2. After eating an excess of chocolate chip cookies, Emma spent the rest of the day with an ache in her stomach. What does the word excess most likely mean?

3. PART A: Hailey's dog Braxton fell down the stairs. Hailey thought he might have a broken leg. He was rolling around on the floor in anguish and would not walk. Hailey could tell that Braxton was in a lot of pain. She tried to stroke his head while her mom went to call the emergency vet. While Hailey snuggled Braxton, he let out a sad whimper, or cry. Hailey knew that they needed to hurry and get poor Braxton to the vet. What does the word whimper mean in the passage?

4. Part B: The above passage says, "while Hailey snuggled Braxton, he let out a sad whimper, or cry." What type of context clue helps you understand what whimper means?

5. There are many shots that can make your body immune to different diseases. Being immune means that your body has created a defense to a disease. It protects you from the disease. The defense created is called antibodies. The antibodies are made to fight off disease. The antibodies created when you get shots will keep you from getting some diseases. What does the word immune mean?

6. Chase smelled something wonderful coming from the kitchen. He decided to investigate and find out what was in the kitchen. He entered the kitchen to explore the smell. Chase looked all around. Then he took a look at the evidence on the kitchen counter. Chase noticed there was a bag of chocolate chips and a big mixing bowl. Using the facts that he saw, Chase decided that the smell had to be chocolate chip cookies. Now that Chase had solved the mystery, he could not wait to taste them! What does the word investigate mean in the passage above?

7. Sophia was always acting funny. Her brother rolled his eyes and called her loony when she did crazy dances and clucked like a chicken. Based on the other information in the passage, when Sophia's brother called her loony, he meant that she was

8. The one-lane highway was a ribbon flowing across the endless desert.

9. I am so sick of desserts that I couldn’t eat another cookie if my life depended on it.

10. The cold air bit at our cheeks and noses leaving them tender and bright red.

11. Like a lost child, my dad roamed around the city looking for an inexpensive place to eat lunch.

12. Nancy worked her fingers to the bone trying to finish the baby’s quilt in one day.

17. Paragraphs are found in prose text. Poetry doesn't have paragraphs, but instead has...

18. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'Bed in Summer'?

19. How many stanzas are in 'Bed in Summer'?

20. Who is the speaker of the poem 'Bed in Summer'?

21. What are quotation marks around in prose text?

22. What is another word for prose?

23. Strange Green Light Spotted Over Small Town The sleepy little town of Mystic is normally quiet after dark. This was not the case last night, however. Several people said they saw a glowing light in the sky just after 10 p.m. The light appeared over the town's high school football stadium. "It was a strange green glow, and it lasted only a few seconds," said a witness. "It lit up the whole sky. We didn't know what was going on." The sheriff's office received many phone calls just after the sighting. "We just told them to go on back to bed, and we'd drive out and have a look," said Cletus, a local deputy. The light was later explained as a meteor. This passage is an example of

24. Frisbee Thief Play CHARACTERS: Billy Gina Scene 1. A bright, sunny day in a city park. Three trees are in the background. A picnic bench is on the front left of the stage. A trashcan sits next to it. Two kids are standing in the front right of the stage. They have a Frisbee, a baseball, and two catcher's mitts at their feet. BILLY: It's a great day to be at the park! What do you want to play? GINA: Let's play Frisbee. There are not any dogs around to try to steal it from us. BILLY: Okay. I'll go over by that tree. (walks toward the back of the stage) GINA: Catch! (throws Frisbee toward Billy) (Dog enters, catches Frisbee, and runs away with it.) GINA: Oh no! Where did he come from? BILLY: Who knows? We have to catch him now! That's a new Frisbee! (Billy and Gina run offstage, chasing the dog.) What makes this selection drama?

25. Select all of the structural elements of a play/drama. There are 4 correct choices.

26. The Bravest Knight by J. Robins CHARACTERS: THE KING THE PRINCESS SIR BRAG SIR PROUD BOY THE KNIGHTS THE SERVANTS Setting: The kitchen inside a castle. Some knights are standing around the room talking when a servant comes in to deliver a message. SERVANT: Hear ye, hear ye! The king has decided to hold a contest to find the bravest knight in the land. The contest will begin tomorrow morning after the royal breakfast. (exits) SIR BRAG: Well, do you hear that? Tomorrow morning I will show the king and the whole land that I am the strongest knight of all. (Other knights boo.) SIR PROUD: Don’t be silly, Sir Brag. Everybody knows that I am the tallest knight in the land. I will win the contest and marry the king's beautiful daughter. (Other knights laugh loudly.) BOY: (to himself) The bravest knight in the land? Hmmm. I may not be the strongest or the tallest, but I am still brave. I think I will enter the contest tomorrow and prove that anyone can win when one tries one's best. Why is the setting important in this drama/play?