Read this sentence from the last paragraph.
How does Rikki’s response to Nag contribute to the theme of the story?
It shows that it is best to admit feelings of fear.
It shows that it is difficult to understand how other people are feeling.
It shows that it requires bravery to approach people who are mean to others.
It shows that it is best to pretend to like mean people.
Which detail from the story helps the reader understand the meaning of the phrase "gave way to wrath"?
"When he awoke he was smarting with pain on every inch of his huge bulk."
"Let us repay his kindness to us by each giving him as many feathers as we can spare."
He advanced upon them with deep growls…and with one blow of his monstrous paw stretched the mocker lifeless at his feet."
"And the King of the Polar Bears had courage to bear his pain and lived and was strong again…"
What is the best summary of the story?
A son wins a magic stone in a frog-jumping contest. A daughter cries because she doesn’t have a new dress. A father uses good manners.
A poor family decides to use a magic stone to wish to always have everything they ever need. They are surprised and disappointed when nothing changes for them.
A mother wants new floors, a daughter wants a pony, a father decides they don’t need anything at all.
A magic stone from a frog-jumping contest plays a dirty trick on a poor family.
All of these are reasons for humans to fear sharks as human predators except the fact that.
great white sharks are large sharks that sometimes attack humans.
shark attacks and fatalities are actually very rare.
hammerhead sharks are large sharks that sometimes attack humans.
sometimes sharks do attack and kill humans.
Who were the first people outside of Australia to see koalas?
Asians.
South Americans.
Europeans.
Canadians.
According to the Mount Hood passage, the growth and collapse of what two things have dominated Mount Hood’s eruptive activity?
lava flows.
debris avalanches.
lava domes.
lahars.
Read this sentence.
What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?
The meatball fell off the fork, rolled across the table, rolled onto the floor, and stopped by the stove.
The meatball fell on the fork, rolled across the table, rolled off the floor, and stopped by the stove.
The meatball fell up the fork, rolled down the table, rolled onto the floor, and stopped by the stove.
No change.
