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 1. The author wrote the passage to 
.
A 
tell a funny story about money
B 
explain how paper that money is made 
from is different from other paper
C 
describe fibers and how they are used
D 
tell about notebook paper
 2. Which statement would the author 
agree with?
A 
Paper money is interesting and unusual.
B 
Paper money is worse than notebook 
paper.
C 
Paper money is like notebook paper.
D 
It takes too much time to make
paper money.
 3. Paper money is made from cotton 
and linen fibers, but notebook 
paper is made 
.
A 
with ink that will not run
B 
from ordinary wood fibers
C 
with different colors
D 
to last forever
 4. Notebook paper and paper money 
are both 
.
A 
used to buy things
B 
used to do homework
C 
made from tree fibers
D 
made from things that grow
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WEEK 5
READ THE PASSAGE
Think of questions that can be answered with information 
from the passage.
A Clever Spinner
The spider laughed with excitement. She was ready to build her very first web. 
The place between the tree branches was perfect. So the spider did exactly as 
her mother had shown her. 
The spider pulled a thread of silk from her body. She tugged hard to make it 
strong. Then she focused on her work. Back and forth, up and down, and around 
and around the spider dashed. She transformed her silk into an orb web with 
a spiral center.
Feeling very pleased, the spider did not stop. She began to try other shapes. 
By nightfall, she had spun webs that looked like the Statue of Liberty and the 
Empire State Building. “Bugs on vacation will want to visit these,” she chuckled.