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Running for Mayor

Running for Mayor

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Jenifer Barton

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5 Slides • 10 Questions

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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?

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Parents are proud of their children.

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People have the power to make changes.

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Sometimes an elected official needs to be replaced.

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You can do anything with your parents' support.

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Multiple Choice

Which evidence BEST supports the theme?

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Things can get better, and I want to be the one to start the changes.

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Your grandmother and great-grandmother would be proud.

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Lots of snow falls here in the winter, and the streets are not cleared quickly.

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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?

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what Alita will do to create more jobs

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what Alita's family thinks of the mayor

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the city problems that worry Alita

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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​.

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I stared out the window watching the falling rain.

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There is broken equipment in almost every park.

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Lots of snow falls here in the winter, and the streets are not cleared quickly.

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I love this city and it makes me unhappy to see these problems.

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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?

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She thinks Gary can fix the city's problems.

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She has hope that she can make a difference.

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She feels sad that she cannot fix the city's problems.

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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?

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dirty

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impatient

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motionless

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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?

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I need advice.

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I can't hear you.

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I am ready to listen.

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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?

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to start something

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to play a game

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to get permission

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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?

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the right amount

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giving as much as others

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giving more than enough

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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?

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lonely

2

calm

3

wealthy

4

wonderful

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