Questions
DIRECTIONS: For the bolded part of each statement, circle the correct answer.
1. President Biden held a cabinet meeting this week. The last time the president met with his cabinet was almost a month ago / almost a year ago.
2. After brief remarks, the president turned the cabinet meeting over to Vice President Kamala Harris / his wife Jill Biden, who he noted was speaking about an important issue.
3. A reformed former Chicago gang member who served 20 years for murder now runs a street patrol and violence prevention program called Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change. He has recently formed a group called Ex-Cons for Kamala / Ex-Cons for Trump.
4. The reformed gang member formed the group because he feels the Democrats / Republicans have failed inner-city black people for too long.
5. President Biden addressed the UN General Assembly for the final time this week. He spoke of all the history he has lived through, noting that he was first elected U.S. Senator in 1972 /1992.
6. In his address to world leaders at the UN, President Biden didn’t call on any / called on all leaders to demand Hamas release all of the remaining hostages being held captive in Gaza immediately.
7. On Wednesday, Kamala Harris sat for her first / tenth one-on-one network interview since becoming the Democratic nominee in July. Prior to the interview, Harris has said her plan to fix skyrocketing prices is to pass a federal law to prevent price gouging.
8. When saying again that she would go after price gouging, the MSNBC journalist interviewing Harris asked, “What evidence do you have that companies are price gouging?” / “How do you go after price gouging without implementing price controls?”
9. Following a false alarm in a NYC high school, which resulted in an hour and a half lockdown, parents were angry the school did not notify them / allowed false alarms to scare their kids.
10. NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, who would like to implement a statewide policy restricting the use of cellphones in schools, said students shouldn’t be distracted by screens during emergencies / knew it was a false alarm.
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