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2. James was a person everyone seemed to love. He went out of his way to help anyone that needed help. If someone dropped their books, he was there to help pick them up. If a new kid came to school, he made sure to include them at recess. Then one day, James was playing soccer and broke his leg. He came to school on crutches but it was hard to carry his backpack and band instrument everywhere. Funny thing was, that no matter where he went, everyone wanted to give James help.

What is the theme?

• Honesty is the best policy.

• Money can't buy you happiness.

• Neatness counts.

• Always be kind.

4. Trevor stood at the edge of the mountain and looked down. He knew how dangerous a fall would be but he made up his mind that he would have to carefully climb down a little, to reach his sister who had slipped a few seconds before. No matter how much Trevor's heart raced, he knew that his sister was in trouble and that she needed him.

What is the theme?

• It takes courage to do the right thing.

• Honesty is the best policy.

• Neatness counts.

• Always be kind.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
The Summary of this passage is:

• Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
•  Jill loves Mexican food.
• The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
•  Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

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 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.

When Micah was asked by Optimus Prime if he would ever consider joining the Decepticons, he immediately replied that he would never do such a thing.  As a matter of fact, Micah absolutely loathed the Decepticons.  The Decepticons lied and tried to destroy everything in their path, causing everyone, including Micah, to be disgusted by their behavior.  

Using context clues, what is the meaning of loathed?

• Liked

• Happy

• Sad

• Disliked stongly

John had a sluggish start to his day; it took him 20 minutes just to get out of bed.

Using context clues, what is the meaning of sluggish?

• happy

• speedy

• fast

• slow