Reading Selections:  (scroll down to view all selections)

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1.  "Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese"

by Keay Davidson       Click here to view the on-line questions*

2.  "An Entomological Study of Apartment 4A"

by Patricia VolkClick here to view the on-line questions*

3.  "Hiroshima" (and 2 Short Poems by Randall Jarrell)

by John HerseyClick here to view the on-line questions*

4.  "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth" (and 2 Short Excerpts by Rachel Carson/Bryan Woolley)

by Arthur ClarkClick here to view the on-line questions*

5.  "Imitating Nature's Mineral Artistry"

by Paul O'NeilClick here to view the on-line questions*

6.  "Into Thin Air" (This is an excerpt - will lead directly into

the interactive question page)

by Jon Krakauer

7.  "Florida's Land Use Study" (This is an excerpt - will lead

directly into the interactive question page)

8.  "Lost Moon"Click here to view the on-line questions*

by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger

9.  "Nobel Lecture"Click here to view the on-line questions*

by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

10.  "Problems with Hurricanes" (and 2 other poems by TS Eliot and Lewis Carroll)

by Victor Hernandez CruzClick here to view the on-line questions*

11.  "The Road Ahead"Click here to view the on-line questions*

by Bill Gates

12.  "Single Room, Earth View"

by Sally RideClick here to view the on-line questions*

13.  "Star Wars: A Trip to the Galaxy That's Fun and Funny"

by Vincent Canby

"Star Wars: Breakthrough Film Still Has The Force "

by Roger Ebert

Click here to view the on-line questions*

14.  "The Machine That Won The War"

by Isaac AsimovClick here to view the on-line questions*

15.  "We'll Never Conquer Space"

by Arthur C. ClarkeClick here to view the on-line questions*

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