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For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.
 The Summary of this passage is:

• Jenny likes bright colors.
• Jenny was going to paint her room.
• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.
• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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Rob and Henry were throwing a frisbee in Henry's backyard. Rob accidentally threw the frisbee too hard. It landed on the roof of Henry's house. When Henry's father got home from work, he used a ladder to get the frisbee down. 
What happened second? 

• Father got the frisbee off the roof. 
• Rob threw the frisbee too hard. 
• Father came home from work. 
• Rob and Henry were throwing a frisbee. 

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R...?

• Restates all parts of the question after including answer
• Restates all parts of the question before including answer
• Replace all parts of the question after including answer
• Run around in circles!

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It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 
The best summary of this passage is...

• Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
• The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
•  It was really hot at the zoo.
• Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

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As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy. The best summary of this passage is...

• Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.
• Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.
• Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.
• The quilt was warm.

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Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

• A summary  should include many story details.
• A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.
• A summary should always be fiction.
• A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

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They said, "We have just arrived."

•  They said that they have just arrived
•  They said that they had just arrived.

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How would you restate the question, "Why was Michael motivated to get a good grade?"

• So he would get on the A honor roll.

• Michael was motivated to get a good grade because...

• He was motivated to get a good grade because...

• Michael was motivated...

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Which three phrases/words best summarize chapters 25-26?

• moving day, climbing on the roof, sister off the chain

• memories of the past, a view of the town, video survived

• seeing the painting leads to discovering the medal, group watches film, Chase innocent

• a text from Brendan, heading out to Portland Street, looking for Chase

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Which three phrases/words best summarize chapters 25-26?

• moving day, climbing on the roof, sister off the chain

• memories of the past, a view of the town, video survived

• seeing the painting leads to discovering the medal, group watches film, Chase innocent

• a text from Brendan, heading out to Portland Street, looking for Chase

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