Question 1

He was a uncommon small man, he really was. Certainly not so small as he was made out to be, but where IS

your Dwarf as is? He was a most uncommon small man, with a most uncommon large Ed; and what he had

inside that Ed, nobody ever known but himself: even supposing himself to have ever took stock of it, which it

would have been a stiff job for even him to do.

The kindest little man as never grown! Spirited, but not proud. When he travelled with the Spotted Baby though

he knew himself to be a natural Dwarf, and knew the Baby’s spots to be put upon him artificial, he nursed that

Baby like a mother. You never heard him give a ill-name to a Giant. He DID allow himself to break out into

strong language respecting the Fat Lady from Norfolk; but that was an affair of the ’art; and when a man’s ’art

has been trifled with by a lady, and the preference give to a Indian, he isn’t master of his actions.

He was always in love, of course; every human natural phenomenon is. And he was always in love with a large

woman; I never known the Dwarf as could be got to love a small one. Which helps to keep ’em the Curiosities

they are.

One single idea he had in that Ed of his, which must have meant something, or it wouldn’t have been there. It

was always his opinion that he was entitled to property. He never would put his name to anything. He had been

taught to write, by the young man without arms, who got his living with his toes (quite a writing master HE was,

and taught scores in the line), but Chops would have starved to death, afore he’d have gained a bit of bread by

putting his hand to a paper. This is the more curious to bear in mind, because HE had no property, nor hope of

property, except his house and a sarsen. When I say his house, I mean the box, painted and got up outside like

a regular six-roomer, that he used to creep into, with a diamond ring (or quite as good to look at) on his

forefinger, and ring a little bell out of what the Public believed to be the Drawing-room winder. And when I say a

sarsen, I mean a Chaney sarsen in which he made a collection for himself at the end of every Entertainment.

His cue for that, he took from me: “Ladies and gentlemen, the little man will now walk three times round the

Cairawan, and retire behind the curtain.” When he said anything important, in private life, he mostly wound it up

with this form of words, and they was generally the last thing he said to me at night afore he went to bed.

He had what I consider a fine mind – a poetic mind. His ideas respecting his property never come upon him so

strong as when he sat upon a barrel-organ and had the handle turned. Arter the vibration had run through him a

little time, he would screech out, “Toby, I feel my property coming – grind away! I’m counting my guineas by

thousands, Toby – grind away! Toby, I shall be a man of fortune! I feel the Mint a jingling in me, Toby, and I’m

swelling out into the Bank of England!” Such is the influence of music on a poetic mind. Not that he was partial

to any other music but a barrel-organ; on the contrary, hated it.

He had a kind of a everlasting grudge aging the Public: which is a thing you may notice in many phenomenon

that get their living out of it. What riled him most in the nature of his occupation was, that it kept him out of

Society. He was continually saying, “Toby, my ambition is, to go into Society. The curse of my position towards

the Public is, that it keeps me out of Society. This doesn’t signify to a low beast of a Indian; he isn’t formed for

Society. This doesn’t signify to a Spotted Baby; HE isn’t formed for Society. I am.”

For what purpose does the narrator most likely describe the Dwarf’s character in 2nd and 3rd paragraph?

Options :

A : establishes the character as being quite normal save for size

B : establishes the character has a temper when it comes to love

C : establishes the character has ability to fall in love

D : establishes the character as a kind individual

E : establishes the character as rather proud that his phenomenon is authentic

Answer: A

Question 2

In some of the poorest neighborhoods of New York City, community gardens are springing up as _____ the filth and desolation of their urban surroundings.

Options :

A : an affirmation of

B : a validation of

C : a reaction to

D : an amplification of

E : a celebration of

Answer: C

Question 3

Adapted from “Humming-Birds: As Illustrating the Luxuriance of Tropical Nature” in Tropical Nature, and Other Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1878) The food of hummingbirds has been a matter of much controversy. All the early writers down to Buffon believed that they lived solely on the nectar of flowers, but since that time, every close observer of their habits maintains that they feed largely, and in some cases wholly, on insects. Azara observed them on the La Plata in winter taking insects out of the webs of spiders at a time and place where there were no flowers. Bullock, in Mexico, declares that he saw them catch small butterflies, and that he found many kinds of insects in their stomachs. Waterton made a similar statement. Hundreds and perhaps thousands of specimens have since been dissected by collecting naturalists, and in almost every instance their stomachs have been found full of insects, sometimes, but not generally, mixed with a proportion of honey. Many of them in fact may be seen catching gnats and other small insects just like fly-catchers, sitting on a dead twig over water, darting off for a time in the air, and then returning to the twig. Others come out just at dusk, and remain on the wing, now stationary, now darting about with the greatest rapidity, imitating in a limited space the evolutions of the goatsuckers, and evidently for the same end and purpose. Mr. Gosse also remarks, “All the hummingbirds have more or less the habit, when in flight, of pausing in the air and throwing the body and tail into rapid and odd contortions. This is most observable in the Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects, I am sure, having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me.” How does the quotation from Mr. Gosse relate to the evidence provided by other scientists earlier in the passage?

