One of the most interesting journeys anyone can take is to return to a childhood place after a long absence. the idea of visiting that special place might seem irresistible—to return to those adventuresome, magical days! this type of journey, however, almost always creates emotional turmoil. your memory may still glow with the colors of your childhood. however, the reality often turns out to be that your special world was actually a run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, maybe even drab place. this discovery usually occurs at the same time as your realization of how much smaller everything now seems—and how much larger real life has become.

multiple choice
question 7
using context clues as well as base words, identify the likeliest meaning of the underlined word unexceptional in the passage.

1points
a
ordinary

b
beautiful

c
unforgettable

d
unfair

multiple choice
question 8
look at the underlined word adventuresome in the passage. from what you know of the anglo-saxon suffix -some, choose the likeliest part of speech for the base word adventure.

1points
a
adverb

b
noun

c
indefinite pronoun

d
preposition

Solve this analogy problem: thick : thin : : heavy : question 1 options: gray round rosy light

Which word best describes the meaning of the word putrescent? a. earthy b. floral c. rotten d. strong

In which part of this excerpt from the gettysburg address does president abraham lincoln argue that the outcome of the war will depend on the determination and loyalty of northern citizens? four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. we are met on a great battle-field of that war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow— this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.