The Word Collector

Jerome did not collect words he heard, saw, or read.

• True

• False

Jerome liked to collect ____________________.

• art

• paper

• words

Jerome shared his words with others because ____________________.

• it made him happy

• he didn't like collecting words

• he hated words

Jerome put his collection in a _____________________.

• box

• scrapbook

• suitcase

When Jerome's words got jumbled he ______________________.

• he threw them out

• he was upset

• he used them in a different way

Jerome felt that the simplest words were __________________.

• the most boring

• easy to spell

• the most powerful

What does the word marvelous mean?

• hard

• easy

• awesome

Certain words jumped out at Jerome. What does jumped out mean?

• got his attention

• confused

• scared