Lost and Found (Bluford Series) Chapter 3

In the following excerpt, what does the word sullen mean?

In the morning, Jamee ate her breakfast in sullen silence.

• hungry

• crying

• bad-tempered

• relieved

Which character said the following words?

"What's that supposed to mean?...Just 'cause I been left back in school you think I'm gonna be ignorant all my life?"

• Hakeem Randall

• Cooper Hodden

• Jamee Wills

• Tarah Carson

What is the main idea of the following excerpt?

Darcy dreaded the long bus trip home. By car, the trip took about twenty-five minutes. But by the time she changed buses, the trip home would take an hour and a half.

• Darcy doesn't normally ride buses.

• The trip by car takes less than half an hour.

• The trip involves changing buses.

• Darcy dreads the long bus trip.

What can you conclude from the following excerpt?

In the morning, Jamee ate her breakfast in sullen silence. Mom was still sleeping.

• Mom prepared the breakfast

• Jamee usually doesn't eat breakfast at all.

• Jamee is still angry and upset.

• Jamee has forgiven her sister.

What can you conclude from the following excerpt?

Darcy returned everything to the trash can, wrapping the newspapers around the shattered picture as Jamee had done.

• Darcy does not want Jamee to know she has looked in Jamee's trash can.

• Darcy hopes Jamee will change her mind and keep the picture after all.

• Darcy intends to show the shattered picture to her mother.

• Darcy wants the picture for herself, and intends to repair it.