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Why do you think no one will help Lucie?

Part A: Which sentence describes how the children feel about the King?

• A They do not trust him.
• B They are scared of him.
• C They want to please him.
• D They are unhappy to see him.

Part B: What happens because of this feeling in Part A?

• A The children clean.
• B The children organize.
• C The children play.
• D The children get help.

Part A: What is the central idea?

• A Tails are required for animals.
• B Tails can be dangerous.
• C Tails are needed to swim.
• D Tails are helpful to many animals.

Part B: Fill in the circle before the sentence from the passage that supports your answer in Part A.

• A Tails help an animal to move and swing.
• B Monkeys, for example, balance in the trees, and kangaroos use their tails to balance while they jump.
• C Crocodiles use their tails to spin them around and around when they need to catch their prey, while scorpions often have poison in their tails.

What is the central idea?

• A Hot-air balloons were like planes.
• B Hot-air balloons are a fun ride.
• C Hot-air balloons rise with heat.
• D Hot-air balloons have particles.

What does the word dense mean as it is used in the passage?

Part A: Why did the narrator overlook the penguins swimming toward him?

• A Things like this always happen.
• B He really likes the penguins.
• C The day seemed so normal.

Part B: Which detail supports your answer in Part A?

• A I mean, it’s not something you expect, is it?
• B All pretty much normal.
• C I guess I should have realized something was up for at one point