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Jenifer Barton
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Multiple Choice
This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A: What is the theme of the story?
Parents are proud of their children.
People have the power to make changes.
Sometimes an elected official needs to be replaced.
You can do anything with your parents' support.
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Multiple Choice
Which evidence BEST supports the theme?
Things can get better, and I want to be the one to start the changes.
Your grandmother and great-grandmother would be proud.
Lots of snow falls here in the winter, and the streets are not cleared quickly.
The current mayor seems to be putting minimal effort into solving our city's
problems.
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Multiple Choice
What does the first person point of view help the reader understand?
what Alita will do to create more jobs
what Alita's family thinks of the mayor
the city problems that worry Alita
how Alita's mother will support her
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Multiple Select
Which two statements from paragraph 1 BEST tell how Alita feels about
her city? Select two.
I stared out the window watching the falling rain.
There is broken equipment in almost every park.
Lots of snow falls here in the winter, and the streets are not cleared quickly.
I love this city and it makes me unhappy to see these problems.
Something needs to change to make the city better!
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Multiple Choice
How do Alita's feelings toward the city’s problems change at the end of the
passage?
She thinks Gary can fix the city's problems.
She has hope that she can make a difference.
She feels sad that she cannot fix the city's problems.
She has a need to find out what her grandmother thinks.
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Multiple Choice
Read these sentences from the passage.
"Alita, you’ve been sitting here for an hour. Why do you look so down in the
dumps?"
What does the idiom down in the dumps mean in the sentences above?
dirty
impatient
motionless
unhappy
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Multiple Choice
Read this sentence from the passage.
Before he walked out of the room, he said, "If you need to talk, I'm all ears."
What does the idiom I'm all ears mean?
I need advice.
I can't hear you.
I am ready to listen.
I appreciate your help.
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Multiple Choice
Read these sentences from the passage.
"What do we need to do to get the ball rolling? How do you get your name on
the ballot?"
What does the idiom to get the ball rolling mean?
to start something
to play a game
to get permission
to solve the problem
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Multiple Choice
Read this sentence from the passage.
The current mayor seems to be putting minimal effort into solving our city's problems.
The origin of minimal comes from the Latin root minimum, which means
"smallest." Based on this, what does minimal mean?
the right amount
giving as much as others
giving more than enough
the least amount possible
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Multiple Choice
Read this sentence from the passage.
After I said good-bye to my mother, I felt like a million bucks!
What does the idiom felt like a million bucks mean?
lonely
calm
wealthy
wonderful
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