Lost and Found (Bluford High Series) Chapters 1- 5

In the following excerpt, what does the word sullen mean?

"In the morning, Jamee ate her breakfast in sullen silence."

• hungry

• crying

• bad tempered

• relieved

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"What's that supposed to mean? . . .Just' cause I been left back in school you think I'm gonna be ignorant all my life?"

The words above were said by:

• Hakeem Randall

• Cooper Hodden

• Jamee Wills

• Tarah Carson

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What's the main idea of the excerpt:

"Darcy dreaded the long bus trip home. By car, the trip took about twenty-five minutes. But by the time she changed buses, the trip home would take an hour and a half."

• Darcy dreads the long bus ride.

• the trip by car takes less than half an hour.

• the trip involves changing buses.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What can you conclude from the following except?

"In the morning, Jamee ate her breakfast in sullen silence. Mom was still sleeping."

• Mom prepared the breakfast.

• Jamee usually doesn't eat breakfast at all.

• Jamee is still angry and upset.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What can you can conclude the following excerpt:

"Darcy scrambled into the bus and slid her dollar bills into the fare box. . . The driver gave her a transfer pass that almost fell from her shaking hands."

• the bus driver is rude.

• Darcy is very upset by the unpleasant trip to the tidal pool and the menacing stranger.

• Darcy has suddenly realized that she doesn't have enough money for her fare.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Darcy _____ after overhearing a conversation in the library.

• asked Jamee if she was stealing CDs

• asked her grandmother's advice

• decided not to return home

• told the principal what she had heard

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How did Darcy react to finding out the man in the Toyota was her father?

• She wanted him to give her and Jamee some money.

• She could not tell her mother about it without upsetting her.

• She was glad he wanted to be a part of her life.

• She just wanted him to go away and leave them alone.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Darcy was upset about the science project because she

• could not work with Tarah's brother, her new crush.

• did not think her partner, Tarah, would do much work.

• wanted to work with a friend instead of a stranger.

• did not think she had enough time to finish working on it.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Darcy saw a man in a Toyota watching her

• on her way home from school one evening.

• while she waited with Jamee for her school bus.

• when she was walking in the Laguna Mountains.

• while she waited for the bus near the tidal pool.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Darcy tried to look after her younger sister Jamee because

• their mother was taking classes at night.

• their mother worked two jobs and was too tired to look after them.

• working in the emergency room kept their mother tired.

• Darcy helped Jamee in math, a subject their mother did not like

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.1