Which statement is true about a rhombus?

• A rhombus has only one pair of parallel lines.
• A rhombus has four equal sides.
• A rhombus has four obtuse angles. 
• A rhombus has exactly one pair of perpendicular lines.

The city of Long Beach, California, has a population of about a half million people.  How is this written as a number?

• 200,000
• 500,000
• 2,000,000
• 5,000,000

Which number is two hundred six thousand seventy-four?

• 200,674
• 206,074
• 206,740
• 260,740

Darren's photo album has animal pictures on pages 7 through 11. These pages have 12 animal pictures on each.  How many animal pictures are on these pages altogether?

• 5
• 17
• 48
• 60

Wilma is planting her garden.  She reads that a packet of green bean seeds has about 50 seeds.  A package of spinach seeds has about five times that amount. Which equation shows one way to find out how many spinach seeds, S, are in one package?

• 5 + 50 = S
• 50 - 5 = S
• 5 x 50 = S
• 55 x 5 = S

We were really ready for the rapidly approaching race. 
Which best replaces the word "ready" to show exact meaning?

• able
• eager
• on
• set

Read the sentence:
I could not understand why my friend did not say "hello." Was he upset with me for some reason? What could I have done wrong?
The tone created by the punctuation used in the sentence above could best be described as

• annoyed
• confused
• excited
• scared

Which would be the bets sentence for a teacher to use to begin a class discussion about stars that form constellations?

• Let's start by sharing what we already know about the constellations. 
• Let's begin by discovering our current knowledge about constellations.
• Our current knowledge of constellations must begin our conversation.
• Constellations that we have viewed must be the starting point of our talk. 

Read the sentence:
The girl _____ into the room.
Which word, if added to the sentence, would make the girl seem very happy?

• marched 
• stumbled
• skipped 
• walked

Jason wants to introduce his story by getting the attention of his readers quickly.  In which sentence is this effect best achieved?

• Something hit the wall outside Peter's room with a bang.
• Bang! Something hit the wall outside Peter's room.
• Something banged against the wall outside Peter's room.
• Peter heard a bang against the wall outside his room.