Questions: 1. The narrator is hopeful about the shift from the mechanistic view to a holistic and ecological
view of the world being
a. permanent
c. sensible
b. positive
d. conscientious
2. Copernicus' teaching made the people realize about the
a. earth's revolution against the sun
b. sun's stance limited to the sixteenth century
actual movement of the planetary system as it is known in the present
d. proximity of the earth and other planets to the sun
3. Who is the patient?
a. The planets
b. The earth
c. The human history
d. The future generations
4. It is our ethical obligation to
a. work as stewards and trustees on the earth
b. consider the earth as a living organism
c. be respectable and good habitants of the earth​

What information can you find in the interview that you cannot find in the informational piece?

What can you infer about the stranger after reading the first few paragraphs of “the street of the cañon”

1. the ranch hand whit reminisces about a ranch hand, bill tenner, who is no longer on the ranch. which theme does this best illustrate? a. the injustice of discrimination b. the value of hopes and dreams c. the destructiveness of human beings d. the loneliness of human beings 2. steinbeck illustrates symbolism when he describes a. the heron feeding on the snake in the pond. b. lennie talking to the gigantic rabbit. c. george telling lennie it isn't his fault. d. slim's invitation to go have a drink. 3. george's traveling companion, lennie, always asks to hear about the rabbits. which of the following best describes his reasoning? a. lennie knows it george to talk about the rabbits. b. the rabbits are bigger than mice making them able to withstand lennie's petting. c. lennie lived on a farm where he was responsible for raising rabbits. d. the rabbits are part of george and lennie's dream of one day having a farm of their own. 4. changing the sequence of events in a chronological essay uses the literary element of a. flashback. b. dramatic irony. c. imagery. d. allusion. 5. to insure transition and flow in a chronological essay, it is important to use proper a. time order/sequence signal words. b. cause and effect signal words. c. compare/contrast signal words. d. descriptive signal words. 6. steinbeck characterizes curley in such a way as to use him a. as a symbol of hope in a difficult situation. b. as an element of human sexuality. c. as a point of tension in the plot's rising action. d. as comic relief in dramatic scenes.