READING 1 / QUICK QUIZ

Loss, Decline, and Recovery

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What is the blight in the station account?A. A guarantee that no improvement could ever occur at the station.B. A damaging condition of neglect and deterioration affecting the shared courtyard.C. The number twelve considered without any description of the place.D. A harmless choice to paint one bench a different color.

2A substantial reduction in the number of permanent residents is _____.A. visitationB. depopulationC. expansionD. rotation

3Which statement uses bereft consistently with the story?A. The delivery crew arrives briefly, proving that every past relationship has been restored.B. The mapmaker has every former colleague present and notices no loss.C. The station has a new noticeboard whose color she mildly dislikes.D. The mapmaker is left without the valued companionship of her former colleagues.

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