Question 18 - Reading Practice Test for the ParaPro Assessment

To help a student learn the word short as it is used in this context, a paraprofessional might encourage the student to think of an antonym for the word. Which of these would be a correct antonym for the word short, as it is used in this passage?

Lucy and Marcus decided to go to the store for some milk and butter so they could make a cake for their mother’s birthday. When they got to the store, Marcus and Lucy got a shopping basket and filled it with milk, butter, birthday candles, and a package of gum to enjoy on the walk back. When they got to the checkout counter, Marcus discovered they were short 35 cents and could not buy all of the things they had in their basket. They decided to put the gum back.

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