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

A. He is pleased with his decision.

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..."

12. How are Passages 1 and 2 alike?

B. They describe how ants work as a team.

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

6. What is the main idea of Passage 2?

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

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.

9. Part A: Based on the information in Passage 1, with which statement would the author agree?

D.Building a raft is a clever way for the ants to survive.

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.

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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.
C. He is angry that he has to go to the market.
D. He is unhappy about his choices in the story.
A. He is pleased with his decision.
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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..."
B. “Once the raft is in place, one by one and two by two..."
D. “An average-sized nest is made up of 100,000 fire..."
C. “They carry ant eggs, ant babies,..."
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12. How are Passages 1 and 2 alike?
D. They describe why ants carry large leaves.
C. They describe why ants have sticky feet.
A. They describe how ants communicate.
B. They describe how ants work as a team.
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10. What does the reader understand using the information from Passage 1 and the illustration?
A.how large an ant raft can be
B.how many eggs can fit on the raft
D. how many ants are needed to make a raft
C.how the ant raft floats on top of the water
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6. What is the main idea of Passage 2?
D. Ants have a queen who is the biggest ant in the colony.
C. Ants have scissorlike jaws to cut leaves.
A. Leaf-cutting ants grow mushrooms using leaves as soil.
B. Ants work together to grow food for entire colony.
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4. What does paragraph 16 add to Passage 2?
B. It tells information about the main character’s past.
D. It shows the beginning of the main character’s problem.
A. It tells where the story takes place.
C. It shows the lesson that can be learned from the story.
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1. Which shows why the man believes that his cheeses can bring themselves to the market?
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
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13. If he worked hard, he knew he could learn all of the__________ .
B. words'
C. wordes
D. words
A. word's
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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
B. when the author first visited Panama
D. where the Barro Colorado reserve can be found
A. why the ants gather leaves
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11. Select two reasons the author included paragraph 11 in Passage 2.
B and C
C and D
A and D
B and D
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7. What does the word weave mean as it is used in this sentence from Passage 1?
D. join
B. float
C. gather
A. crowd
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15. Sam was surprised, and __________
D. we
A. she
C. I
B. he
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2. Part B: What happens in the passage because of the man’s feelings in Part A?
B. The man arrives at the market well-rested.
A. The man has nothing to sell at the market.
D. The man’s cheeses become famous in the town.
C. The man’s cheeses get to the market on time.
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3. What is the meaning of anxious as it is used in Passage 1?
A. angry
C. sad
D. worried
B. excited
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9. Part A: Based on the information in Passage 1, with which statement would the author agree?
A. Rafts are too small to fit all of the ants from a colony.
C.The ants may not survive the journey without food.
D.Building a raft is a clever way for the ants to survive.
B. Smaller colonies may not live through a flood.
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5. What is one way fire ants use their claws and jaws during a flood?
C. They gather leaves.
A. They hold on to one another and build the raft.
B. They build a nest.
D. They transplant fungus.
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14. After school, Sam and his mom began to practice spelling.Sam __________
C. frowns
A. frown
D. frowning
B. frowned

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