Question 1

Why might football teams want to play preseason games?

Accepted Answer

to get practice ahead of the upcoming season

Answer

to get practice during the season

Question 2

Which of these is part of the prewriting process?

Accepted Answer

research

Answer

drafting

Answer

editing

Answer

publishing

Question 3

When does a basketball team complete its pregame warm-up?

Accepted Answer

right before the game begins

Answer

after the game

Answer

during the game

Answer

right before halftime

Question 4

Why would you preserve a painting?

Accepted Answer

to keep it in its original state

Answer

to make it even more attractive

Answer

to destroy the painting

Question 5

Which is a precaution against making mistakes?

Accepted Answer

working carefully along the way before the mistake happens

Answer

fixing the mistakes as they happen

Answer

dealing with a mistake after it happens

Question 6

Why might someone be considered prejudiced about a certain matter?

Accepted Answer

because she has already made up her mind before seeing the matter

Answer

because she waits until she has all the facts

Question 7

Who would more likely be considered precocious?

Accepted Answer

a first grader who can multiply

Answer

an adult who can multiply

Answer

a sixth grader who can multiply

Question 8

Why would you rebalance something?

Accepted Answer

to make it balanced again

Answer

to knock it off balance

Question 9

Who can get remarried?

Accepted Answer

someone who has already been married, but isn't now, but can get married again.

Answer

someone who has never been married

Question 10

Why might you reenter a building?

Accepted Answer

because you left your jacket inside the building and need to go back in again and get it

Answer

because you've never been inside and you need to get your jacket

Question 11

Why might you reconsider a decision?

Accepted Answer

because you doubt your original choice

Answer

because you haven't made a choice yet

Question 12

Which might you refurnish?

Accepted Answer

an old house with old furniture

Answer

a new house with no furniture

Question 13

Who might be retracing his steps?

Accepted Answer

a man returning home

Answer

a man going to a place for the first time

Question 14

When can a writer review her essay?

Accepted Answer

after she has written it

Answer

before she has written it

Question 15

Which could you readopt?

Accepted Answer

a belief you used to have

Answer

a belief you've always disagreed with

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