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Section 31<br />

Practice Test Ten 857<br />

3. Mahatma Gandhi, one oflndia's most highly<br />

respected leaders, were convinced that <strong>the</strong> practice<br />

of peaceful resistance, or Satyagraha, was <strong>the</strong> only<br />

viable means of protest.<br />

(A) were convinced that <strong>the</strong> practice<br />

(B) were convicted whenever <strong>the</strong> practice<br />

(C) were practically convinced that <strong>the</strong> idea<br />

(D) was convinced that <strong>the</strong> practice<br />

(E) was convinced by <strong>the</strong> practice<br />

4. The Baja peninsula is a stretch of barren desert in<br />

my Mexican guidebook bordered on both sides by<br />

stunning beaches.<br />

(A) in my Mexican guidebook<br />

(B) from my Mexican guidebook<br />

( C) that, according to my guidebook about<br />

Mexico, is<br />

(D) that I read about in my guidebook about<br />

Mexico<br />

(E) in our enormous guidebook about Mexico<br />

5. Five-year-old Maria shaked her head vigorously<br />

from side to side, indicating emphatically that she<br />

did not want to go to <strong>the</strong> dentist.<br />

(A) Maria shaked her head vigorously from side<br />

to side<br />

(B) Maria shaked her head vigorously sideways<br />

(C) Maria shook her head vigorously from side to<br />

side<br />

(D) Maria shook her head vigorously on both<br />

sides<br />

(E) Maria vigorously shook around her head<br />

6. Government agencies have developed an early<br />

warning system which system also warns people<br />

about <strong>the</strong> strength of <strong>the</strong> storm that <strong>the</strong> warning is<br />

about so that residents know how to prepare.<br />

(A) which system also warns people about <strong>the</strong><br />

strength of <strong>the</strong> storm that <strong>the</strong> warning is<br />

about<br />

(B) that also rates <strong>the</strong> strength of <strong>the</strong> approaching<br />

storm<br />

( C) that is a system that also warns people about<br />

<strong>the</strong> strength of <strong>the</strong> storm that is approaching<br />

(D) which is a system that also rates <strong>the</strong><br />

approaching storm that <strong>the</strong> warning is about<br />

(E) which is a system that also warns people<br />

about <strong>the</strong> strength of <strong>the</strong> storm that is being<br />

warned about<br />

7. Poetry throughout <strong>the</strong> ages have always been a<br />

spoken art <strong>for</strong>m, and many poets are celebrating<br />

<strong>the</strong> current resurgence of community poetry slams.<br />

(A) Poetry throughout <strong>the</strong> ages have always been<br />

(B) Poetry throughout <strong>the</strong> ages has always been<br />

( C) Poetry throughout <strong>the</strong> ages always having<br />

been<br />

(D) Poems throughout <strong>the</strong> ages has always been<br />

(E) Poems throughout <strong>the</strong> ages will have been<br />

8. The wea<strong>the</strong>r along <strong>the</strong> Irish coast broke clear and<br />

unusually calm on Saturday, so we were astonished<br />

to observe, as we walked several miles along <strong>the</strong><br />

shore, that <strong>the</strong>re was not a single ship on site.<br />

(A) <strong>the</strong>re was not a single ship on site<br />

(B) <strong>the</strong>re was not a single ship in sight<br />

(C) <strong>the</strong>re is not a single ship on site<br />

(D) <strong>the</strong> single ship was on <strong>the</strong> site<br />

(E) <strong>the</strong>re was not a solitary ship on site<br />

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