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Why do you think no one will help Lucie?

Part A: Which sentence describes how the children feel about the King?

• A They do not trust him.
• B They are scared of him.
• C They want to please him.
• D They are unhappy to see him.

Part B: What happens because of this feeling in Part A?

• A The children clean.
• B The children organize.
• C The children play.
• D The children get help.

What is the central idea?

• A Liquids are an in-between state of matter.
• B Liquids take the shape of its container and are hard to compress.
• C Water is an example of a type of liquid.
• D Liquids are hard to compress because the atoms are closer together.

Which sentences from the passage best support your answer?

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: What is the central idea?

• A Dogs can be very helpful to humans.
• B Many animals have stronger senses than humans.
• C Birds have amazingly sharp vision.
• D Bats have a special sense called echolocation.

Part B: Which sentence supports the answer in Part A?

• A Some animals have stronger senses than humans.
• B Dogs, for example, have powerful noses.
• C Bats and dolphins have echolocation.

Part A: Why did the narrator overlook the penguins swimming toward him?

• A Things like this always happen.
• B He really likes the penguins.
• C The day seemed so normal.

Part B: Which detail supports your answer in Part A?

• A I mean, it’s not something you expect, is it?
• B All pretty much normal.
• C I guess I should have realized something was up for at one point