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The queen wanted to know if Edmund was a _______.

• Son of Adam
• mantle
• noble

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Cold rain fell all day, making it a dismal Saturday afternoon.

• gloomy 
• red
• shining 
• fun

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Uncle Henrik glanced over at her and smiled without pausing in the rhythm of the milking... His strong hands continued, deftly pressing like a pulse against the cow.  The steady stream of milk still came
Using context clues, what is the best meaning for the word deftly as it used in the passage. 

• intelligently
• firmly
• sternly
• skillfully

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Kingstin won the scholarship to his dream school. _____, he was able to attend for free.

• Meanwhile
• Nonetheless
• Second
• Consequently

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You are totally cool. 

• I 
• you 
• he 
• she

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Which word has a NEGATIVE connotation?

• cheap
• inexpensive

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Which word has a NEGATIVE connotation?

• stingy
• economical

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Kendra wrote this sentence for her essay.

The streets in our city used to be very clean, but they are not clean anymore.

Kendra looked up the word clean in a thesaurus and found this entry.

clean (kleen) adjective 1. pure, orderly, spotless 2. even, regular 3. thorough, complete 4. honest, fair

In the sentence, Kendra wants to replace clean with a synonym. Which word should she use?

• thorough

• regular

• orderly

• honest

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A fireman is a person ______________ fights fire.

• who

• which

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

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