{"id":"cb_question_bank:409cfe03-0bd6-4c19-bdcb-42f4074dd348","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"409cfe03-0bd6-4c19-bdcb-42f4074dd348","external_id":"680f1070-ecf0-4f32-97f8-edc4a018f80c","ibn":null,"question_id":"a1e0c981","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"BOU","skill":"Boundaries","difficulty":"E","score_band":2,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"In her book The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts , author Maxine Hong Kingston examines themes ______ blank childhood, womanhood, and Chinese American identity by intertwining autobiography and mythology.","stimulus_html":"<p>In her book <em>The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts</em>, author Maxine Hong Kingston examines themes <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> childhood, womanhood, and Chinese American identity by intertwining autobiography and mythology.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice B is the best answer. “Themes of childhood” is one noun phrase, with “themes of” implicitly carrying over to the other items on the list (“themes of childhood, [themes of] womanhood, and [themes of] Chinese American identity”). &nbsp;</p><p>Choice A is incorrect. This choice inappropriately breaks up the introduction of a list. Also, “In her book…themes of” is not an independent clause, thanks to the dangling “of” at the end, so it can’t precede a colon.&nbsp;Choice C is incorrect. This choice inappropriately breaks up the introduction of a list. Also, “In her book…themes of” is not an independent clause, thanks to the dangling “of” at the end, so it can’t precede a single dash.&nbsp;Choice D is incorrect. This choice inappropriately breaks up the introduction of a list. “Themes of” implicitly carries over to each item on the list (“themes of childhood, [themes of] womanhood, and [themes of] Chinese American identity”), so we don’t want to use a comma to separate it.&nbsp;</p>","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.358000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.358000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>of:</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>&nbsp;of</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>of—</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>of,</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}