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What does dial mean in this sentence?

If you have any questions, dial the number at the bottom of the screen.

• a knob on an electronic device
• to enter a telephone number to make a call

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The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate
• burned 
• slept 
• sunbathed

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Today I had to deal with one mishap after another. I couldn’t find my car keys, I dropped a bowl of soup at lunchtime, and my computer crashed twice.
In this sentence "mishap" means...

• unlucky accident
• event
• unexpected question
• plan

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What does it really mean: "She was pulling my leg."

• She grabbed my leg and tugged on it.
• She hurt my leg.
• She was joking with me. 

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If someone is "in captivity," they _______________

• are being held somewhere against their will.
• have escaped from somewhere.
• are very sick.
• are working very hard.

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What is the meaning of the word colorful?

• without color
• more color
• full of color
• most color

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While playing Hide-And-Go-Seek the kids ________ around the house, to not get caught

• frenzied
• wiry
• stymie
• furor

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What does it really mean: "Go break a leg!"

• Do a bad job
• Break your leg
• Good luck!
• Get well soon.

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Complete the passage below with the correct idiom: 
Carla was very impressed by the firework show. It

• blew her away
• cut corners
• bit off more than it could chew
• killed two birds with one stone 

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Living things adapt to their environment so they can survive.  An organism adapts when it develops a behavior that makes it more likely to survive.  It can also adapt by forming a physical characteristic or body part that helps it survive.  What does the word adapt mean in the first sentence?

• changing its eating and sleeping habits
• changing its behavior or its physical characteristics
• changing its environment or habitat
• giving birth to multiple offspring

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