Want a domesticated fox of your own? Remember these rules. First, bringing one into the United States costs almost $9,000. Several states outright ban people from keeping foxes as pets, including California, New York, Texas and Oregon. And of course, while domesticated foxes are friendlier than those in the wild, they can still be unpredictable.

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“[You can be] sitting there drinking your cup of coffee and turning your head for a second, and then taking a swig and realizing, ‘Yeah, Boris came up here and peed in my coffee cup,’” said Amy Bassett, the Canid Conservation Center’s founder. “You can easily train and manage behavioral problems in dogs, but there are a lot of behaviors in foxes, regardless of if they’re Russian or U.S., that you will never be able to manage.”

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Use the excerpt to answer the question.

Which area of the text was not explicitly described by the author? (1 point)
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why it costs so much to get a pet fox
why it costs so much to get a pet fox

the difference between domesticated and wild foxes
the difference between domesticated and wild foxes

the difference between training dogs and foxes
the difference between training dogs and foxes

why people struggle having foxes as pets

Answer 1

The area of the text that was not explicitly described by the author is why it costs so much to get a pet fox.

Answer 2

If a writer provides a similar word to an unknown word in a sentence, which context clue strategy did the writer use?(1 point)
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synonym/restatement
synonym/restatement

antonym/contrast
antonym/contrast

example/illustration

Answer 3

The writer used the synonym/restatement context clue strategy.