CONTEXT CLUES

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1. Instead of having friends among the other animals, the rabbit has many foes.

• A. enemies/antonym

• B. enemies/definition

• C. relatives/synonym

• D. relatives/antonym

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2. Tuesday was Moira's first day in the new school. She was

confused by the endless hallways and was often lost. By Friday, however, her bewilderment had ended.

• A. sadness/synonym

• B. confusion/synonym

• C. shyness/antonym

• D. shyness/definition

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3. Many animals are meat eaters, but rabbits are herbivores.

• A. meat-eating/synonym

• B. meat-eating/antonym

• C. plant-eating/antonym

• D. plant-eating/synonym

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4. This dish was very bland and dull. It did not taste like anything.

• A. tasteless/definition

• A. delicious/definition

• A. strong/inference

• A. strong/synonym

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5. I know Peter is reliable because I can depend on him to get the job done on time.

• A. helpful/antonym

• B. helpful/synonym

• C. depending/synonym

• D. depending/antonym

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6.Harry may need to bring a wand, a sword, and a backpack of food to make it through the perilous adventure ahead.

• A. boring/inference

• B. boring/definition

• C. dangerous/inference

• D. dangerous/definition

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7. Alex was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen.

• A. powerful/definition

• B. powerful/synonym

• C. very big/synonym

• D. very big/inference

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8. I definitely have a predilection for anything with chocolate.

• A. liking/inference

• B. liking/synonym

• C. promise/definition

• D. promise/synonym

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9. The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents’ Night.

• A. show/synonym

• B. show/inference

• C. trade/inference

• D. trade/definition

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10. There are many theories, or ideas, about what made the Ice Ages happen.

• A. questions/synonym

• B. questions/antonym

• C. ideas/definition

• D. ideas/inference