Question

1. They decided that they would not stir their hiding place if big animals were responsible. a. When was the hiding there. b. Why were the brothers hiding there. c. Why did they decide not to stir if they saw big animals?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are several types of sentence completions:

■ restatement

■ comparison

■ contrast

■ cause and effect

Here is an example of a cause-and-effect sentence completion

question:

After a brief and violent ______ that ousted the president, General

Monsanto declared himself the dictator of the country.

a. nuance

b. coup

c. solicitation

d. upbraiding

e. lament

The answer is choice b. A coup (n.) is a sudden and decisive change

of leadership illegally or by force, a takeover. What (the cause) led the

general to declare himself dictator (the result)? Something brief and

violent, that ousted the president, a coup.

Here is an example of a restatement question:

The city council formed a committee to simplify several dozen

______ city ordinances that were unnecessarily complicated and

out-of-date.

a. feckless

b. empirical

c. byzantine

d. slovenly

e. pedantic