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100

When Mr. Wallace sells Marty old food, Mr. Wallace thinks _______

a. Marty's family can't afford enough food, so Marty is buying food for his family.

b. Marty has found a cheap way of buying snacks for after school.

a. Marty's family can't afford enough food, so Marty is buying food for his family.

100

While the movie was popular, it led to some _____ about the true nature of great whites.

a. confusion

b. inaccurate

a. confusion

100

Choose the word that is mostly the same in meanings as underlined word.

Security forces are accused of misreading prisoners.

a. abusing

b. assisting.

a. abusing
200

Marty says that Doc Murphy has a kind heart. Which detail proves it?

a. He answers the door in his pajamas.

b. He tries to help Shiloh, even though it's late at night.

b. He tries to help Shiloh, even though it's late at night.

200

In 1974, writer Peter Benchley wrote the famous novel Jaws, about a killer shark that hunts its human _____.

a. bite

b. victims

b. victims
200

Choose the word that is mostly the same in meanings as underlined word.

Vitamins are added to the shampoo to nourish the hair

a. nurture

b. abandon

a. nurture

300

Why is Marty so quick to say that he wants to go over David Howards house and Not have David come to his house?

a. Marty thinks there is nothing to do at his house

b. Marty does not want David to see Shiloh

b. Marty does not want David to see Shiloh

300

Most but not all rivers _____ into the sea.

a. flow

b. force

a. flow
300

Choose the word that is mostly the same in meanings as underlined word.

She was too feeble to leave her room

a. strong

b. weak

b. weak

400

Which sentence Best shows the reader that Marty's family lives in the country?

a. My favorite place to walk is just across the ratty bridge where the road curves by the old Shiloh schoolhouse.

b. We live high up in the hills above Friendly, but hardly anybody knows where that is.

b. We live high up in the hills above Friendly, but hardly anybody knows where that is.

400
Seeing a shark in the water is a _____ experience.

a. frightening

b. tempting

a. frightening

400

Choose the word that is mostly the Opposite in meanings as underlined word.

They knew that it was a humiliating defeat.

a. beat

b. lose

b. lose

500

Why does Marty start thinking about the dead beagle with the hole in its head just now even though he saw it a year ago?

a. The beagle reminded him of Shiloh

b. Now that Marty knows how Judd treats hid dogs, he realizes that Judd could have shot one of his dogs that made him mad while he was hunting

b. Now that Marty knows how Judd treats hid dogs, he realizes that Judd could have shot one of his dogs that made him mad while he was hunting

500

Serious damage from a shark bite is due to the size and sharpness of its teeth, rather than the ____ of its bite.

a. flow

b. force

b. force

500

Choose the word that is mostly the Opposite in meanings as underlined word.

She is the legal owner of the land.

a. illegal

b. lawful

a. illegal

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