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PASSAGE THREE (Questions 9-)

The Sears and Roebuck catalogue was a fixture in American society for many decades.
Practically anything needed in the American home could be ordered through this
comprehensive catalogue and delivered by mail. The catalogue made it easier for
homeowners in urban areas to track down items they were trying to find; the catalogue was
an absolute necessity for residents in out-of-the-way areas where many types of home supplies
were not available for hundreds of miles.
In the early twentieth century, it was not just possible to buy home supplies from the
Sears and Roebuck catalogue. It was actually possible to buy a mail-order house. If you
ordered a house through the mail, you would receive all the necessary building materials as
well as plans for constructing the house; all of this could be had for prices starting around
$600.

9. This passage mainly discusses 12. The passage mentions that which of
the following large items could be
(A) products sold in the Sears and purchased through the Sears and
Roebuck stores
(B) the design of the Sears and Roebuck catalogue?
Roebuck catalogue (A) A home
(C) how to shop using catalogues (B) A car
(D) shopping through the Sears and (C) A boat
Roebuck catalogue in the past (D) A train

10. The passage indicates that items 13. The mail-order house in the Sears and
ordered through the Sears and Roebuck catalogue
Roebuck catalogue (A) was for urban areas only

(A) had to be picked up at a Sears and (B) was set up by Sears and Roebuck
Roebuck store workers
(B) were delivered by mail (C) needed to be put together
(C) arrived in Sears and Roebuck (D) arrived in one piece
trucks
(D) had to be small 14. The price of $600 mentioned in the
passage was
11. According to the passage, why was the (A) the lowest price for the item
Sears and Roebuck catalogue
important to people in remote areas? (B) the average price for the item
(C) the only price for the item
(A) It contained the only products (D) the highest price for the item
they could afford.
(B) They did not like the products in
local stores.
(C) It had a lot of products they
could not get in their local
areas.
(D) It was the only way to get a new
home.

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