Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Rudy’s mother warned him not to eat ice cream when he was sick; it would add to his phlegm.
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Responses

headache
headache

mucus
mucus

sleepiness
sleepiness

weight
weight

mucus

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

When Gerald brought home his rescued dog for the first time, Spot sniffed around his new domain for hours.
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Responses

bowl
bowl

family
family

toys
toys

territory

territory

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

Eckels was not killed for being craven but because of his impact on the world as a whole.
(1 point)
Responses

cowardly
cowardly

rebellious
rebellious

short-sighted
short-sighted

vindictive

cowardly

Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.

The Origin of the Species is considered Darwin’s seminal work, and many others refer to it in their writing.
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Responses

influential
influential

longest
longest

monotonous
monotonous

precise

influential

Using the following quotation, which description best describes Nolan Bushnell as a teenager?

“‘I’ve always been a tinkerer’…As a teenager, he was one of the youngest ham radio operators in the country, and he did science experiments in his garage.”
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Responses

a student who took complete care in his schoolwork and spent countless hours studying his textbooks
a student who took complete care in his schoolwork and spent countless hours studying his textbooks

a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things
a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things

a teenager who desperately wanted to fit in with his school peers
a teenager who desperately wanted to fit in with his school peers

a student who loved to play games but always ensured that his schoolwork was completed first

a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things

The author of “Nolan Bushnell” states that “It’s very clear that game playing grows dendrites. So people are smarter. The brain is something that if you exercise it you can be smarter. It turns out that games are that exercise.” because

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Responses

he believes that gaming and technology can hinder the classroom learning process.
he believes that gaming and technology can hinder the classroom learning process.

he believes that gaming and technology can help grow the brain to expand one’s learning.
he believes that gaming and technology can help grow the brain to expand one’s learning.

he believes that only playing games will automatically make a student smarter in all academic areas.
he believes that only playing games will automatically make a student smarter in all academic areas.

he believes that playing computer games is good to play but only in moderation.