The Flag Maker: Vocabulary and Comprehension

Choose the correct vocabulary word.

Our camp counselors ______ the American flag up the flagpole each morning.

• broad

• hoisted

• endowed

• gritty

Mrs. Gabor's class __________ their play to the first graders.

• independence

• declaring

• presented

• gritty

Mrs. Greene, the school principal, is ________ that Monday will be Hat Day

• declaring

• endowed

• hoisted

• independence

The thirteen original colonies wanted to be free, or have ________ from England.

• declaring

• endowed

• hoisted

• independence

We rode our bikes on the _________ sidewalks around the school.

• broad

• hoisted

• presented

• endowed

Sam walked into the kitchen after playing in the sand and now the floor feels _____________.

• hoisted

• gritty

• endowed

• broad

Six million dollars from an electric company was ____________ to the local schools.

• gritty

• broad

• endowed

• hoisted

The story, The Flag Maker, is best classified as

• informational text

• realistic fiction

• biographical

• narrative nonfiction

Which of these is NOT a reason Carolina and her mother sewed flags?

• to confuse the enemy soldiers

• militia and cavalry officers could direct their men in battle

• ships could communicate with each other at sea

• for privateers that attacked British ships

Where was the large flag going to go?

• Fort McHenry

• Fort Hood

• Fort Baltimore

• Fort Maryland