Reading Inventory Review

Lionfish have red and white stripes. They are beautiful. They are also dangerous. They have 18 needle-like fins. The fins can sting. They keep other animals from getting too close.

They help keep the fish _____ .

• cold

• safe

• heavy

• happy

Jason stuck out his lip. "I'm sick of hurrying. I hurried all day long."

Jason was _____ .

• tall

• tired

• poor

• cold

Raul heard his teacher talking. But he was not really listening. He was thinking about what he had to do. And he was thinking that he could not do it.

Raul was _____ .

• hot

• tired

• worried

• old

The next few months, we had many amazing adventures. We traveled all over the world. We studied the secrets of the deep. We even traveled to the South Pole.

It was a wonderful

• dinner

• drawing

• show

• trip

Older clocks have two hands. Each hand is a different size. Each points at a number. The numbers tell the time. Inside the clock there are wheels. The wheels help turn the hands. Old clocks have _____ parts

• large

• many

• moist

• clean

Here comes the freight train. We watch as we wait. The engine is first, so bold and so strong. It pulls all the cars that follow along. Hello, freight train! Here comes a flat car, a hopper, a rack car. Here comes a boxcar, and a big piggyback car... cars with chickens, cows, and hogs, cars with lumber, coal, and logs. Tank cars for gas. Tank cars for oil. 
The train _________many things.

• slows
• hunts
• follows
• carries

"You have to remember to keep it down," Mrs. Morgan called. "The air vent comes down into the hallway. I was sitting in the living room, and I could hear every note!"

Mrs. Morgan isn't happy about the _____ .

• food

• dogs

• noise

• mess

Most copperheads live in open woodlands or on rocky hillsides. They stay near streams, lakes, ponds, and swamps. Some copperheads live in trash piles and old buildings. Others live under rocks and rotten logs. Copperheads live where there are plenty of hiding places.

They like to be able to _____ .

• disappear

• wait

• sleep

• eat

Seven thousand cases had been reported. Great care had been taken to keep flu germs outside the house. The doctor's helpers, who were friends of the family, had bustled about in spotless clothing. They had worked hard, trying to make the mother, Alberta King, comfortable.

They were _____ .

• protective

• truthful

• careless

• mean

Then they presented Tony with a big, beautiful, gold trophy. He grasped it and held it tightly. Slowly everything and everyone around him seemed to fade. He looked up into the great blue sky as if he were in a trance. Then he held the trophy up, high over his head.
He was _____ .

• sleepy
• proud
• eager
• sad