Which detail from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?
"However, because pigs are so smart, they can get bored easily."
"Even with good care, one of the biggest threats to a pig’s health is pneumonia."
"Think carefully about the time and work involved before you make a pig your pet."
"When the pig is about eighteen months old, it tries to become the "top pig."
What is the central idea of this passage?
Pigs are social, emotional, and intelligent animals that are similar in some ways to humans.
Piglets are close to their mothers and like to play with toys and each other.
Pigs have a wide range of communicative calls made up of grunts, squeaks, snarls, and snorts.
Pigs are emotional animals that can experience happiness and sadness.
The following item has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.
How do paragraphs 13, 16, and 23 contribute to the overall structure of the story?
They include a series of events that challenge the characters.
They provide details that explain the importance of the setting of the story.
They identify the source of conflict between the characters.
They describe the process by which one of the characters learns a lesson.
What was Josh doing when the time travel capsule crashes in his backyard?
playing with his dog.
watching a movie.
playing a video game.
taking a nap.
Read this sentence from the passage.
This sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?
hyperbole.
metaphor.
personification.
simile.
At what time of year does the poem take place?
winter.
spring.
summer.
autumn.
What is the meaning of the word delicacy as it used in the sentence?
something that is hard to find.
something that is delicious to eat.
something that is very expensive.
something that is weird.
