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What can the reader infer about the landlady from her conversation with Billy in the sitting room?

• She was a doctor or likely has some medical training, as evidenced by her ability to stuff her pets.
• She is a lonely woman who lost her son in the war and tries to replace him with her particular tenants.
• She may have witnessed something terrible and suffers memory problems because she cannot recall Billy's name correctly.
• She may be more threatening than she appears because her words suggest she was involved in the two men's disappearances.

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What did Miguel and Alfonso take from the ranch and hide in secret packages when they ran

away?

• all of their clothes

• gold

• Papa's rose clippings

• all of the ranch horses

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Where did Lina go that she was not supposed to go?

• the mayor's bedroom

• the roof of the Gathering Hall

• the storage room

• the kitchen

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“I have an aversion to having my picture taken. There, I used it in a sentence.”

“I thought Mom would try to get me to drop my aversion to having my picture taken for school, but she didn’t. Unfortunately, while I managed to avoid having the portrait taken, I couldn’t get out of being part of the class picture. Ugh.”

Using context clues, determine the meaning of the word aversion.

• dislike

• love

• confidence

• understanding

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Which piece of evidence best supports the claim that we should have sports in middle school?

• "In schools that have sports, students attend games after school."

• "When schools have sports programs, the school must spend money on coaches and equipment."

• "Research shows that school sports increase student interest in school"

• "School sports include volleyball, soccer, basketball and tennis."

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Who got Marcia's phone number after the movies?

• Ponyboy

• Johnny

• Dally

• Two-Bit

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The lines, "If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too" suggests

• Trust yourself to spend your allowance wisely

• Believe in yourself, but recognize that no one is perfect

• Trust yourself, but doubts other

• Realize that if everyone thinks you are wrong, you probably are

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Sometimes we have to “read between the lines.” Authors don’t always tell us everything. We need to use text evidence and prior knowledge to understand the text better.

• True

• False

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How did the box with the instructions get lost?

• The mayor died before he could tell anyone what it was

• The Builders lost it while buiding the city.

• Poppy hid it.

• The mayor hid it in Clary's closet.

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Why did Doon want to trade jobs with Lina?

• Lina had an easier job.

• Doon wanted to work on the generator near the Pipeworks.

• Doon loved working with water and pipes

• Doon had a broken leg and would not be able to run all over Ember with messages.

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