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Cream Puff by Linnea Due (page 560)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. Why did Jen feel ashamed?

2. Why didn’t Jen quit basketball?

3. Why did Evelyn tell Jen that Jinx had “rattled” her?

Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4. What did Jen realize her father probably liked about basketball?

5. What happens to Jen at the end of the story?

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The Question of Popularity by Tamara Eberlein (page 572)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. According to the article, what does it mean to be popular?

2. Why are the kids who are between being popular and unpopular considered the
happiest?

3. What is more important than being a part of the in crowd? Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
4. What is a way that you can develop relationships?
5. How can a good friend help you?

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an african american by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (page 586)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. What does mentioning the “dark continent” tell the reader about the speaker?

Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2. What was life like for the speaker’s ancestors?
3. What did the speaker say she did to become “one of them”?
4. Why does the speaker want a different type of funeral depending on where she dies?
5. How does the speaker feel about being African American?

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One Throw by W. C. Heinz (page 594)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. Why does the hotel desk clerk feel sorry for Pete Maneri?

2. How did the kid’s coach, Al Dall, react when the kid missed getting to second base?

3. What was the kid hoping would happen with his career? Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
4. What was the test the scout gave the baseball player?
5. How did being true to himself help the kid get to the major leagues?

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The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (page 608)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. Where does Martin’s family go every summer?

2. What does Martin tell his friends about Grandpa?

3. What happens immediately after Grandpa arrives?

Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4. Why does Grandpa say he came to visit?

5. What is in the medicine bag?

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A Year of Living Bravely by Emily Costello (page 620)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. What happened to Bethany Hamilton last Halloween?

2. How did Bethany recover so quickly?

3. What does Bethany do when she is feeling afraid in the water?

4. What is Bethany’s goal for this summer? Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

5. How does Bethany deal with her nightmares?

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The Fire Pond by Michael J. Rosen (page 638)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. Why does Grandpa put chopped up bread and lung around the dock?

2. Why does the speaker walk with Grandpa near the pond?

3. Why does the speaker think the horses need to be moved out of the stables?

Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4. After the fire, what does Grandpa hear the people talking about?

5. What advice does Grandpa give the narrator?

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from Savion!: My Life in Tap by Savion Glover and Bruce Webber (page 652)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. How did Savion feel on opening night of Tap Dance Kid?

2. What did Savion learn while performing in Black and Blue?

3. How did Savion’s feelings about getting applause change through this story?

4. How did Savion feel about working with Gregory Hines? Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
5. How does Savion describe what he learned from Gregory Hines?

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A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry (page 664)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. What did Jimmy do when he was released from prison?

2. What did Jimmy tell the hotel clerk was the reason he had come to town?

3. How does the author make it clear that Jimmy has given up breaking into safes?

Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4. Why does Ben Price come to Elmore?
5. How did Agatha get freed from the vault?

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A Retrieved Reformation by Gary Gianni (page 674)

Read each of the following questions. Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. How does Jimmy respond to the warden’s suggestion that he live straight?

2. How does the illustrator use the images to show that Jimmy has fallen for Annabel?

3. How does the illustrator use the images to hint at what is to come in the story?

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