HiSET Language Arts - Writing Exam Prep - Question List

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56. Choose the most logical order of sentences from this paragraph. If you think the original order is best, choose option A.

[1] At the center of the controversy is Jammu and Kashmir (a territory both nations claim). [2] When the British government controlled the region, it appointed a Hindu leader - called the Maharaja - to rule over the Jammu and Kashmir territory. [3] Jammu is predominately Hindu while the majority of Kashmir residents are Muslim.
  1. 1, 2, 3
  2. 1, 3, 2
  3. 2, 3, 1
  4. 3, 1, 2
57. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

France colonized the country Vietnam in the mid-19th century.
  1. the country Vietnam
  2. Vietnam
  3. the country, Vietnam
  4. Vietnam,
58. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Rankins involvement helped Montanan women gain the right to vote in 1914.
  1. Rankins involvement helped
  2. Rankins’ involvement helped
  3. Rankins’s involvement helped
  4. Rankin’s involvement helped
59. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The North Vietnamese and supportive rebel communists in South Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started fighting.
  1. Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started
  2. Vietnam; called the Viet Congstarted
  3. Vietnam: called the Viet Cong, started
  4. Vietnam called the Viet Cong - started
60. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The first war between India and Pakistan began in 1947 and continued until 1949, when the United Nations stepped in and broker a ceasefire.
  1. broker
  2. brokers
  3. brokering
  4. brokered

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