"The Secrets in the Shadows" by

Which means to be fair and kind?

• decent
• lousy
• frail

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which means to be with wild emotion or desperation?

• frantic
• pathetic
• aroma

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How did Roylin feel about Steve working with Korie on the history paper?

• glad his buddy can help
• upset; Steve is not a good enough student to help
• grateful that someone is helping
• untrusting; that Steve wanted Korie for himself

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of conflict is addressed in the above question.

• internal: person versus society

• external: person versus self

• external: person versus person

• external person versus society

 In the following excerpt, what does the word incredible mean?
This can’t be real, Roylin thought. He must be asleep in his run-down apartment having an incredible dream about a fantasy girl who actually treated him like a winner instead of the loser he really was.

• A. horrible
• B. forgotten
• C. unbelievable
• D. ordinary

In the following excerpt, what does the word delirious mean?
Korie agreeably wrapped her arms around Roylin’s neck and kissed him back. They stumbled apart then, laughing and nearly delirious from excitement.

• A. dizzy
• B. angry
• C. terrified
• D. worried

The following words were said by
“Everybody is so nice here. I love Bluford already, and this is only my first day!”

• A. Darcy Wills
• B. Amberlynn Bailey
• C Korrie Archer.
• D. Tarah Carson

The sentence that best expresses the main idea of the following excerpt is that
Roylin paid no attention to Ms. Eckerly’s lecture on Civil War battles. He kept staring at Korie, at the way she tilted her head when she was puzzled, at how her smooth hand rubbed her neck when she grew tired of looking at the chalkboard. Roylin had dated other girls, and some of them were pretty, but no girl he had ever seen measured up to Korie. She was somebody he expected to see on the cover of a magazine, not sitting in his classroom. She had one of those incredible faces and bodies that do not seem to belong in the real world, especially the world Roylin Bailey lived in.

• A. Roylin thinks Korie Archer is too good to be true.
• B. Roylin has a hard time paying attention in class.
• C. Korie Archer should be a model on the cover of a magazine.

Which is someone who is hired to take care of an apartment building?

• tenant
• building manager
  
• building owner
• landlord

Which means medium; not good or bad?

• mediocre
• sarcasm
• incredible
• monotone

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CCSS.L.K.4A

CCSS.RI.K.4