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Deleruim Book Teaser
Delirium Grammar Passage

(Book Teaser)

Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

(1) Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. (2) She feels relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and she looked forward to turning eighteen. (3) When she turns eighteen she’ll be cured of deliria, a. k.a. love. (4) She tries not to think about her mother’s death or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond Portland, Maine. (5) There’s no real point because she believes her government knows how to best protect it’s people. (6) They should do so at any cost. (7) Ninety-five days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter. (8) As there romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure. (9) In this powerful and beautifully written novel, Lauren Oliver throws readers into a tightly controlled society where options don’t exist. (10) She shows the lengths one will go for a chance at freedom and the true meaning of sacrifice.

Question 1 (2 points)
What change is needed in sentence2?

Question 1 options:

delete the comma after decided

change looked to looks

insert a comma after husband

change to to two

Question 2 (2 points)
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 3?

Question 2 options:

change she'll to shell

insert a comma after eighteen

change love to Love

make no change

Question 3 (2 points)
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 5?

Question 3 options:

insert a comma after point

change There's to Their's

change it's to its

make no change

Question 4 (2 points)
What transition word or phrase could best be added to the beginning of sentence 7?

Question 4 options:

Finally

However

As a result

Lastly

Question 5 (2 points)
What change is needed in sentence 8?

Question 5 options:

change there to their

delete the comma after blossoms

change the period to a question mark

change begins to began

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