9. Part B: Which piece of evidence from Passage 1 supports your answer in Part A?

A.“What a tangle of ants! But it’s just what..."

5. What is one way fire ants use their claws and jaws during a flood?

A. They hold on to one another and build the raft.

10. What does the reader understand using the information from Passage 1 and the illustration?

C.how the ant raft floats on top of the water

2. Part A: Which sentence describes the man’s feelings at the end of Passage 2?

A. He is pleased with his decision.

4. What does paragraph 16 add to Passage 2?

D. It shows the beginning of the main character’s problem.

2. Part B: What happens in the passage because of the man’s feelings in Part A?

A. The man has nothing to sell at the market.

12. How are Passages 1 and 2 alike?

B. They describe how ants work as a team.

6. What is the main idea of Passage 2?

B. Ants work together to grow food for entire colony.

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14. After school, Sam and his mom began to practice spelling.Sam __________
A. frown
C. frowns
D. frowning
B. frowned
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13. If he worked hard, he knew he could learn all of the__________ .
B. words'
A. word's
D. words
C. wordes
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9. Part B: Which piece of evidence from Passage 1 supports your answer in Part A?
B. “Once the raft is in place, one by one and two by two..."
A.“What a tangle of ants! But it’s just what..."
C. “They carry ant eggs, ant babies,..."
D. “An average-sized nest is made up of 100,000 fire..."
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5. What is one way fire ants use their claws and jaws during a flood?
B. They build a nest.
D. They transplant fungus.
A. They hold on to one another and build the raft.
C. They gather leaves.
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10. What does the reader understand using the information from Passage 1 and the illustration?
D. how many ants are needed to make a raft
B.how many eggs can fit on the raft
C.how the ant raft floats on top of the water
A.how large an ant raft can be
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2. Part A: Which sentence describes the man’s feelings at the end of Passage 2?
B. He is excited to be traveling for his work.
A. He is pleased with his decision.
D. He is unhappy about his choices in the story.
C. He is angry that he has to go to the market.
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7. What does the word weave mean as it is used in this sentence from Passage 1?
A. crowd
C. gather
D. join
B. float
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4. What does paragraph 16 add to Passage 2?
D. It shows the beginning of the main character’s problem.
B. It tells information about the main character’s past.
C. It shows the lesson that can be learned from the story.
A. It tells where the story takes place.
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11. Select two reasons the author included paragraph 11 in Passage 2.
B and D
C and D
B and C
A and D
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2. Part B: What happens in the passage because of the man’s feelings in Part A?
C. The man’s cheeses get to the market on time.
B. The man arrives at the market well-rested.
D. The man’s cheeses become famous in the town.
A. The man has nothing to sell at the market.
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12. How are Passages 1 and 2 alike?
A. They describe how ants communicate.
C. They describe why ants have sticky feet.
D. They describe why ants carry large leaves.
B. They describe how ants work as a team.
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15. Sam was surprised, and __________
C. I
B. he
A. she
D. we
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3. What is the meaning of anxious as it is used in Passage 1?
C. sad
D. worried
A. angry
B. excited
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6. What is the main idea of Passage 2?
B. Ants work together to grow food for entire colony.
C. Ants have scissorlike jaws to cut leaves.
A. Leaf-cutting ants grow mushrooms using leaves as soil.
D. Ants have a queen who is the biggest ant in the colony.
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1. Which shows why the man believes that his cheeses can bring themselves to the market?
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 3
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8. Which information can be found under the heading Jungle Walks in Passage 2?
C. how the ants communicate with the queen
A. why the ants gather leaves
B. when the author first visited Panama
D. where the Barro Colorado reserve can be found

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