{"id":"cb_practice_pdf:t7-english-m1-q20","source_id":"cb_practice_pdf","source_item_id":"t7-english-m1-q20","external_id":null,"ibn":null,"question_id":null,"program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":null,"domain":null,"skill_code":null,"skill":null,"difficulty":null,"score_band":null,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"rationale","layout_warning":null,"form_id":"cb_practice_pdf:test-7","module_number":1,"position":20,"stem":"Eighteen letters written by Louisa May Alcott, author of the popular novel Little Women(1868), can be found at the New York Historical Society. _______ letters demonstrate Alcott’s keen business sense in her interactions with publishers. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p>Eighteen letters written by Louisa May Alcott, author of the popular novel Little Women(1868), can be found at the New York Historical Society. _______ letters demonstrate Alcott’s keen business sense in her interactions with publishers. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is the use of determiners in a sentence. The plural determiner “these” agrees in number with the plural noun “letters” that it modifies. This choice clearly indicates that the letters demonstrate Alcott’s business sense. Choice A is incorrect because the singular determiner “one” doesn’t agree in number with the plural noun “letters.” Choice B is incorrect because the singular determiner “that” doesn’t agree in number with the plural noun “letters.” Choice C is incorrect because the singular determiner “this” doesn’t agree in number with the plural noun “letters.” 12 SAT PRACTICE TEST #7 ANSWER EXPLANATIONS SAT ANSWER EXPLANATIONS n READING AND WRITING: MODULE 1</p>","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>One</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>That</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>This</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>These</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_practice_pdf","source_name":"College Board full-length SAT practice tests (PDF)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests/paper","retrieved_from":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests/paper","attribution":"Full-length SAT practice tests 4–11 © College Board, published free at satsuite.collegeboard.org.","disclaimer":"Extracted from PDF layout: equations, figures and tables do not survive intact. Use the original PDFs for anything the text renders poorly. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright. Free to download; not licensed for redistribution.","redistributable":false,"item_count":905}}