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Section 81<br />

Practice Test Five<br />

453<br />

morning she awoke to find <strong>the</strong> disappointing<br />

blessing of still feeling like a young girl.<br />

Celia's mind shuffled through her young<br />

(75) thoughts and she quickly realized <strong>the</strong>y'd <strong>for</strong>gotten<br />

something.<br />

"Grammy, we've <strong>for</strong>gotten your medication<br />

again, we'll have to go back up to get it."<br />

"Oh I didn't <strong>for</strong>get. It makes me too tired, and<br />

(80) I'm tired enough as it is."<br />

"Well that's no excuse," said Celia, "We're<br />

going back up."<br />

The elevator doors parted and <strong>the</strong>re Oscar stood<br />

waiting <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> two figures inside to exit. When<br />

(85) <strong>the</strong>y did not, he found himself staring straight<br />

into <strong>the</strong> face of Celia. Oscar was overcome with<br />

a feeling that he could not immediately identify.<br />

Certainly, <strong>the</strong> young girl in front of him was beautiful.<br />

Her long and shining black hair, which she<br />

(90) tucked behind her small ears, framed soulful eyes<br />

and lightly glossed lips that were uncommonly<br />

large, and set perfectly in <strong>the</strong> seraphic glow of her<br />

face. It was not Celia's remarkable beauty, however,<br />

that disconcerted Oscar. She had one blue and<br />

(95) one brown eye almost identical to Oscar's eyes; it<br />

was like he was looking into his own.<br />

"Are you just going to stand <strong>the</strong>re like an idiot,"<br />

asked Grandma of Oscar, "or are you coming in?"<br />

"I'm coming in," Oscar quietly replied as he<br />

(100) entered <strong>the</strong> elevator.<br />

Celia nervously fumbled through her purse and<br />

put on her sunglasses.<br />

"I hated <strong>the</strong>m when I was your age," Oscar timidly<br />

offered to Celia.<br />

(105) "Hated what?"<br />

"My eyes. I couldn't stand <strong>the</strong>m," Oscar replied,<br />

"But <strong>the</strong>n one day I heard this famous quote about<br />

beauty, and it changed my whole perspective."<br />

The elevator doors opened be<strong>for</strong>e he could<br />

(110) finish.<br />

"This is my floor. I guess I'll have to keep you<br />

in suspense until <strong>the</strong> next time we run into each<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r."<br />

I. A line from Sylvia's Plath's poem "Mirror, " which is written<br />

from <strong>the</strong> point of view of a mirror.<br />

7. The best description of this passage would be<br />

(A) a depiction of a chance encounter between a<br />

long-lost fa<strong>the</strong>r and daughter<br />

(B) a tearful reunion between a parent and child<br />

( C) an illustration of how a fa<strong>the</strong>r and daughter<br />

can look very different<br />

(D) <strong>the</strong> acquainting of <strong>the</strong> reader to one character<br />

through <strong>the</strong> point of view of ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

(E) a story of <strong>the</strong> conclusion of a parent's search<br />

<strong>for</strong> his missing child<br />

8. What does <strong>the</strong> description of Oscar in lines 6--12<br />

("His eyes . .. jaw.") suggest about his character?<br />

(A) He has an obsession with health and exercise.<br />

(B) He tries to hide his sensitive nature.<br />

( C) He is arrogant and abrasive.<br />

(D) He is not trustworthy.<br />

(E) He seems impenetrable.<br />

9. In reference to Oscar's "art" in lines 18-22, <strong>the</strong><br />

metaphorical use of <strong>the</strong> phrases "proofreading"<br />

and "slightest documents" implies that Oscar is<br />

(A) a book editor<br />

(B) an office clerk<br />

(C) a novelist<br />

(D) a lawyer<br />

(E) a painter<br />

10. The streets in <strong>the</strong> latter half of Oscar's run in<br />

<strong>the</strong> fourth paragraph ("In those shadows . ..<br />

building.") can most closely be described as<br />

(A) obstructed<br />

(B) threatening<br />

(C) teeming<br />

(D) deadly<br />

(E) clamorous<br />

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