Lost and Found - Bluford Series

In the following excerpt, what does the word sullen mean?

In the morning, Jamee ate her breakfast in sullen silence.

• hungry

• bad-tempered

• relieved

• crying

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the following excerpt, what does the word lumber mean?

"Darcy was about to sprint away when he saw the bus lumber into view."

• move heavily

• disappear

• break down

• come to a stop

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"There's nothing more important for a woman than attending to her appearance...And you! You look like a homeless child who fished her wardrobe out of a dumpster! Now look at your sister. Darcy has the good sense to look neat and attractive." The following words were said by:

• Ms. Reed

• Grandma

• Mom

• Aunt Charlotte

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Darcy returned everything to the trash can, wrapping the newspapers around the shattered picture as Jamee had done."

You can conclude:

• Darcy does not want Jamee to know she has looked in Jamee's trash can.

• Darcy hopes Jamee will change her mind and keep the picture after all.

• Darcy intends to show the shattered picture to her mother.

• Darcy returned everything to the teach can, wrapping the newspapers around the shattered picture as Jamee had done.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

How did Darcy react to finding out the man in the Toyota was her father?

• She wanted him to give her and Jamee some money.

• She could not tell her mother about it without upsetting her.

• She was glad he wanted to be a part of her life.

• She just wanted him to go away and leave them alone.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Darcy was upset about the science project because she

• could not work with Tarah's brother, her new crush.

• did not think her partner, Tarah, would do much work.

• wanted to work with a friend instead of a stranger.

• did not think she had enough time to finish working on it.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Darcy tried to look after her younger sister Jamee because

• their mother was taking classes at night.

• their mother worked two jobs and was too tired to look after them.

• working in the emergency room kept their mother tired.

• Darcy helped Jamee in math, a subject their mother did not like

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does Darcy feel about Hakeem Randall?

• She has a crush on him.

• She hates him.

• He said she looked like a broom, so...not good.

• She thinks he's smart and wishes he were her partner.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How did Darcy react to finding out the man in the Toyota was her father?

• She wanted him to give her and Jamee some money

• She could not tell her mother about it without upsetting her.

• She was glad he wanted to be a part of her life.

• She just wanted him to go away and leave them alone.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Jamee came home with a swollen eye and scratched face, she said that

• she was practicing boxing after school.

• she and another girl had fought over Bobby.

• Bobby and his friends had punched her out.

• she had fallen in cheerleading practice.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3