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 3 . Based on what you read, which word best describes the landscape?
a. barren
b. icy
c. breathtaking
d. lush
 4 . What is the main idea of the text?
a. how to talk with a science teacher
b. exploring a hummock trail near a volcano
c. things to do on science field trips
d. answering questions about the volcano’s crater
 5 . Why did Matt find hiking the hummock trail exciting? Give evidence from the story to support your answer.
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Fiction: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure
Dinner Biscuits
“Mrs. Conte, we don’t have a recipe.” Juan almost 
forgot to raise his hand. One of his home economics 
teacher’s strict rules was students had to raise their 
hands so she knew who was talking to her among the 
chattering from the kitchen stations.
One station over, Maya rummaged through the 
cupboards looking for the ingredients they needed.
“Flour, salt, baking soda,” she muttered. Her partner, 
Kaitlyn, assembled a mixing bowl, measuring cups and 
spoons, and a pastry blender on the counter. Together, 
they perused the recipe for today’s assignment: dinner 
biscuits. The group or groups whose final product had 
the highest score would help make biscuits for the 
faculty breakfast the following week and be excused 
from their first-period class.
During the taste test, Mrs. Conte awarded high marks
to Maya and Kaitlyn’s biscuits. “What’s that unusual 
flavor I detect? And your biscuits are a bit sweeter—
did you follow the recipe exactly?”
Kaitlyn smiled and nodded. She knew her biscuits were 
light and flaky, and she also knew how she had chosen 
to deviate from the recipe.
“See you at the faculty breakfast, Mrs. Conte,” Kaitlyn 
gathered her books and waved as she left the home 
economics room.
After all the students had exited, Mrs. Conte rifled 
through the papers in the basket on the corner of her 
desk. She had distributed copies of the same recipe to 
the entire class, marking the kitchen number on each 
recipe copy, and requested that students leave their 
copies on their way out. Kaitlyn and Maya’s recipe copy 
wasn’t there. Thinking they had left it on the kitchen 
counter, the teacher searched their station. No recipe.
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 1 . Why did Mrs. Conte search Kaitlyn’s kitchen station?
a. to discover the mystery ingredient
b. to put the utensils away
c. to find the recipe copy
d. to taste the dinner biscuits