Read the selection and answer the questions that follow: Tip: Since the assessment is not timed, take as much time as you need to read each passage. Each passage may have one or more questions. A helpful strategy is to focus on the opening and ending sentences of each paragraph to identify the main idea. Another strategy is to look for key words or phrases within the passage that indicate the author's purpose or the meaning. School Days As Bill lumbered up the stairs to Hendrickson Hall he wondered if he was up to this—twenty years was a long time, and maybe he had forgotten the ropes. He... Show more Read the selection and answer the questions that follow: Tip: Since the assessment is not timed, take as much time as you need to read each passage. Each passage may have one or more questions. A helpful strategy is to focus on the opening and ending sentences of each paragraph to identify the main idea. Another strategy is to look for key words or phrases within the passage that indicate the author's purpose or the meaning. School Days As Bill lumbered up the stairs to Hendrickson Hall he wondered if he was up to this—twenty years was a long time, and maybe he had forgotten the ropes. He wasn't even sure if this was the right building." 'Uh, hey, uh…is this where the Biology labs are?' stammered Bill to a young woman clad all in black. 'She's probably an art student,' thought Bill." 'No. This is, like, Hendrickson Hall. You know…the English building.' Bill neither appreciated the girl's eye-rolling nor the snooty way she emphasized 'English.' Nevertheless, he mumbled a 'thank-you' and hurried towards the student center to check his schedule and the campus map." 'Martha, if you weren't gone, you'd be able to show me around this campus lickety-split. You'd probably say, ‘Bill, you big dope, can't you find your way around a simple college?","What would you do without me?'' Now that she was gone, Bill could answer such questions: Without Martha, he made do. He neither succeeded nor failed; he simply made do. A. he approached the student center doors, a group of cheerleaders approached from inside the center. Without hesitation, Bill opened a door for them and stepped to the side. Ten young, attractive, laughing girls passed through the door without glancing at Bill. He felt like he should be angry or indignant, but instead, he was dumbfounded. He simply could not understand how one person would not think to thank, let alone acknowledge, another person who had done them a good turn. He stood there for about two minutes, silently holding the door, looking back and forth between the center and the direction of the parking lot. Bill gently closed the door, put his hands in his pockets, and began the long walk back to his car." 'I'm sorry Martha, but I can't do it. Things are just too different now. Don't be disappointed; I'll still find things to do. God, I miss you.'" Show less
Read the selection and answer the questions that follow:
Tip: Since the assessment is not timed, take as much time as you need to read each passage. Each passage may have one or more questions. A helpful strategy is to focus on the opening and ending sentences of each paragraph to identify the main idea. Another strategy is to look for key words or phrases within the passage that indicate the author's purpose or the meaning.
School Days
As Bill lumbered up the stairs to Hendrickson Hall he wondered if he was up to this—twenty years was a long time, and maybe he had forgotten the ropes. He wasn't even sure if this was the right building." 'Uh, hey, uh…is this where the Biology labs are?' stammered Bill to a young woman clad all in black. 'She's probably an art student,' thought Bill." 'No. This is, like, Hendrickson Hall. You know…the English building.' Bill neither appreciated the girl's eye-rolling nor the snooty way she emphasized 'English.' Nevertheless, he mumbled a 'thank-you' and hurried towards the student center to check his schedule and the campus map." 'Martha, if you weren't gone, you'd be able to show me around this campus lickety-split. You'd probably say, ‘Bill, you big dope, can't you find your way around a simple college?","What would you do without me?'' Now that she was gone, Bill could answer such questions: Without Martha, he made do. He neither succeeded nor failed; he simply made do. A. he approached the student center doors, a group of cheerleaders approached from inside the center. Without hesitation, Bill opened a door for them and stepped to the side. Ten young, attractive, laughing girls passed through the door without glancing at Bill. He felt like he should be angry or indignant, but instead, he was dumbfounded. He simply could not understand how one person would not think to thank, let alone acknowledge, another person who had done them a good turn. He stood there for about two minutes, silently holding the door, looking back and forth between the center and the direction of the parking lot. Bill gently closed the door, put his hands in his pockets, and began the long walk back to his car." 'I'm sorry Martha, but I can't do it. Things are just too different now. Don't be disappointed; I'll still find things to do. God, I miss you.'"
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