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Upfront Magazine Quiz - 9/4/15

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Question 1

1.

"All Dried Up" Based on the article, which statement about the current drought is most accurate?

A) It has dried out most of the United States

B) Because of weather patterns, it has affected only California

C) It is not as severe as other recent droughts

D) It is in its fourth year

Question 2

2.

"All Dried Up" In April, in response to the drought, California Governor Jerry Brown

A) provided funding to help Californians dig new wells

B) ordered cutbacks in water use

C) mandated that Californians start drinking bottled water

D) none of the above

Question 3

3.

"All Dried Up" According to the article, much of California is naturally a

A) desert

B) marsh

C) reservoir

D) grassland

Question 4

4.

"All Dried Up" California farmers have left thousands of acres unplanted. This is likely to cause

A) a worse drought

B) price increases for grapes, strawberries, and other California produce

C) the groundwater supply in many parts of the state to run out

D) a rush for land in California in coming years

Question 5

5.

"All Dried Up" Which conclusions can you draw from the article?

A) People are fleeing California in record numbers

B) Over time, climate change is expected to bring wetter weather to California
and its neighbors

C) Water is already more expensive in the U.S. than it is elsewhere in the world

D) California needs innovative solutions for its drought

Question 6

6.

"All Dried Up" Select the sentence from the text that best supports your answer to question 5.

A) "[T]he longer-term regional trend is still for hotter, drier weather...And
that will require ongoing adaptation."

B) "The states has...been a land of hopes and dreams."

C) "Several California cities are considering high-tech plants that would clean
wastewater..."

D) "Three things have made this [drought] much worse."

Question 7

7.

"All Dried Up" You can infer that the author refers to California as a "breadbasket" because

A) it has a basket shape that affects weather patterns

B) its people eat more bread than people in other states

C) it produces a lot of the food Americans consume

D) its grassy terrain is quickly drying out into straw

Question 8

8.

"10 Things You Need to Know About China" According to the article, China has the world's

A) highest-paid workforce

B) largest population

C) oldest democratic government

D) all of the above

Question 9

9.

"10 Things You Need to Know About China" China's economic success has been based largely on

A) agriculture

B) tourism

C) manufacturing

D) technological innovation

Question 10

10.

"10 Things You Need to Know About China" In 1949, Mao Zedong __________ in China.

A) introduced free-market reforms

B) created a Communist government

C) became the longest-ruling emperor

D) used landfill to create new islands

Question 11

11.

"10 Things You Need to Know About China" According to the article, what is one main reason Western companies have begun moving their factories out of China?

A) limits on individual rights in China

B) a lack of Internet access in China

C) a fast-shrinking population in China

D) rising wages in China

Question 12

12.

"10 Things You Need to Know About China" What is the author's purpose in noting that "Today, China's booming cities are clogged with traffic"?

A) to contrast China with the United States

B) to describe China's environmental problems

C) to explain how traffic congestion affects China

D) to show that people in China are wealthier than they were 30 years ago

Question 13

13.

"10 Things You Need to Know About China" When the author writes "...China has managed to nail the Jell-O," she means that China has

A) become a powerhouse

B) embarrassed itself on the world stage

C) done something that seemed impossible

D) none of the above

Question 14

14.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" According to the article, the national women's suffrage movement began

A) at the Continental Congress in 1776

B) at a convention in New York in 1848

C) in the early 1900s, when more women began entering the workforce

D) with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920

Question 15

15.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" "Petticoat rule" referred to the notion

A) that wives controlled their husbands' votes

B) that women were in charge of the home

C) of laws limiting women's rights

D) of a government run by women

Question 16

16.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" What prompted President Woodrow Wilson to speak out in support of women's suffrage?

A) His wife pressured him to "remember the ladies."

B) Women protesters sent him a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions"
modeled on the Declaration of Independence

C) He observed women's contributions to the war effort during World War I

D) His mother gave him a red rose that represented the suffrage movement

Question 17

17.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" The 19th Amendment faced difficulty

A) getting ratified by three fourths of state legislatures

B) winning approval in the Senate

C) winning approval in the House of Representatives

D) none of the above

Question 18

18.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" To show how far women have come, the author mentions all of the following except:

A) The NFL has hired its first female referee

B) Women now comprise half of the U.S. Senate

C) Women account for about half of the U.S. workforce

D) The U.S. military in 2013 announced it was lifting its ban on women in combat
units

Question 19

19.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" In the last column of the article, which phrase provides the best clue to the meaning of the word 'strides'?

A) "lack of paid leave"

B) "new mothers"

C) "even greater progress"

D) "presumed frontrunner"

Question 20

20.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" You can infer from the article that the author

A) thinks that the next president should be a woman

B) thinks that women have not yet achieved full equality

C) has been elected to political office

D) believes that companies deliberately pay women less than they pay men

Question 21

21.

"From the Vote...to the White House?" Select the sentence from the text that best supports your answer to question 20.

A) "...in many ways it was also just a first step in a larger quest for women's
equality that's still going on."

B) "Some people feared that giving women the vote would change the country in
untold ways."

C) "Since 1980, the proportion of eligible women voting in presidential
elections has exceeded that of men."

D) "Among Republicans vying for the nomination in 2016 is Carly Fiorina, a
former CEO of Hewlett-Packard."

Question 22

22.

"Should Police Wear Body Cameras?" What amendment protects Americans from "unreasonable searches and seizures?"

A) First Amendment

B) Second Amendment

C) Third Amendment

D) Fourth Amendment

Question 23

23.

"Should Police Wear Body Cameras?" "So in Seattle, where a dozen officers started wearing body cams in a pilot program last December, the department came up with a cheap, easy way to share the videos with the public.." How did the department share the videos with the public?

A) Created their own Facebook account

B) Set up their own YouTube channel

C) Broadcasted a live stream on their police website

D) None of the above