The passage mainly discusses ___________ .
A.the effect of the Revolution on American money.
B.American money from past to present.
C.the American monetary system of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
D.the English monetary policies in colonial America.

The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was __________.
A.used extensively for trade.
B.scarce.
C.supplied by England.
D.coined by colonists.

The expression “a means of” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by __________ .
A.a result of
B.a method of
C.a punishment for
D.an example of

The pronoun “it” in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following _________ .
A.The Continental Congress
B.Trade in goods
C.The War
D.Paper money

The word “remedy” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___________ .
A.resolve
B.medicate
C.renew
D.understand

I can __________ about what happened, but I will certainly never know.
A.speculate
B.speculation
C.speculative
D.speculator

With such a ________ mind, Barbara was able to recall the time and date of each significant event.
A.retention
B.retentive
C.retain
D.retaining

The sick child must stay away from others because he has a _______ disease.
A.communicate
B.communicable
C.communicator
D.communication

A major __________ disturbance occurred early this morning
A.seismologically
B.seismology
C.seismological
D.seismologist

He didn't do his test well. He must have been .......... in class.
A.attention
B.inattentive
C.attend
D.attendant