Question 1 I like my cousins, but when we go to the mall together, they drive me crazy. Debra stops and looks at herself in every mirror to comb her hair and adjust her makeup. Deidra takes way too long trying on outfits but is too picky to actually buy one. Dalia spends the whole time making fun of other people's clothing choices. None of them will even eat at the food court because they don't want to mess up what they're wearing. It's strange that we are from the same family, but act so differently.

What is the implicit idea in this paragraph?

My cousins all have names that start with the letter D.
My cousins care too much about appearances.
My cousins do not like to go to the mall.
My cousins drive me crazy.
Question 2

You see a commercial for a new game called Crazy Cards. The commercial says the game is designed for people from the ages of 9 to 99. It shows a family laughing as they play. It explains that the game can be purchased at Toy Shack for eight dollars.

Which of the following is implicitly suggested in the commercial?

The game cost eight dollars.
The game is for ages 9 to 99.
The game is fun to play.
The game may be purchased at Toy Shack.
Question 3

Which would most likely contain implicit ideas?

Cartoons to make fun of a political candidate
Directions to guide a friend to your house
Instructions for building a model airplane
Recipes for making seven-layer cookie bars

Question 4

Read the following paragraph and then answer the question that follows:

Greta hid her sigh as she opened the gift from her mother. She lifted the new diary from the box, forcing a smile as she posed for a quick photo. She rolled her eyes as she turned away and set the book behind her, knowing it would go unused like the one from last year.

The first sentence in the paragraph

explicitly states that Greta does like her gift
explicitly states that Greta does not like her gift
implicitly states that Greta does like her gift
implicitly states that Greta does not like her gift

Question 5

Nights and Dragons—
From the memoir of author Abigail Prynne

As I started my research, I discovered many skeptics. Scientists presented evidence to show why dragons could not—and did not—exist. They explained that it would be impossible for dragons to fly because they would be too big. They laughed at the idea of dragons breathing fire. They pointed out that no other animal has ever done this. They said that if dragons had lived, someone would have found remains somewhere in the world. No bones about it, there were plenty of logical explanations. It would have been easy for me to accept that the only place dragons ever existed was in the imaginations of those who believed.

Which line from the text implies that scientists do not believe that dragons exist?

They explained that it would be impossible for dragons to fly because they would be too big.
They laughed at the idea of dragons breathing fire.
They pointed out that no other animal has ever done this.
No bones about it, there were plenty of logical explanations.

Question 6
Nights and Dragons—
From the memoir of author Abigail Prynne

I sit at my desk listening to thunder growl outside my window. Flashes of light burst through the darkness, and wind races past my window. The thrilling combination of sight and sound conjures up visions of dragons roaring proudly, breathing fire, and soaring across the midnight sky. Dragons first fascinated me when I was a little girl. They have followed me ever since. The magnificent creatures appeared in storybooks I read in the library, paintings I saw in museums, movies I watched in the theater, and the dreams I had in my sleep. By the time I was thirteen, one question consumed me. I wanted to know if dragons ever existed, so I set out on a quest for facts.

What do the first two sentences of this paragraph imply?

It is a cold night.
It is a lonely night.
It is a stormy night.
It is a warm night.