1) Little silvery fish are swimming lazily by, darting here and there, in and around the rocks. a) ✓ b) ✗ 2) Is it magic or do he just imagine it? The water seems to thicken with fins and tails. a) ✓ b) ✗ 3) Several nights go by peacefully, and neither the fish nor the mermaid visit Noli. a) ✓ b) ✗ 4) The fisherman and his wife looks at each other and understands what their son’s talking about—Noli wants to return the mermaid’s horn. a) ✓ b) ✗ 5) His nets and food basket, together with his son Noli, disappear with the waves. a) ✓ b) ✗ 6) It is a wise little boy and wiser parents who goes home that day, all so exhausted by their harrowing experience. a) ✓ b) ✗ 7) In his dream, the mermaid chatters at him and the multi-colored playmates swims along with her. a) ✓ b) ✗ 8) Seeking the truth is a challenging endeavor that demands patience and perseverance. a) ✓ b) ✗ 9) A number of philosophical schools provides distinct definitions of the nature of truth. a) ✓ b) ✗ 10) Neither honesty with oneself nor a willingness to confront uncomfortable realities are excluded from one’s search for truth. a) ✓ b) ✗ 11) Biases, emotional influences, and misinformation are challenges individuals need to overcome in their pursuit of the truth. a) ✓ b) ✗ 12) Justice, social solidarity, and democracy all depends heavily on the truth. a) ✓ b) ✗ 13) Trust and collaboration are more likely to be fostered among members of a society who values the truth. a) ✓ b) ✗ 14) Some resource persons occasionally (alters, alter) their accounts if we are not attentive to the facts. a) alters b) alter 15) Praise-worthy (is, are) the jury who (exhibits, exhibit) a combination of skill and drive, free from bias and intimidation, in their quest of obtaining the evidence necessary to shed light on the realities surrounding crucial concerns. a) is; exhibits b) are; exhibit 16) In the beginning, there (was, were) no creation yet except the sea. a) was b) were 17) The archangels sent by Allah to create the first man (was tasked, were tasked) to prepare themselves. a) was tasked b) were tasked 18) The fish, together with the birds (was gathered, were gathered) to decide about the marriage of Silalak and Sikabay. a) was gathered b) were gathered 19) Neither the tunnies and birds nor Linok, the god of earthquake, (see, sees) anything wrong with the plan. a) see b) sees 20) A number of children who left the island (was said, were said) to be the ancestors of the white-skinned men. a) was said b) were said 21) The god and creator (use, uses) his dead skin to form the Earth and the first humans. a) use b) uses 22) Originally, the noses of the first humans (was, were) upside down. a) was b) were 23) Melu’s effort of making the lives of his people better (was, were) very apparent in the story. a) was b) were 24) Each of the punished ones (was subjected, were subjected) to Melu’s wrath when they did not follow the god’s order. a) was subjected b) were subjected 25) “Blaan Genesis,” “The Man and The Woman of The Bamboo,” and “Samal Genesis” (is, are) creation stories that help us appreciate our culture and ancestry better. a) is b) are

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