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Application of Skills
Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 8 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passage.
Just Another Night
1 It was just another night at the frat house. The drinking started early and usually didn't stop until dawn. One of my brothers, a popular easy-going guy named Ryan-not usually much of a drinker-was celebrating a big birthday: his twenty-first. Egged on by the hooting crowd, Ryan bolted down one drink after another, after another, after another.
2 By the time Ryan reached 12 drinks, he was slurring his words. As he kept chugging drinks, his face looked flushed; he started sweating heavily. When Ryan lurched to his feet, he swayed unsteadily for a few moments and then collapsed. At first everyone laughed. Then we tried to revive him. We couldn't.
3 "He's not breathing!" I shouted. Someone called 911, and paramedics rushed Ryan to the nearest hospital. His blood-alcohol concentration was several times above the legal limit. Despite intensive efforts by the medical team, nothing helped. Ryan's twenty-first birthday was his last. Our party was over.
-adapted from Hales, An Invitation to Health: Choosing to Change , p. 377
In the first paragraph of the passage, the "hooting crowd" is a sensory detail to recreate:
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An economic policy or situation in which a country is self-sufficient and does not take part in international trade or relies on imports and exports.
International Trade
The exchange of goods and services between countries, allowing for greater variety and the exploitation of comparative advantages.
Production
The process of creating goods and services.
Cattle
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