ACT Prac Test with prep notes

1 1In the early 1900s the O’odham became acquaintedwith marching bands and woodwind instruments(which explains the presence of saxophones in waila).Around this time the polka music and button accordionplayed by German immigrant railroad workers; left theirmark on waila.[4]13It should be no surprise that musicians these days areadding touches of rock, country, and reggae to waila. Somelisteners fear that an American musical form may soon belost. But the O’odham are playing waila with as muchenergy and devotion as ever. A unique blend of traditions,waila will probably continue changing for as long as theO’odham use it to express their own sense of harmony andtempo.1413. Given that all of the choices are true, which one ismost relevant to the focus of this paragraph?A. NO CHANGEB. (although fiddles were once widely used in wailabands).C. (even though they’re now often constructed ofmetal).D. (which are frequently found in jazz bands also).14. F. NO CHANGEG. workersH. workers:J. workers,Question 15 asks about the preceding passageas a whole.15. Upon reviewing this essay and finding that some informationhas been left out, the writer composes the followingsentence incorporating that information:Those same German influences helped spawna similar musical form in northern Mexicoknown as norteño.This sentence would most logically be placed after thelast sentence in Paragraph:A. 1.B. 2.C. 3.D. 4.PASSAGE IIHow Old Am I?Many people might be surprised to learn that theAmerican way of computing a person’s age differs fromthe traditional Korean way. In Korean tradition, a person isconsidered to be already one year old at the time of his orher birth.As a child growing up in two cultures, I foundthis contest a bit confusing. When I was in the fifth16grade, was I ten or eleven years old? To add to theconfusion, every New Year’s Day a person accordingto this Korean counting system, becomes a year1716. F. NO CHANGEG. changeH. disputeJ. difference17. A. NO CHANGEB. person,C. person;D. person who,ACT-61C-PRACTICE16GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.