Nora's Ark

Choose the word that means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.

The palm tree barely survived this month's weather.

• brought on

• lived through

• was helped by

• moved away from

Choose the word that means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.

The teacher was astonished by the students' experiment.

• amazed

• confused

• disappointed

• frightened

The toddler cried piteously in the store.

• angrily

• quietly

• sadly

• slowly

Choose the word that means the same as the underlined word in the sentence.

After the test, Alicia felt relief.

• concern about the results

• an increase in fearfulness

• a feeling of happiness after worry

• a record amount of time spent studying

Which word is a synonym of the underlined word?

The gymnast's trick was dangerous.

• difficult

• graceful

• unsafe

• unusual

What did grandma say Wren looked like when she was born?

• a little buny

• a little kitten

• a little bird

• a little lion

Where did Grandma and Grandpa live?

• on a little farm in Vermont

• on the prairie in Oklahoma

• near the ocean in Florida

• in the mountains of Colorado

What did the Guthrie boys bring into the house?

• puppies

• kittens

• chickens

• sheep

Who is Major?

• The next door neighbor

• Wren's best friend

• The Fergusons' horse

• One of the chickens

How did the Lafleur's get to Grandma and Grandpa's house?

• They drove

• They rode a horse

• They walked

• They rowed a boat