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Read the excerpt from "Our Hero.”The town is setting up for the paradeto welcome brave Bill Wilson home again. Along the town's main street, flags and balloons,like cheerful sparring partners, bob and weave,and Bill's big brother Joe directs a crowdof grade school boys and girls. They sweep the streetand chatter with excitement about Bill.

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implicit information that describes what a hero Bill Wilson is.
B
explicit information that describes who Bill Wilson’s brother is.
C
explicit information that describes where Bill Wilson has been.
D
implicit information that describes how the town feels about Bill Wilson.
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Which excerpt from "Our Hero" best supports the conclusion that helping others makes someone a true hero?

A
The town is setting up for the paradeto welcome brave Bill Wilson home again.
B
And Joe has taught the children in the townto value courage, as he's taught them, oh
C
Ann Martinson will give a speech today.When Bill left, Anne was on a harmful path
D
Wildflower Park has never looked so fine.You’d never know it was a vacant lot
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Read the excerpt from "Our Hero."Bill Wilson has been gone for many years, adventuring with courage and with flair.He's climbed the highest mountains in the world.He's sailed, like Sinbad, on the wildest seas.

A
It illustrates that Bill has been gone for many years.
B
It shows that Bill has done many things to make the town great.
C
It provides a clear picture of Bill as the town’s greatest hero.
D
It emphasizes Bill's bravery and exotic journeys.
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Read the excerpt from Matilda by Roald Dahl."I . . . I . . . I simply put the fourteen down in my head and multiply it by nineteen," Matilda said. "I'm afraid I don't know how else to explain it. I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?"

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is able to do a lot more than multiplication tables.
B
is uncomfortable and ashamed of her unusual talents.
C
has no idea why she has such a special talent.
D
has a dislike for technology such as the pocket calculator.
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Which line from Matilda by Roald Dahl contains dialogue?

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Naturally Matilda was put in the bottom class, where there were eighteen other small boys and girls about the same age as her.
B
After the usual business of going through all the names of the children, Miss Honey handed out a brand-new exercise-book to each pupil.
C
"Stop!" Miss Honey said. She had been listening slightly spellbound to this smooth recital, and now she said, "How far can you go?"
D
Miss Honey paused and leaned back in her chair behind the plain table that stood in the middle of the floor in front of the class.

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