You find a printout of a blog post dated to 2012.

You must answer all the questions

correctly to receive your next clue.

1) My son David Williams was a happy and hopeful child before Radon’s experiments.
2) He built Lego houses, watched Star Wars, and rode his bike to his friend’s houses. 3) I was
assured that he would be done no harm in Radon’s test and the research would only benefit other
people. 4) They explained the procedure to me and showed that many similar tests had been done
with no negative side effects. 5) After the experiments, David’s grades dropped. 6) His memory
deteriorated and he developed serious OCD. 7) His MRIs showed that his left frontal lobe was
nearly gone and had been replaced with fluid, and his father and I sued Radon for careless human
experimentation. 8) Radon claimed that parts of the brain could be missing from birth and that
we’d never noticed, so the lawsuit fell through. 9) I have concluded that Radon performed
radiation experiments on David’s brain, causing his brain cells to die and become unable to
reproduce, therefore causing his left frontal lobe to waste away. 10) Radon has not been
penalized enough for the damage they caused to David. 11) I suggest that the parents of the the
children hurt by Radon file a lawsuit against it, not only to raise the money we need for their
medical attention but also to raise awareness about this company’s crimes.

Question 1
Which sentence should be eliminated from this paragraph?
 A. Sentence 2
B. Sentence 4
C. Sentence 6
D. Sentence 8

Question 2
What is the best way to combine sentences 5 and 6?
A. After the procedure, David’s grades dropped; his memory deteriorated and he developed serious
OCD.
B. After the procedure, David’s grades dropped, his memory deteriorated, and he developed serious
OCD.
C. David’s grades dropped, his memory deteriorated, and he developed serious OCD, after the
procedure.
D. David’s grades dropped, his memory deteriorated and he developed serious OCD.

Question 3
What is the best correction of sentence 7?
A. His MRIs showed that his left frontal lobe was nearly gone and had been replaced with fluid, but
his father and I sued Radon for careless human experimentation.
B. His MRIs showed that his left frontal lobe was nearly gone and had been replaced with fluid, for
his father and I sued Radon for careless human experimentation.
C. His MRIs showed that his left frontal lobe was nearly gone and had been replaced with fluid, so
his father and I sued Radon for careless human experimentation.
D. Best as is.

Question 4
What is the best way to rewrite sentence 10?
A. I have concluded that Radon performed radiation experiments on David’s brain, which caused his
brain cells to become unable to reproduce and resulted in the deterioration of his left frontal lobe.
B. After some research, I concluded that Radon caused David’s left frontal lobe to waste away.
C. I have concluded that Radon’s experiments killed and mutated David’s brain cells, resulting in
the loss of his left frontal lobe.
D. Best as is.