EOC Practice #5

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How to Care for Goldfish (1) I received a goldfish for my tenth birthday. (2) This delightful package also contained a small bag of white gravel and a day-glow green, spiky plant, I was eager to go to the store to select my fish. (3) I found a place with a container of bright fish moving busy. (4) Given the size of the bowl, the clerk recommended that I buy three small fish. (5) After plastic bags were filled with water from the aquarium tanks, my fish were scooped up and placed inside. (6) After filling the bowl with water, I set the bags with the fish still in them in my large fish bowl. (7) With great deliberation, I chose two miniature goldfish and a bottom-feeder. (8) Adjusting to the temperature of the water in the bowl, I waited impatiently for the water in the bag. (9) Once the temperatures were the same, I carefully untwisted the ties on the bags to release the fish into the bowl. (10) And my carefully selected fish swam around in their new home. (11) Darting in and out of the day-glow spikes of the plant. (12) First, the water became cloudy. (13) I made a number of mistakes when I first started caring for my fish. (14) Soon, I learned to cut back the amount of food flakes I gave them and alternated feeding days. (15) I made another mistake when I changed the water in the fish bowl allowing a fish to flop out.

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Where is the most logical placement of sentence 13?

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What factor did the clerk consider when suggesting three fish?

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Where is the most logical placement of sentence 13?

What factor did the clerk consider when suggesting three fish?

What was the correct action taken post temperature equilibration?