The following is an early draft of an introductory paragraph of an essay. To test your knowledge and understanding of this chapter's content, read the paragraph and then answer the questions that follow.

Many people think baseball is boring. They see the players standing around, they think nothing is happening. They complain because their is no time limit in baseball, and games can sometimes go on for four or even five hours. These people claim the only action in baseball comes in short bursts. Because home-runs happen so rarely. Yet baseball is far from boring. If a person learns to recognize the subtle details and the intricate strategy of baseball, he or she will realize that baseball is an exsiting, complicated and fascinating game.

1			What stage draft does this paragraph seem to be?
			A)	first-stage
			B)	second-stage
			C)	final-stage
			D)	finished piece of writing
2			Which of the following sentences is the author's thesis statement?
			A)	"Yet baseball is far from boring."
			B)	" Many people think baseball is boring."
			C)	"If a person learns to recognize the subtle details and the intricate strategy of baseball, he or she will realize that baseball is an exciting, complicated and fascinating game."
			D)	The author has no thesis statement.
3			Which of the following does this paragraph lack?
			A)	concrete details
			B)	transition words
			C)	an effective hook
			D)	specific details
4			What kind of details should the author add to this paragraph, or at least try to include in the rest of the essay?
			A)	concrete details
			B)	sensory details
			C)	abstract details
			D)	vague details
5			What is the grammatical problem with the sentence: "They see the players standing around, they think nothing is happening."
			A)	comma splice
			B)	spelling error
			C)	sound-alike words
			D)	nothing is wrong
6			Which of the following words from the paragraph is spelled incorrectly:
			A)	boring
			B)	complicated
			C)	exsiting
			D)	fascinating
7			How would you describe the sentence "Because home-runs happen so rarely"?
			A)	topic sentence
			B)	subtopic sentence
			C)	not true in the context of modern baseball
			D)	sentence fragment
8			What is the grammatical problem with the sentence: "They complain because their is no time limit in baseball."
			A)	"because" is a misspelled word
			B)	lacks a comma after "complain"
			C)	"their" should be "there"
			D)	the sentence is grammatically correct
9			At what stage of revision should the author look at problems in the title?
			A)	the final stage
			B)	first-stage
			C)	editing
			D)	second-stage
10			Which of the following is the correct form of the title?
			A)	The Secret World of Baseball
			B)	THE SECRET WORLD OF BASEBALL
			C)	The Secret World Of Baseball
			D)	The Secret World of Baseball