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GED GED-Reading - GED Reasoning Through Language Arts

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What does the comparison “They were a couple that, like the slough spread out northwest behind them, flowed two ways” (lines 2–5) tell the reader about Molly and Ray?

A.

They are slow moving.

B.

They make decisions quickly.

C.

They have traveled extensively.

D.

They are opposites in many ways.

E.

They have lived in two different countries.

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What is Mr. Hartman’s main purpose in writing this memo?

A.

to inform Bank employees

B.

to worry Bank employees

C.

to frighten Bank employees

D.

to comfort Bank employees

E.

to discipline Bank employees

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Why does Mr. Jessup include the phrase “Where the pines meet the palms” (line 12) and put it in quotation marks?

A.

describe their place in history

B.

discourage developers

C.

identify their sports teams’ mascots

D.

highlight the town’s beauty

E.

provide directions for tourists

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When Tante Atie was prepared to become a woman, what skills was she taught?

A.

decorate a house

B.

sew and tailor clothing

C.

make home repairs and maintenance

D.

manage money for household accounts

E.

prepare food, nurse the sick, and mother children

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Why does the author use the phrase “Satan’s own land” (lines 24–25)?

A.

to indicate that only evil men were property owners

B.

to suggest the Imperial Valley was full of devil worshippers

C.

to highlight the intensity of the heat in the Imperial Valley

D.

to illustrate that apricots ripen in hot weather

E.

to explain that Manuel preferred picking fruit up North

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What does Maud Martha wonder after she has caught the mouse (lines 17–32)?

A.

if the mouse admires her skill

B.

how the mouse will escape

C.

about the mouse’s own family

D.

how the mouse got trapped

E.

if the mouse is mortally injured

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Why does the narrator use the word "blindly" (line 39) to describe Haldar’s offer to Maggie of a room in their home?

A.

hasn’t realized that Maggie is in love with him

B.

shouldn’t trust Maggie and Alan together

C.

finds the distrust between the two women silly

D.

doesn’t understand the tension between the two women

E.

refuses to accept that he is too ill to keep running the fishing camp

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When Amanda says, "I can see the handwriting on the wall . . . It’s terrifying!" (lines 16–18), what does she mean?

A.

She knows Tom wants to leave her and Laura.

B.

The writing on the apartment walls is threatening.

C.

She fears for Tom’s safety.

D.

Laura has told her she wants to get married.

E.

She has supernatural power to predict the future.

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Why is the author’s final sentence effective in summarizing the entire excerpt?

A.

It suggests the agony of Manuel’s situation.

B.

It describes the danger of sunstroke.

C.

It describes the scene as if it were a dream.

D.

It gives the reader information about fruit picking.

E.

It adds humor to an otherwise serious story.

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The fish "have no pathway where they go" (line 5) because they are swimming in water. How does the speaker seem to feel about this situation?

A.

natural

B.

pathetic

C.

intelligent

D.

backward

E.

dangerous