The King's Journey

13. What is the theme of the passage?

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14. Which quotation from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

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15. What is the meaning of the word jolted as it is used in paragraph 2?

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16. What does the author mean by the phrase "the bridges were in ruins" in paragraph 11?

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17. Why did the king agree to let Jack join him on the journey?

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18. Which phrase from paragraph 14 helps the reader understand the meaning of the word shabby?

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19. What kind of stories did Jack tell the king?

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20. What does the author mean by the phrase "stomach pinched with hunger" in paragraph 14?

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21. Which two choices tell how the king's journey changed in the passage?

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22. What does the author mean by the phrase "Jack's stories swirled round them" in the sentence?

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