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Why did the media take so many pictures of the Curtis boys? 

• because they were greasers. 
• because they were handsome. 
• because they were poor. 
• because they were orphans

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What happened after Elya left Myra?

• he went home
• he sailed to America
• he took Madame Zeroni up the mountain
• he started to dig holes

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Read the excerpt below. Which of the following would you not infer about the narrator’s character? "TRUE! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them."

• The narrator suffers from anxiety.
• The narrator suffers from mental instability.
• The narrator is likely insane.
• The narrator has a life-threatening disease.

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What does the ship in the poem symbolize? 

• Nothing, it's just a ship
• The world
• The United States
• Life

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Even though Ponyboy went after two Socs with a broken bottle, what action let the reader know that Ponyboy wasn't hardened like a hood?

• Ponyboy told them he was sorry.
• Ponyboy dropped the bottle and ran.
• Ponyboy picked up the broken pieces of the bottle.
• Ponyboy wrote them a letter of apology.  

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Which sentence below from the passage would best support the passage's Central Idea below?
CI: Fossils are an important source of information for scientists.

• From time to time, plant or animal remains are buried in sand.
• As the water from a river or other body of water moves, it leaves behind layers of sand and silt.
• With the help of fossils, it is easier to understand how living things evolved on Earth.

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Based on Charlie's reactions to the two doctors, which of the following statements best summarizes their contrasting personalities?

• Dr. Nemur is kinder to Charlie than Dr. Strauss.
• Dr. Strauss is kinder to Charlie than Dr. Nemur.
• The doctors are equally kind to Charlie.
• The doctors are equally unkind to Charlie.

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“When we was coming down I looked through one of them windows. I saw the other part of the plane. There was flames coming out of it.” - Which symbol in the book would this quote best represent?

• airplane crash

• pig on the stick

• beast

• piggy's glasses

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How do you prove the inferences you made from a passage?

• use a dictionary

• use text-evidence

• use a thesaurus

• none of the above

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"...because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim."---Death most likely refers to ________

• The narrator

• The old man

• a spirit

• none of the above

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