Read the paragraph. Kimberly was upstairs in her room, trying to find ways to keep busy until her friend, Alma, arrived. Alma and Kimberly were once neighbors and spent every waking moment together riding bikes, playing games, and making memories. A year before, Alma and her family had moved to another state. The girls had kept in touch by text and email, but it wasn’t the same as being together. Their parents decided to surprise the girls and set up a weekend visit, and the day had arrived! Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Kimberly happily walked down the stairs to greet her friend.

Which word best replaces walked to show how Kimberly went down the stairs?

skipped

trudged

shuffled

marched

What would be an example of foreshadowing in a story about a magician who ends up going bad from too much power? a. the author shows the magician preparing his tricks before a show. b. the narrator describes the magician's rise in popularity at the beginning of the story. c. the reader is first introduced to the magician having fun scaring audiences with his tricks. d. the story begins on a cold autumn day in the suburbs of a big city

Which event occurred in the nearly two-year time span between act 3 and act4 of the tragedy of julius caesar?

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york