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Dec
3
2012
207,575 responses
Question of the Day Statistics
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Correct 151,913
Incorrect 55,662
73% correct

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

Budget cuts prompted the town's officials to cancel the annual parade, but the subsequent ------- from residents was so great that the event was -------.

Answer Choices

Hint

Think about how the residents might have reacted to the cancellation of the parade.

Question of the Day

Can you answer today's question?

Register Next Tests:
6/1

Dec
3
2012
207,575 responses
Question of the Day Statistics
Number Answered
Correct 151,913
Incorrect 55,662
73% correct

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

Budget cuts prompted the town's officials to cancel the annual parade, but the subsequent ------- from residents was so great that the event was -------.

Answer Choices

Answer

Town officials certainly might have "reinstated," or restored or brought back, the annual parade in response to great "outcry," or vehement protests, from the town's residents over the cancellation of the event.