When I was Young in the Mountains

______________ is the period of time between sunset and nightfall.

• pasture

• mound

• dusk

• heated

• shiver

My mother ______________ the cookies before my friends and I devoured every last one after dinner.

• pasture

• mound

• dusk

• heated

• shiver

A colony of ants had built up a large ______________ where they stored food and kept their eggs.

• pasture

• mound

• dusk

• heated

• threatened

Every morning the farmer puts his cows out to ______________ so they can graze and roam free.

• pasture

• mound

• dusk

• heated

• shiver

We began to ______________ when the cool breeze rushed across our bare arms.

• pasture

• mound

• dusk

• heated

• shiver

The mama bear felt ______________ by the tourists so she protected her cubs by carrying them into her den.

• mound

• dusk

• heated

• threatened

• shiver