Answer Key

Answer key

What do the following phrases mean?

You answered 0 of 5 questions correctly in this part of the test.

  1. “The customers were STUNNED and HORRIFIED” means  [they were shocked and scared]
  2. OUTRAGEOUS charges” are  [charges that are incredibly high]
  3. “The charge was STRICKEN from his account” means  [it was taken away]
  4. “The bank kept him on hold” means  [he was waiting on the phone]
  5. He also felt a stab of fear” means  [he was scared]
Are the following statements about the text correct?

You answered 0 of 5 questions correctly in this part of the test.

1.   The problem resulted from a programming error.That is correct.

2.   The phone call to Bank of America was very short.That is incorrect. Correct is: It took two hours.

3.   The technical problem affected all Visa prepaid cardholders.That is incorrect. Correct is: Only about 13,000 of them.

4.   The charge on some of the statements was the size of the American national debt.That is incorrect. Correct is: it was 2,007 times bigger

5.   Mr Muszynski was charged $23 quadrillion for a one-time purchase at a gas station.That is correct.