Choose the meaning of the bold word.

inhabitants

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Failing that, I could have surreptitiously dumped the whole outfit overboard, written off the forty or so dollars as love’s tribute. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses

happily

slyly

enthusiastically

sorrowfully

slyly

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

baffled

alerted

calmed

upset

calmed

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

puzzling

too bold

silly

pitiful

silly

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

able to be felt

strange

hurtful

imagined

able to be felt

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

“I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

sulkily

savagely

suspiciously

swiftly

sulkily

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

oddly

insecurely

enthusiastically

for all to see

insecurely

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

What are the words that can solder cracked pride? (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

mend

alert

calm

upset

mend

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The bleak feeling was back within him. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses

hopeless

optimistic

rejected

dangerous

hopeless

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Carmody was a lithe, tanned man with dark alert eyes and a quiet, self-assured voice. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses

handsome

graceful

towering

squat

handsome

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Carlos wrote a report about modern foods for his social studies class.
(1 point)
Responses

common noun

proper noun

compound noun

collective noun

common noun

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

As I listened to Carlos, I pictured myself at the fair in St. Louis.
(1 point)
Responses

common noun

proper noun

compound noun

collective noun

proper noun

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

When Carlos presented the report to the class, he brought in samples of the foods.
(1 point)
Responses

first-person pronoun

second-person pronoun

third-person pronoun

reflexive pronoun

third-person pronoun

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Although I do not pretend to understand the science behind it, this is reassuring to me.
(1 point)
Responses

adverb

adjective

article

compound adjective

adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Scientific information like this does not always hold my attention.
(1 point)
Responses

article

adjective

proper adjective

adverb

adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

However, when a science article is about something that strongly appeals to me, such as snowflakes, I become interested.
(1 point)
Responses

article

adjective

proper adjective

adverb

adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

I sometimes read the science section of the Sunday newspaper.
(1 point)
Responses

article

adjective

proper adjective

adverb

adjective

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

If you keep an open mind, you never know what you might learn.
(1 point)
Responses

article

adjective

proper adjective

adverb

adjective

If the sequence of bases on the mRNA codon is AUU, what would be the sequence of bases on the opposite strand assembled by the tRNA?(1 point)

Responses

TAA

UUA

UAA

ATT

The sequence of bases on the opposite strand assembled by the tRNA would be UAA.

Proteins are important molecules that are synthesized, transported, and used in cells in a multitude of ways. The rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus have parts to play in this system. These functions are __________, respectively.

Identify the answer choice that correctly fills in the blank in the above passage.

(1 point)
Responses

DNA making and DNA packaging

protein packaging and lipid production

DNA packaging and DNA storing

protein making and protein packaging

protein making and protein packaging

In which part of the cell do ribosomes perform protein synthesis?(1 point)

Responses

vacuole

nucleus

cytoplasm

lysosome

Ribosomes perform protein synthesis in the cytoplasm of a cell.

What would happen to a cell that lacked smooth endoplasmic reticulum?(1 point)

Responses

Its cell membrane would be impermeable.

It would not be able to replicate DNA.

It would not be able to make lipids.

It would not be able to produce tRNA.

If a cell lacked smooth endoplasmic reticulum, it would not be able to make lipids.