Read the pas
Secret Identity
Which words from paragraph 1 best help the reader
understand the experience of a newspaper carrier?
O 1. peek, glided, settled, gently
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Mario strained to pedal his bike up Turner Street. Nearing the top, he risked
a nervous peek at Mr. Wade's house. As expected, his grumpy nelghbor was
seated on his porch swing, frowning. Marlo grabbed a newspaper
from the
nearly empty bag slung across his shoulder, and carefully hurled it toward the
man's front porch. The newspaper glided over the small flower garden and
settled gently near the front door. Mr. Wade looked up, seemingly annoyed.
Mario hurried on, struggling up the street, and tossed several more papers on
the steps of the neighborhood houses before steering into the last driveway on
the left. Home at last, Marlo pushed his bike onto the front porch and then
naused to wipe his forehead and catch his breath.
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2. nearing, expected, seated, swing
O 3. looked, street, driveway, paused
04. strained, hurled, hurried, struggling