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1. Which of the following is a compound sentence?
a) a. You can't pass the test unless you study for it.
b) b. I like mathematics but my brother likes biology because he wants to be a doctor.
c) c. He failed two times yet he is not disappointed.
d) d. A girl with brown eyes entered the room.

Vince knew that if he wanted to get into college , he'd have to keep his nose to the grindstone all senior year. The italized phrase means
a) a. Vince would have to apply for college.
b) b. Vince would have to work hard for a whole year.
c) c. Vince would have to wait patiently for an opportunity.
d) d. Vince would have to stay out of trouble for a whole year

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.
a) a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.
b) b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.
c) c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
d) d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn't been for Suzie dragging him away to eat dinner
a) a. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball.
b) b. Bobby did not even want to play ball to begin with
c) c. Bobby preters nature to athletics.
d) d. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.

. Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the things he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.
a) a. Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.
b) b. Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.
c) c. Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other.
d) d. Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises.

Eric wanted to fix his cousin's computer, but he was already having problems setting up his aunt's WI-FI network and he did not want to open a whole new can of worms.
a) a. Eric was sick spending his time helping his family.
b) b. Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers.
c) c. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires.
d) d. Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem

Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week noticed and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job bacause she did not want to burn bridges.
a) a. Candace doesn't want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer.
b) b. Candace is not ready to start her new job.
c) c. Candace will be going to miss her old job.
d) d. Candace is waiting until her last day to rub it in everyone's face that she was leaving.

. Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.
a) a. Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar.
b) b. Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared.
c) c. Jose doesn't know anything about phones so he may as well be thinking about fruits.
d) d. Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time.

. Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload,he was ready to jump ship.
a) a. Brian was even more excited about math class than he was over the summer.
b) b. Brian wanted to start working on his math assignments right away.
c) c. Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore.
d) d. Brian wanted to cause some trouble in the advanced math class.

. Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he is trying to sweep it under the rug.
a) a. Brad thinks that his phone will be safer if he hides it under the rug.
b) b. Brad wanted to do something to make up for his mistake.
c) c. Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so that he can use it.
d) d. Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened

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