Question 1

What does the young man shout into the hole at the beginning of the story?

Accepted Answer

heycomeonout

Question 2

Why do the villagers tell the young man not to throw the pebble into the whole?

Accepted Answer

They are afraid it will bring a curse on them.

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They believe it will come back and hit them on the head.

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They think it is illegal to do that.

Question 3

What can the reader most reasonably infer about the area when the shrine was still there?

Accepted Answer

It was respected by the people of the village

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It was the site of a battle in war

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It was not respected by the people of the village

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None of the above

Question 4

Read the dictionary entry for the following word:

repair [ri-ˈper] verb 1. to put back into good condition. 2. to correct or improve. 3. to go to (a place).

What definition most closely matches the way the word repair is used on line 28?

Accepted Answer

Definition 3

Answer

Definition 2

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Definition 1

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None of the above

Question 5

What happened when a newspaper reporter lowered a weight on a rope into the hole?

Accepted Answer

The rope broke and the weight fell into the hole

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The weight came back up with great force

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The reporter was pulled into the hole

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It reached the bottom and it measured over five hundred feet of depth

Question 6

Read the following excerpt from the selection:

Another reporter, a camera in hand, who had been watching all of this, quietly untied a stout rope that had been wound around his waist.

What can the reader most reasonably infer about the report based on this excerpt from paragraph 17?

Accepted Answer

He was prepared to go down the hole but changed his mind

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He was tied to the rest of his crew by the rope

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He wanted to climb a tree using the rope to see deeper into the hole

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His rope was stronger than the rope that held the weight

Question 7

How does the scientist investigate the hole?

Accepted Answer

He tries to check the echo from the hole using a bull horn

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He lowers a robot to collect soil samples

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He volunteers to be lowered into the hole to check its depth

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He lowers a flying camera to take pictures and video

Question 8

Using context clues, what definition most likely matches the word plausible as it is used in paragraph 19?

Accepted Answer

Believable

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Unbelievable

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None of the above

Answer

Unscientific

Question 9

What is the scientist’s solution to the hole?

Accepted Answer

Fill it in

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Study it further

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Purchase it for historic and scientific preservation

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People should ignore it and go on with their lives

Question 10

Read the following excerpt from the selection:

Just then one of the concessionaires … [came forward and] made a proposal.

Using context clues, what definition most likely matches the word proposal as it is used above?

Accepted Answer

suggestion

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order

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insult

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purchase

Question 11

For what use does the concessionaire advertise the hole?

Accepted Answer

Disposal of waste

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A nuclear plant

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A nature reserve center

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A recycling center

Question 12

Which of the following could be considered ironic about the use of the hole and its surrounding area?

Accepted Answer

It was first a location of a shrine and then an area for garbage

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It was a public space and remained public

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All of the above

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No one cared about the area before or after the shrine

Question 13

Which of the following was not listed as something that was dumped in the hole?

Accepted Answer

Old clothes

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Bodies of animals

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Old diaries

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Classified documents

Question 14

Read the following excerpt from the selection:

They [the people of the city] concentrated solely on producing one thing after another. Everyone disliked thinking about the eventual consequences.

What is the author’s primary purpose of including this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

To show the peoples’ materialism and lack of responsibility

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To show a way of life that’s better for the environment

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To show the advances in technology for that time

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To show the massive wealth accumulated in a short time

Question 15

At the end of the selection, who hears “He—y, come on ou—t!”?

Accepted Answer

A man working on the construction of a building

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A man cleaning the windows of a tall building

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A small child playing in a playground

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A little girl playing in her backyard

Question 16

Who threw the pebble that passes by the man at the end of the selection?

Accepted Answer

The young man

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The reporter that tried lowering a weight on a rope

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The concessionaire

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The scientist

Question 17

Find a word on page 88 that means "(the length of) a straight line that reaches from one point on the edge of a round shape or object, through its centre, to a point on the opposite edge."

Accepted Answer

diameter

Question 18

Find a noun on page 88 that means "a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff."

Accepted Answer

echo

Question 19

Find an adjective on page 88 that means "looking or seeming dishonest."

Accepted Answer

shifty

Question 20

Find a noun on page 88 that means "rope."

Accepted Answer

cord

Question 21

Find a noun on page 89 that means "a megaphone."

Accepted Answer

bullhorn

Question 22

Find an adverb on page 89 that means "in a way that gives all your attention to something."

Accepted Answer

intently

Question 23

Find a noun on page 89 that means "the feeling of being calm, confident, and in control."

Accepted Answer

composure

Question 24

Find a noun on page 89 that means "a crowd or large group of people."

Accepted Answer

throng

Question 25

Find a verb on page 91 that means "starting."

Accepted Answer

inaugurating

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