Victory for the ACT Exam 16e TG Sample

256 • R EADING

EXIT TICKET

DIRECTIONS: The passage below is followed by one or more items based on its content. Answer the items on the basis of what is stated or implied in the corresponding passage.

QUESTIONS

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1. Ap ec oc oprl ed imn govt oe dt hteo pCaasl isfaogren,i ah odwu rmi nagntyh e t1i8m5e2b?etween the discovery of gold and A. 11,000 B. 300,000 CD.. 61000bimlliiollnion

1. (B) Reading/Key Ideas and Details/Explicit Details I3n0 l0i n, 0e0 10 8p, et ho pe l ae umt hoovre md teon tCi ao lni fso trhnai at .