B.
• III. A.
• IV. B.

Read the sentences below. Career Day is aimed at high school seniors who will soon be out in the work force. Students from all grade levels are being encouraged to attend. How can Paul best combine these sentences without changing their meaning?

• Although the event is aimed at high school seniors who will soon be out in the work force, students from all grade levels are being encouraged to attend.
• Because the event is aimed at high school seniors who will soon be out in the work force, students from all grade levels are being encouraged to attend.
• The event is aimed at high school seniors who will soon be out in the work force since students from all grade levels are being encouraged to attend.
• The event is aimed at high school seniors who will soon be out in the work force, so students from all grade levels are being encouraged to attend.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Read the sentences below. All too often, to high school juniors and seniors, it can sometimes feel out of reach and the working world seems mysterious. How is sentence above best revised for clarity?

• The working world to high school juniors and seniors can sometimes feel out of reach, and mysterious all too often it seems.
• To high school juniors and seniors, it can sometimes feel out of reach, and all too often the working world seems mysterious.
• It can sometimes feel out of reach, and the working world all too often seems mysterious to high school juniors and seniors.
• All too often, the working world seems mysterious and sometimes out of reach to high school juniors and seniors.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A