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s rackets, deflated basketballs,and games with missing pieces that you could barely get in the parents pleaded_with him to clean out his room. “ What use is a fish tank with a hole in the bottom? ” his father Justin simply smiled and repeated his motto, “ Never throw anything out; you never know when it might e in handy” . When Justin was away from home, he always carried his blue backpack— a smaller version of his bedroom— a place to store many objects that he was so worn and stretched that it hardly resembled a backpack anymore. Justin had earned a reputation for figuring things out and getting people out of otherwise hopeless of his classmates and neighbors sought him out when they needed help with a problem. On the first day of school, his friend Kenny, came looking for Justin. “ Do you think you have something in your bag that could help me remember my locker bination? ” he asked.“ I lost the piece of paper it was written have a science class in two minutes and if I’ m late on the first day, it’ ll make me look bad for the rest of the year.” Kenny looked really worried. “ Relax, ” Justin said, taking his backpack off and unzipping the top.“ Remember how you borrowed my notebook in homeroom to write the bination down? Well, I know how we can recover what you wrote.” He took the notebook and a soft lead pencil out of his page that Kenny had written on had left faint marks on another page in the held the pencil on its side and rubbed it lightly over the but surely the numbers of the locker bination appeared in white, set off by the gray pencil rubbings. “ That’ s amazing! ” Kenny said. “ I owe you one.” And he dashed off to open his locker. It was just another day in the life of the boy whose motto was “ Never throw anything o ut;you never know when it might e in handy.” 1. Why is Justin’ s room such a mess? A. He always fets to clean it. B. He never throws anything away. C. He has no time to clean it. D. He shares the room with his brother. 2. In what way is Justin’ s backpack a smaller version of his bedroom? A. He uses it as a place to store objects. B. He uses it to carry his books and sports equipment. C. His parents tell him to clean it all the time. D. He’ s had it for as long as he can remember. 3. The underlined phrase “ pleaded with” means________. A. ignored