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What challenges did Alma Velasco face in El Salvador before she moved to the U.S.? How does she describe these challenges?

As the film mentions, many Central Americans living in the US risk being deported. Families are separated-children often stay in the country and their parents are sent back to Central America. In response, Velasco said that our kids are the future of our world, adding "so why would we damage our future?" Do you agree with Velasco that parents should not be removed from their children, even if they're undocumented *? Why or why not?

How we get vitamin D from sunlight

How we get vitamin D from sunlight

Boron has an average atomic mass of 10.81. One isotope of boron has a mass of 10.012938 and a relative abundance of 19.80 percent. The other isotope has a relative abundance of 80.20 percent?

What is the mass of the isotope? Report to two decimal places.

English has adopted many words from other languages. Which adopted word means "self-proclaimed"?

A. etcetera - Latin

B. soi-disant - French

C. tsunami -  Japanese

What is the meaning of the word helm in the following excerpt from Section 58?

58 - I do not know how long, the pleasure of it probably made it seem longer than it really was;-- but in the end he struggled free and jumped up and sprang to the wheel: a very natural solicitude, for, all this time, here was this steamboat tearing down the river at the rate of fifteen miles per hour and nobody at the helm!

A. The wheel a person uses to drive the boat.

B. The person who drives the boat.

C. A person learning to drive the boat.

The figure that comes before me oftenest, out of the shadows of that vanished time, is that of Brown, of the steamer Pennsylvania--the man referred to in the former chapter, whose memory is so good and tiresome. He was a middle aged, long, slim, bony, smooth-shaven, horse-faced, ignorant, stingy, malicious, snarling, fault hunting, mote-magnifying tyrant.

A. Brown was a very unpleasant and unhappy person who went out of his way to make others feel badly.

B. Brown was a perfect gentleman who went out of his way to make others feel at ease.

C. Brown was young and jolly sometimes grouchy, but always forgiving.

EUPHEMISM = a word/phrase intended to soften an unpleasant, embarrassing, or harsh word/phrase.

Which is the euphemism for the following harsh phrase:

           "The couple had an argument"

A. The angry couple had a "blowout".

B. The angry couple had a "full and frank discussion".

C. The angry couple had a "brawl".

EUPHEMISM = a word/phrase intended to soften an unpleasant, embarrassing, or harsh word/phrase.

The new class is for students who are "differently-abled."

            This euphemism means

A. the new class is for students who are "handicapped".

B. the new class is for students who have "transferred" from another school.

C. the new class is for students who are "ready to graduate."

Which of the senses is addressed by the sensory details in the following excerpt from "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain?

...I could come out with a white apron on and shake a table cloth over the side, where all my comrades would see me...

A. sight

B. touch

C. taste

What is the best way to learn the meaning of the underline jargon in section 4?

A. Ask a friend what it means.

B. Take a guess at the meaning of the word.

C. Look the word up in a resource book (e.g. a dictionary or encyclopedia).

English has adopted many words from other languages. Which adopted word means "meeting or gathering"?

A. rendezvous - French

B. ad-hoc - Latin

C. bronco - Spanish

Which dialogue is punctuated correctly?

A. My mother yelled, "It's time to get your homework done"!

B. "This," I said to myself, "is really going to shock her."

C. "I am happy to announce", I answered calmly, "That I already have all my homework done for today."

What tool does Twain use in this excerpt from his autobiographical narrative to make it interesting?

18 - I lit in the middle of the floor, shot there by the electric suddenness of the surprise.

A. Character Description

B. Imagery

C. Dialogue

In a psychological testing experiment, 25 subjects are selected randomly and their reaction time, in seconds, to a particular simulus is measured. Past experience suggests that the variance in reaction times to these types of stimuli is 4 sec^2 and that the distribution of reaction times is approximately normal. The average timw for the subjects is 6.2 seconds. Give an upper 95% bound for the mean reaction time.

What is molybdenum?