Options :

A : It contradicts the previous evidence and supports a different hypothesis.

B : It has nothing to do with the previous evidence.

C : It suggests that the earlier evidence applies not only to hummingbirds but to another type of bird as well.

D : It suggests that some of the previous evidence may be true, but some may be false.

E : It supports the same conclusions that the previous evidence supports.

Answer: A

Question 4

In an isosceles triangle, the vertex angle is 15 less than the base angle. What is the base angle?

Options :

A : 50

B : 90

C : 65

D : 45

E : 25

Answer: C

Question 5

Here my friend, about whose madness I now saw, or fancied that I saw, certain indications of method, removed

the peg which marked the spot where the beetle fell, to a spot about three inches to the westward of its former

position. Taking, now, the tape measure from the nearest point of the trunk to the peg, as before, and

continuing the extension in a straight line to the distance of fifty feet, a spot was indicated, removed, by several

yards, from the point at which we had been digging.

Around the new position a circle, somewhat larger than in the former instance, was now described, and we

again set to work with the spades. I was dreadfully weary, but, scarcely understanding what had occasioned the

change in my thoughts, I felt no longer any great aversion from the labor imposed. I had become most

unaccountably interested – nay, even excited. Perhaps there was something, amid all the extravagant

demeanor of Legrand – some air of forethought, or of deliberation, which impressed me. I dug eagerly, and now

and then caught myself actually looking, with something that very much resembled expectation, for the fancied

treasure, the vision of which had demented my unfortunate companion. At a period when such vagaries of

thought most fully possessed me, and when we had been at work perhaps an hour and a half, we were again

interrupted by the violent howlings of the dog. His uneasiness, in the first instance, had been, evidently, but the

result of playfulness or caprice, but he now assumed a bitter and serious tone. Upon Jupiter’s again attempting

to muzzle him, he made furious resistance, and, leaping into the hole, tore up the mould frantically with his

claws. In a few seconds he had uncovered a mass of human bones, forming two complete skeletons,

intermingled with several buttons of metal, and what appeared to be the dust of decayed woolen. One or two

strokes of a spade upturned the blade of a large Spanish knife, and, as we dug farther, three or four loose

pieces of gold and silver coin came to light.

At sight of these the joy of Jupiter could scarcely be restrained, but the countenance of his master wore an air

of extreme disappointment he urged us, however, to continue our exertions, and the words were hardly uttered

when I stumbled and fell forward, having caught the toe of my boot in a large ring of iron that lay half buried in

the loose earth.

We now worked in earnest, and never did I pass ten minutes of more intense excitement. During his interval we

had fairly unearthed an oblong chest of wood, which, from its perfect preservation and wonderful hardness, had

plainly been subjected to some mineralizing process – perhaps that of the Bi-chloride of Mercury. This box was

three feet and a half long, three feet broad, and two and a half feet deep. It was firmly secured by bands of

wrought iron, riveted, and forming a kind of open trelliswork over the whole. On each side of the chest, near the

top, were three rings of iron – six in all – by means of which a firm hold could be obtained by six persons. Our

utmost united endeavors served only to disturb the coffer very slightly in its bed. We at once saw the

impossibility of removing so great a weight. Luckily, the sole fastenings of the lid consisted of two sliding bolts.

These we drew back trembling and panting with anxiety. In an instant, a treasure of incalculable value lay

gleaming before us. As the rays of the lanterns fell within the pit, there flashed upwards a glow and a glare,

from a confused heap of gold and of jewels, that absolutely dazzled our eyes.

I shall not pretend to describe the feelings with which I gazed. Amazement was, of course, predominant.

Legrand appeared exhausted with excitement, and spoke very few words. Jupiter’s countenance wore, for

some minutes, as deadly a pallor as it is possible, in nature of things, for any negro’s visage to assume. He

seemed stupefied thunder stricken. Presently he fell upon his knees in the pit, and, burying his naked arms up

to the elbows in gold, let them there remain, as if enjoying the luxury of a bath.

It became necessary, at last, that I should arouse both master and valet to the expediency of removing the

treasure. It was growing late, and it behooved us to make exertion, that we might get every thing housed before

daylight. It was difficult to say what should be done, and much time was spent in deliberation – so confused

were the ideas of all. We, finally, lightened the box by removing two thirds of its contents, when we were

enabled, with some trouble, to raise it from the hole. The articles taken out were deposited among the

brambles, and the dog left to guard them, with strict orders from Jupiter neither, upon any pretence, to stir from

the spot, nor to open his mouth until our return.

At what point in the excerpt was there a marked mood change?

Options :

A : between paragraphs 1 and 2

B : between paragraphs 2 and 3

C : between paragraphs 3 and 4

D : between paragraphs 4 and 5

E : between paragraphs 5 and 6

Answer: A