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Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to-it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Six Steps to Tackling Your Student Loans [A] Any payment is a good debt payment, but a strategy can be useful too-even if your strategy means opening the envelope. Open the envelope [B] This is the hardest thing to do. The bills come with the Sallie Mae or Discover logo on them and you toss them aside, hoping to deal with them when you feel less besieged . You know you started owing some amount- $20,000, $50,000, $100,000and that the interest is piling up, but you dont know exactly how much or how. When faced with heavy debt, many people try to avoid seeing the numbers. [C] This doesnt work, even psychologically. Anyone who has let credit-card bills or mortgage bills pile up, 1reopened, knows that avoiding the envelope does not reduce your anxiety; it increases it. As those envelopes multiply, they take over your psychological state. In horror movies, its like the monster in the room behind the door. You dont know what it looks like, but it keeps you scared and immobile. So, open the envelope. | 
