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     (1) "The weather forecast is predicting record high temperatures for today," announced Jason as he walked into his friends' garage. (2) He dropped a bag full of canned goods on a nearby chair and sighed deeply.
     (3) "We'll be fine," Scylla replied with a cheerful grin. (4) "there are plenty of ice-cold sodas in the cooler. (5) Plus, we can go inside the house to cool off if we need to. (6) All of our family members are looking forward to meeting our friends—in fact, aunt Hera plans to order pizza from Zeus' Deli for our lunch."
     (7) "I am going to move our mother's car out of the garage," said Scylla's twin sister Charybdis. (8) "I don't want anything to happen to her brand-new cadillac CTS Coupe." (9) She drove down the driveway just as Herc pulled up in his scooter.
     (10) "Did you guys see all the construction on Bridge Road?" Herc asked his friends. (11) "It looked like a scene out of a disaster movie. (12) I hope people will still show up today."
     (13) "Don't worry, Herc," said Scylla. (14) "Halthom city is full of kind-hearted citizens. (15) I'm sure the Second Annual Charity Food Drive will be a huge success."
     (16) "Hey, sis, the ladies from the Junior League are here," Charybdis said as she returned to the garage. (17) "They want to know if any of the Food Banks in town will accept cash donations." (18) The four friends forgot about the blazing heat as they enthusiastically collected donations for charity.

37. How should the author revise sentence 17?

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A.

"They want to know if any of The Food Banks in town will accept cash donations."




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B.

"they want to know if any of the food banks in town will accept cash donations."




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C.

"They want to know if any of the food banks in town will accept cash donations."




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D.

"They want to know if any of the food Banks in town will accept cash donations."



Capitalization


38. Which sentence contains a capitalization error?

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A.

sentence 7




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B.

sentence 1




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C.

sentence 3




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D.

sentence 4



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39. What change, if any, should the author make to sentence 6?

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Change pizza to Pizza.




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B.

Change Deli to deli.




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C.

No change is necessary.




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D.

Change aunt to Aunt.




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