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Which two themes connect hummingbirds and the human heart?

• Growing stronger

• Being determined

• Showing intensity

• Valuing feelings

• Being resilient

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Based on context, what does the word thunderous mean in paragraph 2?

• Loud

• Powerful

• Stormy

• Rumbling

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In paragraph 2, the author compares a hummingbird heart to an infant’s fingernail to —

• provide an exact measurement of hummingbirds’ hearts

• suggest a similarity between hummingbirds and infants

• emphasize the tragedy of the hummingbirds’ deaths

• imply that both infants and hummingbirds are strong

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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Based on context, what does the word ferocious mean in paragraph 3?

• Mean

• Wild

• Angry

• Fast

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

Their hearts are stripped to the skin for the war against gravity and inertia, the mad search for food, the insane idea of flight.

Which two words best describe the tone conveyed in this description?

• Excitement

• Love

• Wonder

• Envy

• Curiosity

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the sentences from paragraph 5.

Fish have hearts with two chambers. Insects and mollusks have hearts with one chamber.

The author uses these simple, direct sentences to create a —

• factual tone

• careful tone

• curious tone

• frantic tone

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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In paragraph 5, the author most likely uses the word churn to —

• convey both a literal and figurative meaning

• make a conclusion about physical traits

• form an analogy that compares living and nonliving things

• create a visual image to convey additional facts to the reader

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The purpose of paragraph 6 is to —

• give a factual overview of the variety of animal hearts

• suggest a hierarchy of animals based on the complexity of their hearts

• show how widely animals vary in structure despite a shared trait

• connect the discussion of animal hearts to the discussion of human emotions

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Read this sentence about the selection.

The text includes information about the hearts of hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, a turtle, and more.

What is the best way to revise this sentence for parallelism?

• The text includes information about the hearts of hummingbirds, a whale, a reptile, a turtle, and more.

• The text includes information about the hearts of hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, turtles, and more.

• The text includes information about the heart of hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, a turtle, and more.

• The text includes information about the hearts of: hummingbirds, whales, reptiles, a turtle, and more.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Read this sentence about the selection.

The author compares whale hearts to rooms with four chambers and valves are like swinging doors in a saloon.

What is the best way to revise this sentence for parallelism?

• The author compares whale hearts to rooms with four chambers and valves like swinging doors in a saloon.

• The author compares whale hearts like rooms with four chambers and valves like swinging doors in a saloon.

• The author compares whale hearts to rooms with four chambers and valves to swinging doors in a saloon.

• The author compares whale hearts with rooms with four chambers and valves are like swinging doors in a saloon.

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