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All Saturday morning, Jeet played Mountain Bike Ramble online. He was on the last level when the Internet suddenly went down! "Oh no, what will I do now?" Jeet shouted, collapsing in a heap on the chair. Jeet's mom suggested that instead of playing in an imaginary world online, Jeet might try going outside and playing in the real world. With a heavy sigh, Jeet headed outside, which seemed to him like the most boring place on Earth. But then he looked at the big pile of dirt and stones next to Mom's garden and his imagination started to run wild. Soon Jeet had set up an incredible obstacle course. When Mom called out that the internet had come back up, Jeet didn't want to play video games any longer. "Real life is more exciting," he said to mom. "Imagine that?" she said smiling.

What challenge does Jeet overcome that helps you figure out one theme of this story?

• He's on his last level of the video game.

• The power goes out, so he can't play his game.

• Jeet was playing Mountain bike Ramble online

• He was disappointed that he found a big pile of dirt and stones next to Mom's garage.

All Saturday morning, Jeet played Mountain Bike Ramble online. He was on the last level when the Internet suddenly went down! "Oh no, what will I do now?" Jeet shouted, collapsing in a heap on the chair. Jeet's mom suggested that instead of playing in an imaginary world online, Jeet might try going outside and playing in the real world. With a heavy sigh, Jeet headed outside, which seemed to him like the most boring place on Earth. But then he looked at the big pile of dirt and stones next to Mom's garden and his imagination started to run wild. Soon Jeet had set up an incredible obstacle course. When Mom called out that the internet had come back up, Jeet didn't want to play video games any longer. "Real life is more exciting," he said to mom. "Imagine that?" she said smiling.

Which sentence best expresses the theme of the story?

• Playing video games destroys imagination.

• You shouldn't always do what your mother tells you.

• Using your imagination makes the world exciting.

• Making things with your own hands is very hard work.

All Saturday morning, Jeet played Mountain Bike Ramble online. He was on the last level when the Internet suddenly went down! "Oh no, what will I do now?" Jeet shouted, collapsing in a heap on the chair. Jeet's mom suggested that instead of playing in an imaginary world online, Jeet might try going outside and playing in the real world. With a heavy sigh, Jeet headed outside, which seemed to him like the most boring place on Earth. But then he looked at the big pile of dirt and stones next to Mom's garden and his imagination started to run wild. Soon Jeet had set up an incredible obstacle course. When Mom called out that the internet had come back up, Jeet didn't want to play video games any longer. "Real life is more exciting," he said to mom. "Imagine that?" she said smiling.

Which sentences from the story best support the theme you chose in the previous question? Select two that apply.

• He looked at the...dirt and stones...and his imagination started running wild.

• With a heavy sigh, Jeet headed outside, which seemed to him like the most boring place on Earth.

• "Imagine that?" she said smiling

• "Real life is more exciting," he said to Mom

Read the sentence below.

The blue jay built her nest mostly with twigs, but she also used scraps of paper and other debris.

What is the best synonym for debris?

• nest

• male

• twigs

• garbage

What kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

The sky was a blanket of stars.

• adage

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Charles Drew was an African American surgeon, researcher, and educator. In the 1930's, Drew, already a doctor, was working on a degree in medical science from Columbia University. He discovered a way to store blood plasma, the watery part of blood, so it keeps for a long time. Blood plasma can save the lives of people who have lost a lot of blood. Plasma it also has a long storage life which makes it easier to transport.

A few years later, the U.S. government called on Drew to address a far greater challenge. He was asked to help save the lives of soldiers and civilians under attack in Britain during World War II. Thousands of soldiers were becoming badly wounded in battle. they lost a lot of blood and would eventually die. As a solution, Drew began work on a project called Blood for Britain that greatly improved the wounded's chances of survival. He came up with a safe way to collect blood plasma from donors in the U.S. and send it to Great Britain, where wounded people needed blood.

Which of the following BEST describes the text structure of this passage?

• compare and contrast

• description

• main idea and key details

• problem and solution

Read the sentences below.

After two weeks, three eggs hatched. The baby birds were ravenous, always cheeping for food. They grew quickly.

Which context clue helps you understand the meaning of ravenous?

• eggs hatched

• always cheeping for food

• grew quickly

• after two weeks

Charles Drew was an African American surgeon, researcher, and educator. In the 1930's, Drew, already a doctor, was working on a degree in medical science from Columbia University. He discovered a way to store blood plasma, the watery part of blood, so it keeps for a long time. Blood plasma can save the lives of people who have lost a lot of blood. Plasma it also has a long storage life which makes it easier to transport.

A few years later, the U.S. government called on Drew to address a far greater challenge. He was asked to help save the lives of soldiers and civilians under attack in Britain during World War II. Thousands of soldiers were becoming badly wounded in battle. they lost a lot of blood and would eventually die. As a solution, Drew began work on a project called Blood for Britain that greatly improved the wounded's chances of survival. He came up with a safe way to collect blood plasma from donors in the U.S. and send it to Great Britain, where wounded people needed blood.

Which two words/phrases from the passage are the BEST clue that the passage has a problem and solution text structure?

• on the other hand

• challenge

• as a solution

• discovered

What is theme

• The message of the story

• The moral of the story

• The setting of the story

• The chacters of the story

What is authors purpose

• The purpose of writing the story

• Not the purpose of writing the story

• The sun

• Mars