What should the closing lines of a story accomplish?

The two correct answers are:

1. Readers should understand what happened in the story.
2. Readers should understand the theme of the story.

Use the story summary to answer the question.

Two close friends, Nell and Hamish, are competing against each other in a tournament. They are evenly matched in skill, and it becomes apparent that they will both make it to the final round. However, Hamish is accused of cheating in the semifinals by one of his opponents. Nell has proof that Hamish couldn’t have cheated. However, allowing Hamish to be disqualified would make Nell the winner of the tournament by default.

If the story’s theme is about good sportsmanship, what would be the most logical conclusion to this story?

(1 point)
Responses

Nell exposes the lie and proves that Hamish is innocent, allowing the friends to compete against each other.
Nell exposes the lie and proves that Hamish is innocent, allowing the friends to compete against each other.

Nell does something to get disqualified from the tournament as well.
Nell does something to get disqualified from the tournament as well.

Nell refuses to speak up in defense of Hamish and wins the tournament.
Nell refuses to speak up in defense of Hamish and wins the tournament.

Nell reaches out to Regina, the tournament organizer, for help in clearing Hamish’s name.

The most logical conclusion to this story, given that the theme is about good sportsmanship, is:

Nell exposes the lie and proves that Hamish is innocent, allowing the friends to compete against each other.

Use the story summary to answer the question.

A group of students are working together on a project for English class. At first, all the tasks are divided evenly, but Yvonne soon notices that her classmates are not finishing their parts of the project in a timely and polished manner. She recalls her teacher saying that delegating the tasks according to each student’s strengths will make the project more manageable.

What would be the most logical conclusion to the story?

(1 point)
Responses

Yvonne decides to only focus on her own work, resulting in the group getting a bad grade on the project.
Yvonne decides to only focus on her own work, resulting in the group getting a bad grade on the project.

Yvonne asks her teacher to assign her to a different group, which reduces her stress about the project.
Yvonne asks her teacher to assign her to a different group, which reduces her stress about the project.

Yvonne follows her teacher’s advice, which helps her group get a good grade on the project.
Yvonne follows her teacher’s advice, which helps her group get a good grade on the project.

Yvonne finishes her classmates’ work for them, allowing the group to get a good grade on the project.

The most logical conclusion to the story is:

Yvonne follows her teacher’s advice, which helps her group get a good grade on the project.

In which phase do cells rest?(1 point)
Responses

metaphase
metaphase

prophase
prophase

anaphase
anaphase

interphase

Cells rest during the interphase.

Which of the following correctly orders events during mitosis?(1 point)
Responses

The nuclear membrane dissolves. Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes.
The nuclear membrane dissolves. Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes.

Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The nuclear membrane dissolves. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes.
Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The nuclear membrane dissolves. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes.

The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes. Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The nuclear membrane dissolves.
The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes. Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The nuclear membrane dissolves.

The nuclear membrane dissolves. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes. Microtubules organize the chromosomes.
The nuclear membrane dissolves. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes. Microtubules organize the chromosomes.

The correct order of events during mitosis is:

The nuclear membrane dissolves. Microtubules organize the chromosomes. The mitotic spindle attaches to chromosomes.

In what phase of mitosis do chromosomes split into sister chromatids?(1 point)
Responses

prophase
prophase

cytokinesis
cytokinesis

anaphase
anaphase

telophase

Chromosomes split into sister chromatids during anaphase.