One Year After a Dramatic Series That Promoted Literacy Amongadults

question 266

Multiple Choice

One year after a dramatic series that promoted literacy amongadults was broadcast on television in Mexico, enrollment inliteracy instruction groups:

• A)remained virtually unchanged.
• B)decreased by about 25 percent.
• C)jumped from 90,000 to more than 800,000 people.
• D)increased dramatically for women, but decreased for men.

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