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  • What word is an antonym for cool?

    warm
    mild
    cool


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  • The student misbehaved in class. What does the word misbehaved mean?

    behaved well
    behaved quietly
    behaved badly


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  • Who’s going home on the bus? Who’s is a contraction for which words?

    Who will be
    Who likes
    Who is


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  • He felt helpless when his brother cried. What does helpless mean in this sentence?

    not able to help
    able to help
    willing to help


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  • These are sentences from the selection “He blasted off on the space shuttle Discovery for a 9-day journey. One of the things he tested was how weightlessness affects older people.” What does the word weightlessness mean?

    weighing too much
    weighing almost nothing
    having weak muscles


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  • An important idea from the reading selection is that John Glenn made space history. What detail from the selection supports this idea?

    John Glenn received medals for his brave service in war.
    Glenn was the oldest person to travel in space.
    John Glenn ran for president once in 1984.


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  • Why did John Glenn join the Navy after college?

    He wanted to become a fighter pilot.
    He wanted to study weightlessness.
    He wanted to be the first man in space.


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  • What was the name of the space capsule in which John Glenn orbited Earth?

    Friendship 7
    Project Mercury
    Discovery


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  • This is a paragraph from the selection. “John Glenn made space history again 36 years after he first orbited Earth. In 1998, at the age of 77, John became the oldest person to travel into space. He blasted off on the space shuttle Discovery for a 9-day journey. One of the things he tested was how weightlessness affects older people.” Which question does this paragraph answer?

    Why does it take 9 days to travel into space?
    Why does weightlessness bother older people?
    Why did John Glenn travel into space in 1998?


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  • This is a sentence from the selection “Mario liked the feel of the moist, rich soil.” Which word means the opposite of moist?

    dark
    dry
    warm


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  • This is a sentence from the selection. “With excited smiles, Mario and Uncle Joe picked their delicious homegrown tomatoes.” What word shows that Mario is very happy?

    picked
    delicious
    excited


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  • Would Mario ever want to grow another tomato plant?

    Yes, because he is very excited to see the first tomato.
    Yes, because he had fun at lunch with Uncle Joe.
    No, because he is sad when the tomato plant fell over.


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  • Why does Uncle Joe laugh when Mario thinks his plant is sick?

    Uncle Joe is just teasing Mario.
    Joe thinks that Mario is funny.
    Joe knows that the plant will be all right.


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  • Why do Mario and Uncle Joe dig a hole?

    to put a stick in the ground
    to let the sun warm the ground
    to bury the tomato plant’s roots


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