Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 31

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Last September, I watched my ten-year-old grandson act like an adult in an emergency. (2) While cleaning the living room carpet, I tripped and fell over the vacuum cleaner hose. (3) At first, I was dazed. (4) Soon, I realized that my left arm hurt terribly. (5) I called to my grandson Joel, who was the only other person at home. (6) When Joel saw me on the floor, his face went pale. (7) Then he calmly took charge of the situation. (8) He went to the phone and dialed for emergency help. (9) I heard him give our address, exact details of what had happened, and a description of the position I was lying in. (10) I could tell that he was carefully listening to the instructions he was given. (11) Returning to the living room, Joel covered me with a wool blanket and told me that an ambulance was on its way. (12) He sat by my side in the ambulance and stayed with me while the doctor treated me. (13) My sprained arm bothered me for only three weeks, but I will always feel proud of what my grandson did on that day.
Select the number of the topic sentence that tells the point of the story in the paragraph above.

• A) Sentence 1
• B) Sentence 2
• C) Sentence 3

Understand the principles of competitive equilibrium and Pareto optimality.

Analyze the impact of government interventions like price ceilings on markets.

Grasp the concept of the marginal rate of transformation and its relevance to efficient economies.

Understand the relationship between production processes and market demands to maximize profit.

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