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(01.01 MC)Read the excerpt from The Jester’s Sword by Annie…

(01.01 MC)Read the excerpt from The Jester’s Sword by Annie Fellows Johnston. Then answer the question that follows.   But in the night a storm swept down the mountain pass with sudden fury, uprooting trees a century old, and rending mighty rocks with sword thrusts of its lightning. And when it passed Aldebaran lay prone upon the earth borne down by rocks and fallen trees. Lay as if dead until two passing goat-herds found him and bore him down in pity? to their hut.   Long weeks went by before the fever craze and pains began to leave him, and when at last he crawled out in the sun, he found himself a poor misshapen thing, all maimed and marred, with twisted back and face all drawn awry and foot that dragged. One hand hung nerveless by his side. Nevermore would it be strong enough to use the Sword. He could not even draw it from its scabbard.The connotation of the bolded words and phrases creates a certain mood in this passage. Which word best represents that mood?

(01.01 HC)Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby. Then answe…

(01.01 HC)Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby. Then answer the question that follows.”No… I just remembered that today’s my birthday.”I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.What is the effect of the bolded figurative language on the passage?

(01.02 MC)Read the following short story from Myths and Lege…

(01.02 MC)Read the following short story from Myths and Legends of the Great Plains. Then answer the question that follows.   Long ago, in the beginning, Deer had no horns. His head was smooth like a doe’s. Now Deer was a very fast runner, but Rabbit was a famous jumper. So, the animals used to talk about it and wonder which could go the farther in the same time. They talked about it a great deal. They decided to have a race between the two, and they made a pair of large antlers to be given to whoever could run the faster. Deer and Rabbit were to start together from one side of a thicket, go through it, and then turn and come back. The one who came out of the thicket first was to receive the horns.   On a certain day all the animals were there. They put the antlers down on the ground to mark the starting point. Everyone admired the horns. But Rabbit said, “I don’t know this part of the country; I want to look through the bushes where I am to run.”   So, the Rabbit went into the thicket, and stayed a long time. He was gone so long the animals suspected he was playing a trick. They sent a messenger after him. Right in the middle of the thicket he found Rabbit, gnawing down the bushes and pulling them away to make a clear road for himself.   The messenger came back quietly and told the animals. When Rabbit came back, they accused him of cheating. Rabbit said, “No,” but at last they all went into the thicket and found the road he had made. Therefore, the animals gave the antlers to Deer, saying that he was the better runner. That is why deer have antlers. And because Rabbit cut the bushes down, he is obliged to keep cutting them down, as he does to this day.Which part of the story is the falling action?

The manufacturing overhead budget at Corporation X is based…

The manufacturing overhead budget at Corporation X is based on budgeted direct labor-hours. The direct labor budget indicates that 3,000 direct labor-hours will be required in June. The variable overhead rate is $5 per direct labor-hour. The company’s budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $43,140 per month, which includes depreciation of $3,620 a month. All variable and fixed overhead costs that can be paid in cash are paid in the month incurred. The June cash disbursements for manufacturing overhead on the manufacturing overhead budget will be: