DIRECTIONS: Read the passage. Then, answer the questions that follow. Protein bars may not be so healthy after all. Every grocery store checkout line now seems to feature an array of protein bars that claim to be healthful alternatives to not-so-nutritious snacks. But experts say those claims may not hold up. Despite advertising on the bars’ labels, there is little scientific evidence that protein bars will curb your hunger, cause you to lose weight, boost your stamina, or build your muscles. Of course, everyone needs protein. But why get your protein from what is essentially a candy bar—loaded with sugar and saturated fat—that has been fortified with some processed soy or whey protein?

1. What is the writer’s claim? Where in the passage does it appear?

2. List three pieces of evidence that support the claim. Put an X by what you think is the best evidence for the writer’s claim.

3. What kind(s) of evidence could make the argument stronger?

In twelve years a slave, when the passengers on the ship learn robert has smallpox, what is their reaction? “panic-stricken” “indifferent” “relieved” “oppressed”

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

How does the map develop the central idea that scholars at jundi shapur spread the knowledge of sugar? the map illustrates the spread of sugar from new guinea to persia. the map shows that sugar was being refined primarily in the north rather than the south. the map illustrates the spread of knowledge about refined sugar processing to egypt. the map illustrates that people in china knew how to refine sugar and shared this knowledge. the answer is c