Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Which detail from the selection supports the development of the central idea?
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"He understood that he could not bring back to the old valley what he had taken from it."
"He remembered that when a boy, he had thought there was nothing more beautiful than the evening sunshine falling athwart the dark green fir boughs on the hills."
"Yonder below him was home-the old house that had sheltered him, the graves of his kin, the wide fields where his boyhood dreams had been dreamed."
"It had been by these firs he had halted twenty years ago, turning for one last glance at the valley below, the home valley which he had never seen
since."
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Which statement summarizes the selection?
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The trees that were once only saplings are now full-grown and withered.
The thrill of the marketplace no longer satisfies the speaker.
The speaker remembers more of his previous home than he has forgotten.
The speaker misses his previous home, but realizes it would not be the same if he returned there after many years.
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Which detail from the selection supports the development of the central idea?
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Which statement summarizes the selection?
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In the selection, how does the bird contribute to the theme?
