Pleasure Reading: Timed Reading Quiz Hell on Wheels (Part Two)

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Instructions: Click the grey box following the questions, and choose the best answer to the question. When you are finished, check your number correct on the first try, found in the small box in the top right corner of the page.

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Why couldn't Eck control his car?
select answer The engine quit working. He was out of gas. He had a flat tire. The car was too old.
How many times did the 18-wheeler hit Eck before he called the police?
select answer seven three five the story does not say
"Farther north, he came upon a rolling roadblock with rubberneckers from the violent truck-car encounter." What does the term "rubbernecker" mean in this sentence?
select answer rubber parts from cars curious people looking at an accident rubber balls tires
Eck felt relief for a brief period when:
select answer he saw the police officer. the trucker stopped hitting him. he moved into the right lane. his car started working again.
Why was it so difficult for the police officer to get to Eck?
select answer He didn't know where Eck was. His car wasn't working. He had a car accident. There was too much traffic.

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