1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of this article?
A. When a nor...
1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of this article?
A. When a normal commute home is interrupted, it can cause lifelong fear and
anxiety for New York City residents.
B. Some people will selflessly take extraordinary action to save people who are in
danger because they feel responsible.
C. After performing a heroic action, rescuers such as Capuzzo and Lindsey often
become arrogant.
D. New Yorkers rarely help each other or show concern when tragedy strikes.
2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. âIt was Saturday afternoon, April 29. Everyone who came down the stairs to the
train platform saw him, myself included, and everyone did the same thing.
Watched him.â (Paragraph 3)
B. âIt is a very specific New York City preoccupation and plotline, a horror and a
drama that grips the imagination and lays down a gut check.â (Paragraph 8)
C. âHe texted his girlfriend, âGuy fell so I had to jump on the tracks now I have a cut
on my hand.â He called his mother. Both were upset with him at first, âmad I
jumped on the tracks in the first place,â he said, but more thankful he was O. K.â
(Paragraph 32)
D. âMr. Capuzzo said that before he jumped, he remembered an old public service
announcement: âTwenty people are thinking someone else called about the gas
leak.ââ (Paragraph 34)
3. In paragraphs 1-4, how does the author introduce the people on the platform at the beginning of the narrative?
A. by demonstrating how caring and kind the people on the platform could be
B. by contrasting Mr. Capuzzoâs courage with the other peopleâs fear
C. by implying that the people on the platform knew the man was in danger
D. by contrasting other peopleâs curiosity with the way the narrator kept to himself
4. How does paragraph 14 contribute to the text?
A. It explains how the man fell onto the subway tracks.
B. It shows how the author took heroic action to save the man on the tracks.
C. It describes how the people in the subway station did not do enough to help.
D. It creates tension and suspense by describing what happened before the man
was rescued.
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5. In the last paragraph of the article, the author repeats Chad Lindseyâs statement: âCouldnât
do it. Did what I did, but couldnât do that.â How does this repetition develop the authorâs
ideas in the text?
A. It emphasizes his belief that people who do heroic things are not motivated by
pride.
B. It proves that heroic people are rare in a world in which most people follow the
crowd.
C. It implies that the author believes Lindsey and Capuzzo are not really heroes.
D. It emphasizes the guilt that many heroes feel after they help someone.
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