Which of following pieces of data supports a conclusion that the reader can draw from the passage?

Few things bring back childhood memories for me like baking Tell House chocolate chip cookies. This cookie recipe has humble beginnings. Ruth Wakefield of the Tell House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, created. The recipe appeared in a 1938 cookbook written by Wakefield called Tried and True. A year later, Wakefield sold the recipe and the use of the Toll House name to Nestle for one dollar, and the rest is history.

Which of the following is the topic of this passage?

According to the graph, which of the following statements is correct about employment in 2015?

Tommy pulled off his boots, carefully using the brush he kept on the porch to clean the mud off of them. When he came inside, he followed his daily ritual of climbing the stairs to the laundry room and carefully removing his coveralls. As he did every day, he changed into the clean white T-shirt and lounge pants that he'd left sitting next to the washing machine.

Based on the passage, which of the following words describes Tommy?

Manhattan seems to sprout shiny new skyscrapers an easily as a garden grows weeds, but despite the modern appearance of the concrete jungle at the heart of New York City every engineer knows that before breaking ground, they need to step back in time, with the help of Viele’s map. 

1865, Egert Viele, a cull engineer and Chill War veteran who surveyed the land for Central Park and later served in Congress, published a map that is still crucial almost 160 years later. His map showed all the original marshes and waterways of Manhattan Even today, engineers rely on his work to determine still conditions and any underground water that sows through a building site, potentially undermining foundations. 
 

Which of the following pieces of evidence from the text supports the conclusion that Viele's work had an impact on the development of Manhattan Island?

Alice was not scared. Not at all. Maybe a little bit. But she was determined to confront the ghost in her house. Alice lived in a farmhouse but in 1921. All of the floors and doors were original the doors even had skeleton key locks. But by far the most terrifying part of the house was the basement. She kept that door locked and ignored the thum crashes, and cries that came from below the house. What made Alice determined to confront the ghost today was the especially loud crash the previous night. She'd gotten no sleep, convinced the ghost was going to break through the door and do something horrible. What she was sure, but the ghost would do something

Alice had seen the ghost, but what he could be making a loud noise in an old house? The one time she had been down in the basement was her buying the house unseen. Once she saw the shelves with old glass jars, she was a de put off. But what made her keep the door shut and locked was the abrupt end of the concrete floor halfway across the room Because nothing good ever happened in a basement with a diet for Alice had seen enough horror movies to know that

Alice stared at the basement door, trying to gather enough confidence to open it and march down the stairs like she owned the place. Because she did-or she would, once she finished paying her mortgage in 30 years. Alice took a deep breath and yanked the door open. She marched down the stairs, only to stop abruptly at the bottom. Because she was face to face with not a ghost at all it was a calice-cat one who looked utterly unimpressed by her brave journey into the basement

Which of the following words from the passage indicates time sequence or the order of events?

Gold is a widely knows metal, often used for making jewelry. Pure gold is called 24-carat gold, but there is also 14-carat gold. Because gold is a soft metal, it is sometimes combined with another metal to harden, such as copper. Fourteen-carat gold is named as such because 14 out of the 24 carats, approximately 60% is gold and the remaining 10 carats, or 40% is smother metal

Which of the following is the purpose of the passage above?

BUTTERBEAN FOR MAYOR

Butterbean wants to be YOUR new mayor. Is there an election coming? No. Can dogs even be mayors? Unclear. But consider what Butterbean has to offer.

FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE

Big dogs, small dogs, in-between dogs. All the people. If you go for walks, you’ve met Butterbean and she loves.

JUST A REGULAR DOG

Butterbean is for regular folks. She’s not a fancy breed, just a dog. Sure, maybe she eats more socks than her vet recommends, but nobody’s perfect.

HATES RATS

You hate rats. Butterbean hates rates, too. She will not rest until they have all been chased from our streets. By her, personally.

Can Butterbean count on YOUR vote? Or at least a treat?

Which of the following ideas, if added to the text, would make the passage more persuasive?

Manhattan seems to sprout shiny new skyscrapers an easily as a garden grows weeds, but despite the modern appearance of the concrete jungle at the heart of New York City every engineer knows that before breaking ground, they need to step back in time, with the help of Viele’s map. 

1865, Egert Viele, a cull engineer and Chill War veteran who surveyed the land for Central Park and later served in Congress, published a map that is still crucial almost 160 years later. His map showed all the original marshes and waterways of Manhattan Even today, engineers rely on his work to determine still conditions and any underground water that sows through a building site, potentially undermining foundations. 
 

Which of the following additional resources would validate the information given in Viele's map?

Which of the following credentials would increase the author's credibility?Mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) are truly a unique species. This gecko is small as it only grows up to 10 cm or 4 inches. With a range of Hawaii, the South Pacific lands and Central and South America these geckos have one of the largest ranges among reptiles. 
What really sets this species apart is how they reproduce Mourning geckos are all female and reproduce through parthenogenesis, where the mother essentially clones herself to create her offspring However, their genes have the ability to recombine to allow genetic variation and mutation Like many other geckos, mourning geckos lay two eggs me several times a year. The eggs incubate for 65 to 103 days

Which of the following credentials would increase the author's credibility?
 

Review the timeline below and answer the question. 
Antonie de Saint-Exupery
1900 Born in Lyon, France
1921 Began military service 
1922 Joined the French Air Force 
1926 Pioneered International Postal flight 
1931 Published first novel, Night Flight 
1935 Crashed in the Sahara Desert in Libya
1940 Arrived in New York City after escaping France
1942 Published The Little Prince 
1944 Disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea
 

Which of the following events most likely influenced the publication of Saint-Exupéry's novel Night Flight?