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Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Jose carefully poured out the bag of marbles on his bed. He picked his ten favorite marbles and carefully set them to the side. Then he got out a small bag from his top drawer, and put the ten marbles inside. Just to make sure he wouldn't forget them, he placed the bag of marbles in his backpack. Jose loved show and tell, and he was excited that he would get to show his class some of his favorite marbles.

• Jose had lots of marbles.
• Jose was getting his favorite marbles ready to take to school for show and tell.
•  Jose would rather play marbles than play baseball.
• Jose placed the bag of marbles in his backpack.

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A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn’t know and introduce herself. What is the author using to show Nicki’s trait?

• Nicki's thoughts
• Nicki's feelings
• Nicki's actions

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What type of character trait is the following example?
Tiffany loved when her teachers gave her creative projects.  Her favorite things to do were paint, write music, play her guitar, and mold pottery.

• direct characterization
• indirect characterization

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Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem.
As we understand from the reading, today, soil erosion in America ----.

• causes humans to place new demands on the land
• is worse than it was in the nineteenth century
• happens so slowly that it is hardly noticed
• is the most critical problem that the nation faces

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What is Petrocelli saying Steve's role is in the robbery and murder?

• He was one of the main robbers.
• He was the lookout during and after the robbery.
• He worked in the drugstore and helped them open the cash register.
• He was to go in and check to see if any cops are in the drugstore before the robbery.

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What is the reason for the Hunger Games?

• The Hunger Games are the Capitol’s way of rewarding the districts for winning the great war
• The Hunger Games is a fictional tv show for entertainment. 
• The Hunger Games are the Capitol's way to recruit soldiers for their army.
• The Hunger Games are the Capitol’s way of punishing the districts for their rebellion during the great war.  

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Read the following sentences from a story. Choose the character trait that best describes Grandpa.

Grandpa was 85 years old and had gone through many experiences in his life. Everyone in Grandpa’s building went to him for advice. He always had the right answers. He helped people with their problems and gave them great recipes to try. “I’ve never met someone who knows as much as you do, Gramps!” exclaimed Simon.

• wise

• magnificent

• fortunate

• elegant

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What did Isabel trade to get gasoline?

• her trumpet

• a necklace

• medicine

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Why did the pup lose the last fight?

• The other dog was stronger.

• The other dog had sharp teeth.

• The other dog was older.

• The other dog had no hind legs.

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Who felt that Ponyboy should not participate in the evening's rumble?

• Darry

• Johnny

• Soda

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