Which piece of evidence suggests that Melinda is an outcast?

• "And I don't have anyone to sit with."

• "It was ugly, but it's over, and I'm not going to think about it."

• "I don't have time to answer."

• "I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school."

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Which evidence strongly supports that Heather sees the good in Melinda?

• "Another wounded zebra turns and smiles at me."

• "She always walks with me down the halls chattering a million miles a minute."

• "So I said I have a friend who is really artistic and community-oriented and could she help with the posters?"

• "I knew you wouldn't mind helping."

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What can you infer from the text about the main conflict that Melinda is facing?

• She is struggling to decide on a college.

• She is dealing with a traumatic event and its aftermath.

• She is facing typical teenage issues.

• She doesn't face any conflicts in the story.

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Based on the text, what can you infer about Melinda's relationship with her parents?

• Her parents are overly controlling.

• She has a close and loving relationship with her parents.

• Her parents are indifferent and distant.

• She communicates well with her parents and trusts them with everything.

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What can you infer about the reason for Melinda's avoidance of speaking to her parents about her problems early in the book?

• Her parents are not interested in her life.

• She is too busy with her schoolwork.

• Melinda has a strong support system in her parents.

• She wants to handle them on her own.

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Which quote from the text provides the strongest evidence to support that she is uncomfortable around IT?

• "IT found me again."

• "I can smell him over the noise of the metal shop...and I want to throw up and I can smell him and I run and he remembers and he knows."

• "I'm hanging a poster outside the metal-shop room when IT creeps up."

• "He whispers in my ear."

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Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. 
What can you infer about the place they are living? 

• It's bright and colorful
• It's dull and uncared for
• It's happy and clean
• it's brand new

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It was the sea eagle that called Emily down to the beach. It hovered above the waves, it's broad wings dusty where the land had left its mark, its small eyes that could follow the horizon bright and keen.
She hadn't meant to come down onto the beach. She'd meant to sit at the top of the ramp till the other kids had left the street, till she could walk home from school in peace without strangers staring at her, but somehow the bird seemed to urge her to come down.

Which textual evidence best describes Emily's thoughts and feelings? 

• "... till she could walk home from school in peace..."
• "... sea eagle that called Emily..."
• "... its broad wings dusty..."
• "... the bird seemed to urge her to come down."

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What statement best defines

textual evidence?

• Information from a source that you use to support your own ideas.

• Quotations from other authors that you include in your own writing.

• A reason that you provide to make your opinion sound more convincing.

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Why are students treating Melinda so badly at the start of her freshman year?

• She lost the first volleyball game of the year.
• Her parents have a bad reputation.
• She called the cops on a party.
• She is the principal's pet.

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