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Read this sentence from paragraph 14.
The author’s use of a simile in this sentence conveys to the reader that Zach usually —
6.9.D
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2.
What is the main theme of the story?
6.7.A
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3.
Read the dictionary entry.
Which definition most closely matches the way the word capture is used in paragraph 2?
6.2.A
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4.
What is the best summary of the story?
6.6.D
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5.
Read this sentence from paragraph 10.
In what way does the imagery in the sentence contribute to the story?
6.6.F
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6.
Why are the events in paragraph 14 important to the plot?
6.7.C
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7.
Which sentence from the story best supports the idea that taking great photographs requires some effort?
6.5.F
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8.
Based on information presented in the selection, what can the reader conclude about the black-backed woodpecker?
6.5.F
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9.
Read the origin of the word devastate.
This information helps the reader understand that devastated in paragraph 1 means —
6.2.C
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10.
The author wrote this selection most likely to —
6.5.F
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11.
Which sentence from the selection best explains why the black-backed woodpecker is able to build its unique type of home?
6.5.F
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12.
What can the reader conclude from paragraphs 5 through 8?
6.5.E
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13.
The photograph and caption next to paragraphs 5 and 6 in the selection convey the idea that the nest cavity —
6.5.F
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14.
Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 2?
6.6.D
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15.
The photograph and caption below paragraph 1 help the reader understand that —
6.5.F
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16.
Which sentence from the selection best highlights that the author is impressed with Brown?
6.5.F
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17.
In paragraph 3, what does the word diminished mean?
6.2.B
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18.
The organization of paragraphs 1 and 2 contributes to the author’s main idea by —
6.8.D.iii
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19.
What is one message the author conveys in the selection?
6.5.F
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20.
The author admires her mother mostly because her mother —
6.5.F
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21.
What is the most likely reason the author does not tell her friends that her mother is paralyzed?
6.5.F
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22.
The author compares her mother with other mothers in order to show that —
6.5.F
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23.
Which sentence from the selection best establishes how the author’s mother approaches her situation?
6.5.F
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24.
Paragraph 4 shows that the author’s family —
6.5.F
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25.
The authors of the two selections most likely think their subject is someone who exhibits —
6.5.E
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26.
Read this sentence from “Soaring to New Heights.”
Which phrase from “See It Through” illustrates that the mother also accomplishes tasks in a creative way?
6.5.E
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27.
One difference between “Soaring to New Heights” and “See It Through” is that only “See It Through” —
6.5.E
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28.
What does Charlotte Brown in “Soaring to New Heights” have in common with the author’s mother in “See It Through”?
6.5.E
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29.
Which line from the poem best helps the reader imagine the flowers and fruits of the rain forest?
6.5.F
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30.
In stanza 3, the phrase “Everywhere there is music” indicates that the speaker —
6.5.F
1
31.
Read this dictionary entry.
Which definition best matches the way the word brilliant is used in line 4?
6.2.A
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32.
Throughout the poem, the rain forest is presented as a place that is —
6.5.F
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33.
The poem’s structure helps the reader —
6.5.F
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34.
Read this line from the poem.
This line helps the reader understand that the speaker —
6.5.F
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35.
Which idea is supported throughout the selection?
6.5.E
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36.
Which detail about Lindbergh’s flight supports the idea that he flew the plane low in the sky?
6.5.F
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37.
The map of Lindbergh’s flight path helps the reader understand —
6.9.C
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38.
What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?
6.5.F
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39.
What is the best summary of the section titled “The Flight”?
6.6.D
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40.
The main idea of paragraphs 4 and 5 is that the Spirit of St. Louis was —
