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1. The primary purpose of this passage is  

	a. to entertain.
	b. to inform.
	c. to persuade.

	a. humorous.
	b. ironic.
	c. confident.
	d. sad.

     "Apparently I was walking nude in all hours of the night [in Omaha, the city where About Schmidt was filmed]," said best actor in a dramatic motion picture winner Jack Nicholson in response to a question about whether he upset the local residents while filming Schmidt. "And apparently I've upset a few people. I apologize. In all honesty, I didn't think Omaha was awake."

3. The primary purpose of this paragraph is  

	a. to entertain readers with behind-the-scene details about the award winners.
	b. to inform readers about who won the awards.
	c. to persuade readers to watch the awards.

	a. stern.
	b. sarcastic.
	c. annoyed.
	d. grave.

     I am not sure how old he was. I can still see him clearly as he was then. He was, as he did every evening, clinging to each of my legs just below my knees as I lumbered around the kitchen making supper. We waddled together, with him between my feet. I looked down, and his upturned face broke into the sweetest grin around his pacifier-his "bubby," as he called it. We had been talking, he and I, about throwing the bubby away. "You're a big boy, now," I would say. He must have been young enough that he did not use many words, for he never answered me, but he always looked a little sad every time I talked about it. That evening, he let go of my legs, tottered to the cabinet door beneath the sink where the garbage was kept, and opened it. Quietly, he threw the bubby in. He never looked at me at all. He just closed the door and resumed his position between my legs. Later I checked the drawers to be sure an extra bubby was on hand-just in case, you know. He never looked back; he never cried for or asked for another bubby. Even then his strength and self-will were evident.

5. The primary purpose of this paragraph is  

	a. to entertain the reader with a sad memory.
	b. to inform the reader about the personality characteristics of the little boy.
	c. to persuade the reader about the importance of a pacifier.

	a. humorous.
	b. ironic.
	c. sad.
	d. reflective.

     In Slavic folklore, a vampire is an evil spirit that takes possession of a corpse and, rising from its grave at night, sucks the blood of sleeping persons. The victims become vampires after death. Vampires are the ghosts of criminals, heretics, or suicides and can be put to rest only by having a wooden stake driven through their hearts.

7. The primary purpose of this passage is  

	a. to entertain the reader with a story about vampires.
	b. to inform the reader with a basic definition of vampires.
	c. to persuade the reader that vampires exist.

	a. objective.
	b. biased.

9. The primary purpose of this passage is  

	a. to entertain the reader with frightening details about smoking marijuana.
	b. to inform the public about the impact of marijuana use on the lungs.
	c. to persuade marijuana smokers to quit using the drug.

	a. subjective.
	b. factual.