Searching for Summer

Lily wears a yellow dress for her wedding because

• it looks good with her hair

• her mother wore the same dress

• it's the only dress she could afford

• yellow is considered a lucky color

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Why do people laugh when Tom and Lily say they want to find a sunny place to spend their honeymoon?

• The weather has been stormy lately.

• The sky is mostly gray and brooding.

• Tom and Lily sunburn easily.

• They don't have money to stay be the sea.

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What does Mr. Noakes do for Tom and Lily?

• takes them to see Mrs. Hatching

• offers them a place to stay

• performs the wedding ceremony

• invites them to get rich like him

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What makes the cottage so special for Tom and Lily?

• plants and animals

• tall, dark woods

• sunlight and cheerfulness

• tea and a room

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The setting that conveys the happiest mood is

• the garage

• the Rising Sun pub

• the path through the woods

• the Hatchings' cottage

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Tom and Lily decide to stay in Molesworth because

• it's warm and friendly

• the scooter breaks down

• Lily's foot hurts

• Tom knows about a nearby cottage

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The very end of the story suggests that Tom and Lily will

• never find what they're looking for

• return to the cottage to live

• ride north to protect the Hatchings

• ride north into the sun

A "voluble" person is

• important

• talkative

• elderly

• happy

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"Wizened" means

• knowledgeable

• old and wise

• done quickly

• wrinkled and dry

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To commiserate means to be

• comfortable

• sympathetic

• trusting

• realistic

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