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Section 6<br />

706 Practice Test Eight<br />

20. The statement that <strong>the</strong> author arrived "full of zeal"<br />

(line 15) indicates that she was<br />

(A) anxious and insecure<br />

(B) eager and interested<br />

( C) confident but unin<strong>for</strong>med<br />

(D) cheerful but exhausted<br />

(E) enthusiastic but incompetent<br />

21. The author was initially enthusiastic about <strong>the</strong> idea<br />

of <strong>the</strong> bakery because she<br />

(A) considered it from a <strong>the</strong>oretical point of view<br />

(B) hoped to obtain a leadership position in <strong>the</strong><br />

bakery<br />

( C) wanted to demonstrate her baking knowledge<br />

to her new coordinator<br />

(D) believed it would be a good way to build <strong>the</strong><br />

women's self-esteem<br />

(E) was a strong proponent of self-sufficiency<br />

projects <strong>for</strong> nonprofit organizations<br />

22. The comparison in lines 26-28 ("At that<br />

moment . .. political office.") demonstrates <strong>the</strong><br />

author's belief that<br />

(A) <strong>the</strong> bakery would never be a success<br />

(B) social workers should not be involved in<br />

ei<strong>the</strong>r baking or politics<br />

( C) it was unfair of <strong>the</strong> coordinator to ask <strong>the</strong><br />

author to run <strong>the</strong> bakery<br />

(D) similar skills were involved in both baking<br />

and politics<br />

(E) she was unqualified <strong>for</strong> a job baking bread<br />

23. Lines 28-31 ("The bigger . .. bakery.") suggest that<br />

<strong>the</strong> author believed that<br />

(A) learning <strong>the</strong> necessary business practices<br />

would be a more daunting challenge than<br />

learning to bake bread<br />

(B) good business practices are more important<br />

to running a successful bakery than is <strong>the</strong><br />

quality of <strong>the</strong> bread<br />

(C) her coordinator's confidence in <strong>for</strong>-profit<br />

business models was misplaced<br />

(D) <strong>for</strong>-profit business models are significantly<br />

more complex than <strong>the</strong> nonprofit models<br />

with which she was familiar<br />

(E) her coordinator would be unwilling to<br />

help her<br />

24. The last sentence ("Learning . .. dough.") indicates<br />

that <strong>the</strong> author<br />

(A) lacked self-confidence just as much as <strong>the</strong><br />

women with whom she worked<br />

(B) found that per<strong>for</strong>ming social work is<br />

surprisingly easy with no education<br />

(C) underestimated her own ability to learn<br />

new skills<br />

(D) discovered that social work is more effective<br />

when it includes tactile activities<br />

(E) derived a benefit from her work while<br />

helping o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

STOP

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