Directions: Use Your Knowledge of Reading, Writing, and the Conventions

question 16

Multiple Choice

Directions: Use your knowledge of reading, writing, and the conventions of grammar to answer the following questions.Choose the meaning of the word in bold using the other words in the series as context clues:
Cheddar, brie, and gubbeen are all made from cow's milk.

• A) a type of cheese
• B) a type of pudding
• C) a type of ice cream
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

Rent Payments

Monetary or other compensation given periodically by a tenant to a landlord in exchange for the use of land or property.

Cotton Industry

A sector of the economy focused on the production, processing, and trading of cotton, a key material in the textile industry, historically significant for its role in industrialization.

Death Rate

A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, expressed per thousand or per hundred thousand, over a specified time period.

Washed

A process involving water or other liquid, typically used for cleaning purposes, or metaphorically indicating a thorough change or purification.