Precise Word Choice

What is the group of four people who live together in this community know as?

• family unit
• parental unit
• family
• roomates

Jonas and his family unit lived in a house,but did not call it that.  What did they refer to it as?

• cave
• apartment
• dwelling
• pad

What was Lilly's stuffed animal known as?

• hippo
• crocodile
• comfort object
• giraffe

What was the name of the dwelling where Fiona was assigned?

• House of the Old
• Old Folks home
• Nursing center
• Assisted Living Center

Asher was best known for...

• playing games
• public humiliation
• incorrect word choice
• being Jonas's best friend

What does the community really mean when it uses the word "release?"

• Heaven
• Going to elsewhere
• Death
• Letting balloons go

What is "feelings" better known as?

• images
• ideas
•  emotions

Lily described the children from another community as animals.  What does this mean?

• rude
• fiesty
• slow
• uneducated or clumsy

Jonas's dad was a Nurturer.  What did that mean?

• loving person
• dad
• a boo-boo kisser
• worker with new babies

Why does Lois Lowry capitalize words that don't normally need capitalization?

• She is a lazy writer.
• She doesn't know the rules.
• To give emphasis to a word
• To show the difference in our word vs there's.