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“The cat crept slowly across the grass, keeping low, its eyes fixed on the bird.” What is the cat most likely trying to do?

1. AGo to sleep
2. BPlay with a ball
3. CCatch the bird
4. DFind its owner

Mrs. Chen’s class voted on a name for the new class fish. “Bubbles” got 12 votes, “Finn” got 8 votes and “Goldie” got 5 votes. Which name won?

1. ABubbles
2. BGoldie
3. CIt was a tie
4. DFinn

Our town library will hold a free reading program for children every Saturday in July. Sessions start at 10 a.m. and last one hour. No sign-up is needed. How long does each session last?

1. AOne month
2. BOne hour
3. CAll day
4. DTen minutes

“Mary Seacole was a Jamaican-born nurse who travelled to the Crimean War at her own expense. There she ran a hotel near the battlefield where she cared for sick and injured soldiers.” What does “at her own expense” mean?

1. AShe paid the costs of the trip herself.
2. BShe went against her family’s wishes.
3. CShe was paid by the army to go.
4. DShe travelled there in great danger.

“The patient’s blood pressure was stable throughout the night, with every reading close to the one before.” What does “stable” mean here?

1. AGetting harder to read
2. BRising quickly
3. CToo low to measure
4. DNot changing much

The human body has about 206 bones in adulthood. Babies are born with about 270, but many of them fuse together as the child grows. Why do adults have fewer bones than babies?

1. ASome bones fuse together during growth.
2. BBones dissolve when a person stops growing.
3. CAdults break and lose some bones.
4. DBabies lose bones when they fall.

“By 1900, cities were growing fast. Factories drew workers from farms, and crowded housing led to the spread of disease.” Which cause-and-effect chain does the passage describe?

1. AHousing improved, so diseases became much less common.
2. BFarms grew larger, so fewer people lived in the growing cities.
3. CDisease spread, so workers moved from cities to farms.
4. DFactories brought workers, crowding followed, disease spread.

“The nurse explained the new inhaler to Mr. Brown and then asked him to show her how he would use it.” Why did the nurse most likely ask him to demonstrate?

1. ATo test whether the inhaler was faulty
2. BTo find out whether he liked the inhaler
3. CTo check that he had understood correctly
4. DTo save time during the teaching session