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01 Jun 2023, 20:00
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Question 1
A
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
55%
(hard)
Question Stats:
53% (02:58) correct
47%
(03:00) wrong
based on 125
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Question 2
D
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
(medium)
Question Stats:
57% (01:13) correct 43%
(01:30) wrong
based on 137
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Question 3
D
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
(medium)
Question Stats:
44% (00:50) correct 56%
(00:54) wrong
based on 144
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Question 4
E
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
15%
(low)
Question Stats:
78% (00:36) correct 23%
(01:09) wrong
based on 120
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Adapted from Jack London’s The Road (1907)
Barring accidents, a good hobo, with youth and agility, can hold a train down despite all the efforts of the train-crew to "ditch" him—given, of course, night-time as an essential condition. When such a hobo, under such conditions, makes up his mind that he is going to hold her down, either he does hold her down, or chance trips him up. There is no legitimate way, short of murder, whereby the train-crew can ditch him. That train-crews have not stopped short of murder is a current belief in the tramp world. Not having had that particular experience in my tramp days I cannot vouch for it personally.
But this I have heard of the "bad" roads. When a tramp has "gone underneath," on the rods, and the train is in motion, there is apparently no way of dislodging him until the train stops. The tramp, snugly ensconced inside the truck, with the four wheels and all the framework around him, has the "cinch" on the crew—or so he thinks, until some day he rides the rods on a bad road. A bad road is usually one on which a short time previously one or several trainmen have been killed by tramps. Heaven pity the tramp who is caught "underneath" on such a road—for caught he is, though the train be going sixty miles an hour.
The "shack" (brakeman) takes a coupling-pin and a length of bell-cord to the platform in front of the truck in which the tramp is riding. The shack fastens the coupling-pin to the bell- cord, drops the former down between the platforms, and pays out the latter. The coupling-pin strikes the ties between the rails, rebounds against the bottom of the car, and again strikes the ties. The shack plays it back and forth, now to this side, now to the other, lets it out a bit and hauls it in a bit, giving his weapon opportunity for every variety of impact and rebound. Every blow of that flying coupling-pin is freighted with death, and at sixty miles an hour it beats a veritable tattoo of death. The next day the remains of that tramp are gathered up along the right of way, and a line in the local paper mentions the unknown man, undoubtedly a tramp, assumably drunk, who had probably fallen asleep on the track.
Barring accidents, a good hobo, with youth and agility, can hold a train down despite all the efforts of the train-crew to "ditch" him—given, of course, night-time as an essential condition. When such a hobo, under such conditions, makes up his mind that he is going to hold her down, either he does hold her down, or chance trips him up. There is no legitimate way, short of murder, whereby the train-crew can ditch him. That train-crews have not stopped short of murder is a current belief in the tramp world. Not having had that particular experience in my tramp days I cannot vouch for it personally.
But this I have heard of the "bad" roads. When a tramp has "gone underneath," on the rods, and the train is in motion, there is apparently no way of dislodging him until the train stops. The tramp, snugly ensconced inside the truck, with the four wheels and all the framework around him, has the "cinch" on the crew—or so he thinks, until some day he rides the rods on a bad road. A bad road is usually one on which a short time previously one or several trainmen have been killed by tramps. Heaven pity the tramp who is caught "underneath" on such a road—for caught he is, though the train be going sixty miles an hour.
The "shack" (brakeman) takes a coupling-pin and a length of bell-cord to the platform in front of the truck in which the tramp is riding. The shack fastens the coupling-pin to the bell- cord, drops the former down between the platforms, and pays out the latter. The coupling-pin strikes the ties between the rails, rebounds against the bottom of the car, and again strikes the ties. The shack plays it back and forth, now to this side, now to the other, lets it out a bit and hauls it in a bit, giving his weapon opportunity for every variety of impact and rebound. Every blow of that flying coupling-pin is freighted with death, and at sixty miles an hour it beats a veritable tattoo of death. The next day the remains of that tramp are gathered up along the right of way, and a line in the local paper mentions the unknown man, undoubtedly a tramp, assumably drunk, who had probably fallen asleep on the track.
1. The author ends the passage by noting the newspaper says the man feel asleep in order to __________.
A. show how little people care about tramps
B. show sympathy with the train crew that finds a man under the train
C. mock the hobo who gets "caught" under a train
D. convince the reader that trains are an incredibly dangerous form of transportation
E. indicate the dangers of sleeping on train tracks
A. show how little people care about tramps
B. show sympathy with the train crew that finds a man under the train
C. mock the hobo who gets "caught" under a train
D. convince the reader that trains are an incredibly dangerous form of transportation
E. indicate the dangers of sleeping on train tracks
2. Given the author's description of the train crew's behavior, which of the following is an analogous behavior?
A. A senator who ignores his constituents' needs for his own profit.
B. An airline pilot who forces a rowdy passenger off of the plane before take-off.
C. A school principal who makes many students drop out of school due to excessively harsh rules.
D. A ship captain who allows a stowaway to fall of the deck through the normal actions of the working of the ship.
E. A football coach who advises his own players to seriously injure the opposing players.
A. A senator who ignores his constituents' needs for his own profit.
B. An airline pilot who forces a rowdy passenger off of the plane before take-off.
C. A school principal who makes many students drop out of school due to excessively harsh rules.
D. A ship captain who allows a stowaway to fall of the deck through the normal actions of the working of the ship.
E. A football coach who advises his own players to seriously injure the opposing players.
3. If the author included the perspective of the train crew, what effect would that have on the overall perspective of the passage?
A. It would create confusion over the actual circumstances of a hobo's death.
B. It would make the local newspapers look more untrustworthy.
C. It would portray the train crew as malicious and vindictive.
D. It would portray the hobos in a less favorable light.
E. It would make train crews much less sympathetic to the reader.
A. It would create confusion over the actual circumstances of a hobo's death.
B. It would make the local newspapers look more untrustworthy.
C. It would portray the train crew as malicious and vindictive.
D. It would portray the hobos in a less favorable light.
E. It would make train crews much less sympathetic to the reader.
4. What can be inferred about the position of the average newspaper reporter regarding hobos?
A. They see hoboes as a quintessential part of American society.
B. They view the hobo lifestyle as a romantic endeavor.
C. They believe train crews should be prosecuted when they harm hoboes.
D. They believe hoboes should be protected by new governmental regulations.
E. They generally look down on the hobo lifestyle.
A. They see hoboes as a quintessential part of American society.
B. They view the hobo lifestyle as a romantic endeavor.
C. They believe train crews should be prosecuted when they harm hoboes.
D. They believe hoboes should be protected by new governmental regulations.
E. They generally look down on the hobo lifestyle.
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05 Jun 2023, 11:16
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arj003
Hello arj003
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Thank you! Fixed the issue.
