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Based on the selection, why is the title “More Than a Whistle” appropriate?
7.5.F
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2.
Which inference about Cyro is supported by the information in paragraph 6?
7.5.F
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3.
Which key idea is best supported by information in paragraphs 4 through 6?
7.5.F
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4.
Which phrase from paragraph 2 helps the reader understand the meaning of speculate?
7.2.B
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5.
Read these sentences from paragraph 4.
Which central idea do these sentences help the reader understand?
7.8.D.i
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6.
The author includes the photograph of the ravine most likely to support which idea?
7.9.C
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7.
Which sentence best supports the idea that more than one language is spoken in La Gomera?
7.6.C
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8.
The author includes the map most likely to help the reader understand —
7.9.C
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9.
In paragraph 23, how do Kun Ya’s comments influence Noi?
7.7.B
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10.
What is the best summary of the excerpt?
7.6.D
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11.
Read this information about the roots of the word translucent.
Based on this information, what does the word translucent mean in paragraph 10?
7.2.C
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12.
Read this sentence from paragraph 24.
Why does the author use figurative language in this sentence?
7.9.D
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13.
Which sentence best identifies Noi’s central conflict?
7.6.C
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14.
Which sentence best shows the relationship between the characters?
7.7.B
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15.
How does the setting influence the plot of the excerpt?
7.7.D
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16.
What is the most likely reason the author includes the interaction between Noi and Ting in paragraphs 13 and 14?
7.5.F
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17.
What is the best summary of the selection “A Legacy of Stone”?
7.6.D
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18.
Read these sentences from the selection “A Legacy of Stone.”
What do these sentences help the reader understand about Cheval?
7.5.H
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19.
In the selection “A Legacy of Stone,” what does the organizational structure of the section “Inspiration” help the author emphasize?
7.8.D.iii
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20.
What is the most likely reason the author wrote the selection “A Legacy of Stone”?
7.9.A
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21.
What does the word prolonged mean in paragraph 1 of the selection “A Legacy of Stone”?
7.2.B
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22.
Read this quotation from paragraph 9 of the selection “A Legacy of Stone.”
What can the reader infer from this quotation?
7.5.F
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23.
Information in the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert” suggests that Sawadogo values —
7.5.F
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24.
Which conclusion is supported by the information in paragraph 3 of the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert”?
7.5.F
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25.
What is the author’s purpose in the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert”?
7.9.A
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26.
What is the best summary of the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert”?
7.6.D
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27.
What is one way that Cheval in the selection “A Legacy of Stone” and Sawadogo in the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert” are different?
7.5.E
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28.
Which idea is presented in both the selection “A Legacy of Stone” and the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert”?
7.5.E
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29.
How does Sawadogo in the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert” differ from Cheval in the selection “A Legacy of Stone”?
7.5.E
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30.
Both the author of the selection “A Legacy of Stone” and the author of the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert” would most likely agree with which statement?
7.5.E
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31.
Read this sentence from paragraph 5 of the selection “Trees Rise in the Desert.”
Which sentence from the selection “A Legacy of Stone” illustrates a similar idea?
7.5.E
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32.
Read line 8.
What does this line suggest about the lake?
7.5.F
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33.
What is the most likely reason the poet repeats the word “Return” in lines 9 and 11?
7.5.F
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34.
Read lines 5 and 6.
What do these lines reveal about the lake?
7.5.F
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35.
What does the poet’s use of the phrase “where once you left your barefoot trace” in line 4 prompt the listener to think about?
7.5.F
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36.
The title of the poem most likely refers to the lake’s promise to provide —
7.5.F
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37.
Read line 16.
What does this line suggest about the lake?
7.5.F
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38.
What is an important message presented in the play?
7.7.A
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39.
Based on line 34, what can the reader infer about Lewis?
7.5.F
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40.
What does the conversation in lines 19 through 26 reveal about Charbonneau?
7.8.C
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41.
What do the stage directions in line 12 help the reader understand?
7.8.C
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42.
Read line 33.
What does the author’s use of simile help emphasize?
