Some Vacation

What does the word rationale mean in the last paragraph?

• a fixed share or portion

• a decision made for no reason

• an action made without thinking

• a set of reasons for doing something

What genre is this passage?

• fable

• biography

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

How does the author feel about hurricanes?

• Hurricanes are boring.

• Hurricanes are enjoyable.

• Hurricanes are frustrating.

• Hurricanes are frightening.

What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?

• to entertain readers with a story about a vacation

• to entertain readers with a story abut a kind man

• to entertain readers with a story about a hurricane

• to entertain readers with a story about Disney World

What is the base word of amusement?

• amuse

• ment

• muse

• use

What is the prefix of the word unfortunate?

• un

• fort

• fortune

• ate

Of what is "Rain fell in sheets," an example?

• analogy

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

Who can the reader infer paid for the vacation?

• Ray

• Mr. Wu

• the hotel owner

• the narrator's dad

What detail shows the characters were NOT concerned about the hurricane?

• People stayed in their hotel rooms.

• People went swimming in the pool.

• The amusement parks were closing.

• People watched the weather on the news.

How did the narrator feel when the hurricane hit Orlando, Florida?

• angry

• bored

• scared

• worried