The passage supports which of the following statements about sixteenth-century European fishing crews working the waters off Newfoundland?

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the Native Americans mentioned in the highlighted text?

Meat from chickens contaminated with salmonella bacteria can cause serious food poisoning. Capsaicin, the chemical that gives chili peppers their hot flavor, has antibacterial properties. Chickens do not have taste receptors for capsaicin and will readily eat feed laced with capsaicin. When chickens were fed such feed and then exposed to salmonella bacteria, relatively few of them became contaminated with salmonella.

In deciding whether the feed would be useful in raising salmonella-free chicken for retail sale, it would be most helpful to determine which of the following?

It can be inferred from the passage that the author would agree with which of the following statements about the fur trade between Native Americans and Europeans in the early modern era?

Which of the following best describes the primary function of highlight text?

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

It is generally believed that people receiving frequent medical checkups are likely to need hospitalization less frequently than they would otherwise; after all, many things can be done following a checkup to prevent problems that, if ignored, might become acute and then require hospitalization. But for people with chronic illnesses, frequent medical checkups are likely to lead to more frequent hospitalization since __________.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the author's assertion in the first sentence of the second paragraph?

The passage suggests that which of the following is partially responsible for the difficulty in establishing the precise date when the fur trade in North America began?

The author of the passage draws conclusions about the fur trade in North America from all of the following sources EXCEPT

Budget constraints have made police officials consider reassigning a considerable number of officers from traffic enforcement to work on higher priority, serious crimes. Reducing traffic enforcement for this reason would be counterproductive, however, in light of the tendency of criminals to use cars when engaged in the commission of serious crimes. An officer stopping a car for a traffic violation can make a search that turns up evidence of serious crime.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument given?