Question

what is the best summary of the excerpt?
a sara stayed with her father in a hotel for awhile before he had to sail back to india.
b sara stayed with her father and they went shopping. he bought many fine clothes for her. the clothes were so nice people believed she must be a princess.
c sara did not want her father to leave so he decided to take her shopping and buy her many nice things to remember him by.
d sara and her father went shopping for expensive clothes so that people would know she was really a princess.
written response: how do you think sara feels about the clothes? do you think she is really a princess? why or why not?
shelter by thunderbolt kids
living things need some shelter to protect them from harsh weather conditions. some animals live in natural habitats for their homes. other animals build their own homes. some animals even live in other animals homes. a natural shelter is a home that the animal has made for itself. animals live in different kinds of homes like holes in the ground, caves, nests, and trees. for example, nests are built by birds and other animals in trees, on the ground, and even in buildings. this is used as a home for them and especially for their eggs. nests are usually bowl - shaped and made of twigs, leaves, and grass held together by mud or saliva (spit). bees live in very large colonies. the hive is made up of many six - sided cells (hexagons) stuck together. the queen bee lays all the eggs in a hive, and each egg is put in a cell.
select the sentence that summarizes the selection.
a most animals need a place to get out of harsh weather conditions - for example, birds and bees.
b there are two types of shelters, natural habitats and animal made natural shelters.
c living things need some shelter to protect them from harsh weather conditions. some animals live in natural habitats and build their own homes.
d living things need shelter for protection. many animals make their own like birds making a nest and bees making a hive.
written response: write a new title for the selection. why is it a good title?

Explanation:

• For the first part (question 5): Option B accurately captures the main events - Sara staying with her father, shopping, father buying fine clothes, and people's perception. Other options have inaccuracies. Option A misses the shopping and people's view. Option C has an incorrect reason (father's leaving isn't the cause of shopping as per text). Option D's "so that people would know she was really a princess" is not the father's intention in the text.
• For the second part (question 6): Option C is the best summary. It starts with the general statement about living things needing shelter (which is the main idea) and then mentions two types of animal - shelter - related behaviors (living in natural habitats and building homes). Option A only gives examples. Option B's classification is not the main focus. Option D is too narrow as it only emphasizes some animals making their own shelters.

Answer:

B. Sara stayed with her father and they went shopping. He bought many fine clothes for her. The clothes were so nice people believed she must be a princess.
C. Living things need some shelter to protect them from harsh weather conditions. Some animals live in natural habitats and build their own homes.