Released Writing Test [Chunk 3]

Quick Check: Do you know which days you are coming to the school to take your SOL?

Which of these best states a thesis for the report?

In sentence 4, which word best replaces put to make the meaning precise?

^{In other words, they _____________ their messages into secret codes.}

In sentence 8, how is was correctly written?

Read sentence 12.

^{As head of the 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?

Read 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?

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

Which search result would provide the most reliable information about how the pygmy mouse lemur is affected by its environment? (CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE THE FULL RESULTS)

^{The Pygmy Mouse Lemur}

^{(1)Off the coast of Africa, in Madagascar, lives the pygmy mouse lemur. (2)Although the animal is related to apes, it weighs only about an ounce. (3)The creature's small size often impedes scientists from observing it.(4)However, scientists believe the animal has much in common with its larger lemur cousins. (5)The pygmy mouse lemur, along with others in its extended family, has huge eyes, a bushy tail, and grasping paws. (6)Another shared characteristic, a pointy nose, provides a keen sense of smell, allows the lemur to locate its tiny kin in the island forest.}

Which is the best sentence to add after sentence 4?

Read sentence 6.

^{Another shared characteristic, a pointy nose, provides a keen sense of smell, allows the lemur to locate its tiny kin in the island forest.}

How is smell, allows the lemur correctly written?

Read sentence 3 (by clicking the image).

_{Indeed, a baobab had stored up to 30,000 gallons of water.}

How is had stored correctly written?

Where do the comma(s) go in this sentence?

^{(5)The massive circumference of the trunk however is the distinctive feature of the baobab.}