Question 1
Part A

In the article "Caring for Vets Should Be National Duty," what inference can be made regarding the implementation of the VA Mission Act?


Politicians disagreed on where the money to fund the law should come from.

The VA was undecided on how the money allotted by the law should be spent.

The VA wanted more money than politicians were willing to give to fund the law.

Politicians disagreed on whether the law should be funded.
Question 2
Which evidence best supports the answer in Part A?

Select the two correct answers.


"Our wounded veterans deserve not only exemplary health care, but all the tools they need to re-assimilate into civilian life despite missing limbs or shattered psyches."

"In a political landscape where we can’t seem to agree on anything, it’s likely that anyone—Democrat or Republican—would be challenged to find a single service provided by charities like the Wounded Warrior Project that doesn’t deserve the full financial backing of the U.S. government."

"In advance of this year’s Veterans Day, on Nov. 11, the legions of men and women who have served in our nation’s military received some welcoming news: Congress finally agreed to fund the VA Mission Act, which since its June passage had been mired in budgetary disputes."

"Tens of thousands of men and women have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with permanent physical handicaps and deep emotional scars—wounds they will be coping with for the rest of their lives."