<p>Virgil and Earl were on a car trip from Chicago to New York. And Earl wanted to get there as soon as possible, so he was trying to pick up people to drive for him once he’d get tired, because he did not want to spend the night at first (though his plan later failed).</p>
<p>kaay for “Astronomers baffled b/c they are unable to predict observed celestial phenomena”… i put something along the lines of they were baffled because “it didn’t coincide with their previous ideas” or whatever the ancient people thought or something along those lines… im pretty sure that was correct… especially for the Lines that they said the answer should be in…</p>
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<p>that question is not on the consolidated list
i hope somebody can remember the question 
at least the right answer choice</p>
<p>Fledgling, I wish I had the passage in front of me. I honestly don’t remember the passage very well. I still think the answer choice needed to more directly relate to money, though…</p>
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<p>alihaq717, there’s a good chance you’re correct. (I personally forgot what I put, so I’m completely neutral here) Even though the reasons people have given for “predicting phenomena” mainly involve the fact that it was explicitly stated in a sentence in the passage, just because there’s a sentence that says something does NOT automatically guarantee that’s the MAIN POINT of the WHOLE passage, which I remember the question was asking for.</p>
<p>Someone neeeeeeds to comment about the question in the scientist passage that had the answer “scientists go back to the reason why they started.” It definitely wasn’t worded like that, but I can’t remember any more specifically ):</p>
<p>IAmABeast: Yeah that consolidated list is definitely wrong right now… we just need a few more people to agree.</p>
<p>fledgling: I remember deciding between the two, and I definitely remember confirming that the poetry answer was correct…</p>
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<p>Fair enough. But again, if Earl was trying to avoid motels at first, why would they be one of the reasons he’d have for taking the back routes? That just seems to contradict itself. </p>
<p>Remember that the instructions on the SAT say to look for the “best answer” among the given answer choices, and even if you don’t agree with any of them, you should still pick the one that comes CLOSEST to the ideal answer.</p>
<p>@fledgling:</p>
<p>It referenced the specific list at the end of the first paragraph. Then it said which of the following could be an example of something similar. All had to do with cheap things so inexpensive anything would work.</p>
<p>"I remember deciding between the two, and I definitely remember confirming that the poetry answer was correct… "</p>
<p>Does anyone remember how the question was worded and how these two answer choices were worded?</p>
<p>I don’t remember the poetry answer completely but I remember eliminating it because it implied something other than what was suggested in the passage. However, the observable phenomenon was clearly stated somewhere in there.</p>
<p>How do people think their “progress” was “stealthy”?</p>
<p>I’m almost 99% positive the answer to the question should be ‘inexpensive hotels’.</p>
<p>The paragraph went something like : </p>
<p>Earl said he wanted to travel to New York in the middle of (Month) because the roads were less crowded. Virgil then said the Earl had a ‘secret agenda’ and that the real reason was that they could eat for cheap, gas was cheap, and something else.</p>
<p>The question was phrased 'which of the following additions would best support Virgil’s claim?"</p>
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<p>Once again, yes, if you just look at that specific line, it does work. However, in NO way does the question suggest that you should ONLY use that specific line to determine the answer; if you look at the rest of the passage, you’ll see pretty clearly that the father was trying to avoid staying overnight altogether by trying to pick up different people. Thus, why would motels be a reason for his choosing to take the back routes, if he was trying to avoid them?</p>
<p>The exact wording of the question was like this: “What would be a possible addition to the list mentioned in Line ____?” </p>
<p>I don’t think that means that line contains the answer; rather, I take it to mean that the line referenced should only serve as a REFERENCE for finding the answer.</p>
<p>Hey, did anyone else put amusing instead of incomplete? I remember the narrator saying “he had me laughing from the start of the trip”, which seems to imply that what he thought Virgil was saying was amusing, not incomplete…</p>
<p>I remember the question asking something like what would be another example that would fit the list. Anyway, you are probably right but the answer is probably inexpensive motels just b/c that’s what the ETS would think is right. ETS are not a bright group of people… so expect anything lol.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the question whose answer was something like “the reason why they started.” It was like “what do scientists have to remember after they started?” I think it may have referenced a line somewhere in there…</p>
<p>Like you said, the question was “Which of the follow additions would best support the claims made in line ____”</p>
<p>It was referring to the line where Virgil said his Father’s real reason were for cheaper food stops, cheaper gas, etc.</p>
<p>I agree with cookiemonster. I think any answer besides “inexpensive motels” is looking too deeply into the passage…</p>
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<p>I put amusing/humorous as well. According to fledgling’s logic it really should be that. HOWEVER, because the ETS are the ETS if the lines mentioned were only the first half of the paragraph, I could easily see us getting it wrong</p>