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1) Edith Wharton's novel Ethan Frome (A) was made into a movie (B) that failed (C) to capture the mood and meaning of the (D) original story. (E) No error.
2) The (A) present senior class has a (B) greater (C) number of scholarship winners than than last (D) year. (E) No error.
3) (A) A disruptive student will (B) get no pity from the dean of discipline and (C) will be deprived of privileges after being told that they (D) betrayed a trust that they had been given. (E) No error.
4) My parents instilled their moral values (A) for my sister and (B) me, (C) enabling us, by the time we reached (D) our teen years, to know right from wrong. (E) No error.
5) The earliest pirates, (A) who resided on Caribbean islands, rustled cattle, smoked the meat and sold (B) it to passing ships, attacked and burned colonial settlements, and (C) were stealing gold and jewels (D) from Spanish galleons. (E) No error.
6) I agree with (A) him and Ms. Harrison that without (B) sufficient funds and time the schools (C) will be unable (D) to teach every child to read at grade level. (E) No error.
7) (A) As Katie opened the refrigerator, she instantly noticed that a huge chunk of chocolate icing had been (B) bit (C) off the was birthday cake and immediately suspected that Mark (D) was responsible. (E) No error.
8) Gilbert W. Davis is a first-rate trial lawyer who, (A) like a predator on the prowl, (B) has mastered the art of capitalizing (C) on the mistakes and weaknesses of (D) their opponents in the courtroom. (E) No error.
9) If (A) you'd been willing to take him (B) for face value (C) and had not tried to search for hidden motives, I'm sure you (D) would have found him a cooperative and hardworking employee. (E) No error.
10) Greta Garbo, the sensational and talented Hollywood star of the (A) 1930s, became a recluse for most of her adult life and (B) remained isolated but (C) looking (D) beautifully until the day she died. (E) No error.
11) An incident that embittered the colonists occurred (A) on a Boston street (B) where British troops (C) fired into a group of protestors, (D) killing five and wounding six of them. (E) No error.
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