Upfront Magazine Quiz - 9/4/15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"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?

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"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"?

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"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

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

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

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

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

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

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"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'?

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

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

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

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"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?