1. MCT2 Practice Tests: Round 1 Get ready for Tuesday and Thursday…and if you have a dictionary and don’t bring it, we will banish you to the hunger games…

2. Q1 Read the following sentences from the passage “The Rise and Fall of Vaudeville.” Read the following sentences from the passage “The Rise and Fall of Vaudeville.” Based upon the sentences from the passage, what can the reader conclude about why movies replaced vaudeville? Based upon the sentences from the passage, what can the reader conclude about why movies replaced vaudeville? F. Many vaudeville performers became movie stars. F. Many vaudeville performers became movie stars. G. People no longer found vaudeville entertaining. G. People no longer found vaudeville entertaining. H. Money was a great concern to people at the time. H. Money was a great concern to people at the time. J. Entertainers grew tired of performing on stage. J. Entertainers grew tired of performing on stage.

3. Q2 Read lines 25–37 from “The Rise and Fall of Vaudeville.” A student has written this summary of he lines. In completing the summary, the student will include information from which of he following sentences? A. His success in vaudeville made him a egend. B. Vaudeville offered enough variety to cross the lines of age, class, and gender. C. Vaudeville shows were organized and run by theater owners and businessmen. D. With the rise of vaudeville, entertainment became a big business for the first time. Vaudeville became popular because Americans had increased amounts of time and money and the shows appealed to many people. Entertainment became a business designed both for audience enjoyment and for profit. One man who excelled at this business was B. F. Keith, known as the father of vaudeville.

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